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Police probing sex charge bribe claim
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/12/2023
» Police will investigate a claim by a German national that he paid a one-million-baht bribe to authorities in exchange for his release from a paedophilia charge, Pol Lt Gen Somprasong Yentuam, commissioner of Provincial Police Region 2, said on Sunday.
SEC urges trading probe
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 27/11/2023
» The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is asking the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) to study and consider whether to review the use of trading programs, including high-frequency trading (HFT), to determine the current trading volume and whether they are appropriate for the Thai bourse.
Hollywood celebrates strike end as actors get back to work
AFP, Published on 10/11/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Hollywood celebrated Thursday after actors agreed to end a crippling months-long strike, kicking off a race to get the cameras rolling and salvage next year's movies and television shows.
Israel steps up Gaza strikes ahead of ground invasion
AFP, Published on 22/10/2023
» RAFAH (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): Israel heavily bombarded Gaza overnight after warning it would intensify strikes ahead of a ground invasion, as the war sparked by Hamas's bloody attack entered its third week on Sunday.
Tense calm in divided Cyprus after UN says peacekeepers attacked
AFP, Published on 22/08/2023
» NICOSIA - A tense calm held Monday in Cyprus after the United Nations accused Turkish Cypriot forces of assaulting peacekeepers attempting to block road construction in the divided island's buffer zone.
Myanmar's young pro-democracy activists fill up prisons
Published on 14/06/2023
» MAE SOT: Police in Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, came for Min Thwe Thit before dawn on Feb 1, 2021. He did not know why they had come — or what was unfolding in the Southeast Asian nation.
A year on from Bucha, Zelensky hails Ukraine resistance
AFP, Published on 02/04/2023
» KYIV, Ukraine: President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday hailed Ukraine for fighting off "the biggest force against humanity of our time", one year after the first bodies were found in the streets of Bucha.
Taiwan president in US for visit that has China threatening reprisal
AFP, Published on 30/03/2023
» NEW YORK - Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in New York Wednesday for a visit that has triggered threats of reprisal by China if she meets with House speaker Kevin McCarthy -- and US warnings for Beijing not to overreact.
Large asteroid to zoom between Earth and Moon
AFP, Published on 25/03/2023
» PARIS: A large asteroid will safely zoom between Earth and the Moon on Saturday, a once-in-a-decade event that will be used as a training exercise for planetary defence efforts, according to the European Space Agency.
'No need to worry': Odds drop newly-found asteroid will hit Earth
AFP, Published on 14/03/2023
» PARIS - The chances have plummeted that a newly-discovered asteroid with the potential to wipe out a city will hit Earth on Valentine's Day 2046, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday.