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TikTok CEO expects to defeat US restrictions: 'We aren't going anywhere'
Reuters, Published on 25/04/2024
» WASHINGTON: TikTok's chief executive said on Wednesday the social media company expects to win a legal challenge to block legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden that he said would ban its popular short video app used by 170 million Americans.
Baltimore rescuers lose hope for more survivors from bridge collapse
Reuters, Published on 27/03/2024
» BALTIMORE - Rescuers have lost hope of finding more survivors of the Baltimore bridge collapse, the coast guard said, as efforts switched on Wednesday to looking for bodies of the missing and more answers to why a container ship smashed into the span.
Hun Manet thanks Thailand for preventing 'interference' in Cambodia affairs
Reuters, Published on 07/02/2024
» Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet on Wednesday expressed gratitude to his Thai counterpart Srettha Thavisin for not allowing Thailand to be used as a base for people to "interfere" with his country's affairs.
Rebel fire and China's ire: Inside Myanmar's anti-junta offensive
Reuters, Published on 15/12/2023
» YANGON - Generals from Myanmar's junta held peace talks in June near the border with China with representatives of three powerful ethnic armies. They sat across a wide table covered with blue cloth and decorated with elaborate bouquets.
17 Thai hostages released by Hamas arrive in Thailand
Reuters, Published on 30/11/2023
» A group of 17 Thai nationals who had been held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza arrived at Suvarnabhumi airport in Samut Prakan province on Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
Foreign Ministry: Hamas still holds 20 Thai nationals
Reuters, Published on 25/11/2023
» Palestinian militant group Hamas is still holding 20 Thai nationals after having freed 10 from Gaza, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday, following a deal during the first truce of a seven-week war.
Apec leaders divided on Ukraine, Gaza wars, back WTO reform
Reuters, Published on 18/11/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Rim leaders showed divisions over the wars in Ukraine and Gaza after a two-day summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum on Friday, although they pledged support for reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Caught up in war, Israel's migrants face tough choices
Reuters, Published on 25/10/2023
» MANILA/BANGKOK - Thousands of miles from home, Thai labourer Kamlue was on his way to harvest courgettes on an Israeli farm near the Gaza border on Oct 7 when the truck he was riding on came under heavy fire.
Jobless rate falls to 1.15% in Q4
Reuters, Published on 02/03/2023
» Thailand's unemployment rate in the fourth quarter of 2022 dropped to 1.15% from 1.23% in the previous quarter, the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) said on Thursday, as the vital tourism sector rebounds.
Dating apps and Telegram: How China protesters are defying authorities
Reuters, Published on 29/11/2022
» BEIJING: Opponents of China's anti-Covid measures are resorting to dating apps and social media platforms blocked on the mainland to evade censors, spread the word about their defiance and strategy, in a high-tech game of cat and mouse with police.