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Las Vegas in Laos: the riverside city awash with crime
AFP, Published on 14/07/2025
» VAN PAK LEN, Laos - Rising from the muddy fields on the Mekong riverbank in Laos, a lotus tops a casino in a sprawling city which analysts decry as a centre for cybercrime.
Naked robber found in tree above croc-infested river
AFP, Published on 06/01/2021
» SYDNEY: A naked fugitive hiding out in trees above crocodile-infested waters has been discovered by a pair of fishermen, after spending days surviving on snails in swampy mangroves in Australia's far north.
US authorises plasma treatment against virus
AFP, Published on 24/08/2020
» WASHINGTON: American authorities announced on Sunday an emergency authorisation for doctors to use blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients as a treatment against the disease that has killed over 176,000 in the US.
Democracy and National Unity Day of Turkey
Evren Dagdelen Akgun, Ambassador of Turkey to Thailand, Published on 14/07/2020
» On the night of 15 July 2016, the bloodiest terrorist attack in the history of Turkey was orchestrated by FETO terrorist organization under the instructions of Fetullah Gülen against our constitutional system. Gülen and his followers within the armed forces did not hesitate to use lethal force against civilians, killing 251 and wounding thousands.
Anxiety rises over attacks on media covering US protests
AFP, Published on 03/06/2020
» WASHINGTON: A wave of attacks on journalists covering US protests is driving growing anxiety in the media, with some blaming President Donald Trump for creating an atmosphere that encourages violence.
'Catastrophic' conditions as bushfires rage in Australia
AFP, Published on 21/12/2019
» BARGO (AUSTRALIA) - A scorching heatwave intensified bushfires ravaging parts of Australia on Saturday, and out-of-control blazes surrounding Sydney worsened under "catastrophic" conditions.
'Catastrophic' conditions as bushfires rage in Australia
AFP, Published on 21/12/2019
» BARGO (AUSTRALIA) - A scorching heatwave intensified bushfires ravaging parts of Australia on Saturday, and out-of-control blazes surrounding Sydney worsened under "catastrophic" conditions.
Torn by Brexit, Labour to vote on way out of the crisis
AFP, Published on 23/09/2019
» BRIGHTON, UK: Britain's main opposition Labour Party prepared to vote Monday on a new Brexit strategy that could unite its warring factions and avoid a potential drubbing in early polls.
Samsung Electronics Q2 net profit slumps 53%
AFP, Published on 31/07/2019
» SEOUL - The world's biggest smartphone and memory chip maker Samsung Electronics saw net profits slump by more than half in the second quarter, it said Wednesday, in the face of a weakening chip market and a trade row building between Seoul and Tokyo.
Sweltering Europe braces for peak of record heatwave
AFP, Published on 27/06/2019
» PARIS - Europeans braced Thursday for the expected peak of a sweltering heatwave that has sent temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius, with schools in France closing and wildfires in Spain spinning out of control.