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Outsider leads after divisive Tunisia presidential poll
AFP, Published on 16/09/2019
» TUNIS - Political outsider Kais Saied was leading Tunisia's election with just over a quarter of votes counted, the election commission said Monday, in the country's second free presidential vote since the Arab Spring.
Tunisia heads to polls for keenly fought presidential contest
AFP, Published on 15/09/2019
» TUNIS - Rarely has the outcome of an election been so uncertain in Tunisia, the cradle and partial success story of the Arab Spring, as some seven million voters head to the polls Sunday to choose from a crowded field.
French right-wing power broker jailed in fraud trial
AFP, Published on 13/09/2019
» PARIS - A French court on Friday jailed for four years a right-wing power broker who for decades along with his wife dominated politics in a wealthy suburb of Paris on charges of hiding millions of euros worth of assets from the tax authorities.
Russian police raid dozens of opposition offices, homes
AFP, Published on 12/09/2019
» MOSCOW - Russian police raided dozens of regional offices of top protest leader Alexei Navalny on Thursday as well as the homes of his supporters after mass opposition rallies this summer.
Government poised to lose House majority
Online Reporters, Published on 06/09/2019
» The government is poised to lose the majority in the House of Representatives after another micro party threatened to pull out of the coalition because it did not get to chair a House committee.
Speculation grows on BX bowing out
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 06/09/2019
» Stringent regulations and imminent market saturation could be the main factors prompting the forthcoming closure of Bitcoin Co Ltd (bx.in.th), Thailand's largest digital asset exchange, say local operators of digital asset exchanges.
10 firms seek to capitalise on BX closure
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 04/09/2019
» Bitcoin Co Ltd's recent closure announcement is unlikely to have a negative effect on Thailand's digital asset industry because there are about 10 other companies applying to become authorised digital asset exchanges, says the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Malaysia ex-PM Najib's biggest 1MDB trial begins
AFP, Published on 28/08/2019
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s ex-prime minister Najib Razak played a pivotal role in plundering the state's 1MDB fund and channelled hundreds of millions of dollars into his own bank account, a prosecutor said Wednesday at the opening of his most significant graft trial.
Jail upheld for Dutch pot cash launderer
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/08/2019
» The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling imposing a 20-year jail term on a Dutch man who, together with his Thai ex-wife, laundered 300 million baht earned from marijuana sales through Thailand.
20-year sentence upheld for Dutch pot cash launderer
Post Reporters, Published on 27/08/2019
» The Supreme Court has upheld the lower court ruling imposing a 20-year jail term on a Dutch man who, together with his Thai ex-wife, laundered 300 million baht made from overseas marijuana sales through Thailand.