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Thailand exploring small modular nuclear reactor tech: PM
Reuters, Published on 31/05/2024
» The government is exploring small modular nuclear reactor technology as Thailand looks to diversify its energy mix amid dwindling reserves of natural gas that produces much of its power, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Friday.
US to support 'effective, stable, democratic govt' in Thailand
Reuters, Published on 07/06/2023
» WASHINGTON: Thailand is in a "delicate phase" after the May 14 election and the goal of the United States is to support an "effective, stable, democratic government" there, a top US official for the Indo-Pacific region said on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka's ousted president believed heading to Thailand
Reuters, Published on 10/08/2022
» Sri Lanka's ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to arrive in Thailand on Thursday, seeking temporary shelter in a second Southeast Asian country after fleeing his island nation last month amid mass protests, two sources said.
Ex-CIA analyst recounts torture in secret Thai prison
Reuters, Published on 20/04/2022
» WASHINGTON: In the 2012 Hollywood hit “Zero Dark Thirty,” a red-haired Central Intelligence Agency analyst played by Jessica Chastain travels to a secret CIA prison and watches a colleague waterboard a screaming Al Qaeda suspect, then lock him in a box a little bigger than a mini-fridge, to make him talk.
Purchase of F-35 stealth jets depends on US govt, says Lockheed Martin exec
Reuters, Published on 16/02/2022
» The government’s interest in Lockheed Martin's F-35 stealth fighters is genuine, but clearance to buy the jets is a matter for the US government, a senior executive from the defence giant said on Wednesday.
RTAF's purchase of F-35s up to US government, says manufacturer
Reuters, Published on 16/02/2022
» SINGAPORE: Thailand has expressed genuine interest in buying F-35 stealth fighters, but clearance to buy the jets is a matter for the US government, a senior executive of defence giant Lockheed Martin said on Wednesday.
School's out for Thai golfer Ratchanon, 14
Reuters, Published on 05/02/2022
» Most kids would be star-struck by simply watching the best professional golfers up close, but 14-year-old Ratchanon Chantananuwat went much further by becoming the only amateur to make the cut at the Saudi International on Saturday.
Myanmar airstrikes displace more people
Reuters, Published on 24/12/2021
» Myanmar's military carried out more airstrikes on a rebel-controlled area near the Thai border, the rebel group said on Friday, in the latest escalation of violence that has sent hundreds fleeing into Thailand.
Govt defends strict royal insults law at UN rights review
Reuters, Published on 10/11/2021
» The government defended the controversial law criminalising criticism of the powerful monarchy on Wednesday, as United Nations member states expressed concern over the country’s rights record and arrests of youth protesters pushing for royal reforms since last year.
Govt in talks with Merck for 200,000 courses of anti-Covid pills
Reuters, Published on 04/10/2021
» The government is in talks with US drugmaker Merck & Co to purchase 200,000 courses of the company's experimental antiviral pill for Covid-19 treatment, an official said on Monday.