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Cannabis U-turn could bring protests, lawsuits
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/05/2024
» The government’s move to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic threatens to trigger street protests and lawsuits by owners of thousands of dispensaries that have sprung up across the country since decriminalisation two years ago.
Google in hot seat after ban on Hong Kong protest song
Published on 09/05/2024
» Hong Kong called it “unbelievable” when Google rebuffed its 2022 request to bury a popular protest song from search results. Now armed with an injunction, authorities are putting legal pressure on the company to wipe it from the city’s internet.
Cannabis U-turn could bring protests, lawsuits
Published on 09/05/2024
» The government’s move to reclassify cannabis as a narcotic threatens to trigger street protests and class-action suits by owners of thousands of dispensaries that have sprung up across the country since decriminalisation two years ago.
1.4 tonnes of heroin seized in Nong Khai
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/05/2024
» Four drug smugglers have been arrested and 1.4 tonnes of heroin smuggled across the Mekong River seized from a house and a rubber plantation in Sangkhom district of Nong Khai province.
One dead in Rayong gas tank blast
Online Reporters, Published on 09/05/2024
» RAYONG: A huge blaze at a chemical storage site at the Map Ta Phut Industrial Port was brought under control late Thursday afternoon, after one person died and hundreds were evacuated from the surrounding area.
Hunt on for 6 suspects over murders of local officials
News, Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 09/05/2024
» Pattani: Police are searching for six suspects who shot dead the chief of the tambon Kholor Tanyong Administrative Organisation and a village headman in Nong Chik district. Three others were also injured.
What TikTok got wrong about America
Oped, Published on 09/05/2024
» TikTok is now one of the biggest stories in business and geopolitics. US President Joe Biden has just signed a law that will ban the massively popular app in nine months if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell it to a non-Chinese entity.
Hong Kong spotlights its marine heritage
Life, Published on 09/05/2024
» This month, Hong Kong pays homage to the city's marine heritage which means visitors can enjoy a wide range of charming cultural festivals and brand-new pyro and drone shows.
PM: Cannabis to be relisted as a narcotic by year-end
Published on 08/05/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Wednesday reiterated his determination that cannabis would be relisted as a narcotic by the end of 2024, as he announced a get-tough approach to illicit drugs.
Masturbating train station thief was high on drugs
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 08/05/2024
» SAMUT PRAKAN: A 26-year-old man who later admitted to being high on drugs has been arrested for masturbating in public, assaulting a 30-year-old woman and stealing her bag in broad daylight at Kheha BTS skytrain station on Tuesday.