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Incoming Honduran president wants UN help to battle corruption
AFP, Published on 05/12/2021
» TEGUCIGALPA - Xiomara Castro, who will make history as Honduras' first female president when she takes office on January 27, plans to ask the UN for help in fighting the corruption plaguing the Central American nation, and will urge Congress to repeal so-called "impunity" laws.
Kyrgyzstan holds parliamentary vote as tensions rise
AFP, Published on 28/11/2021
» BISHKEK (KYRGYZSTAN) - Kyrgyzstan went to parliamentary polls Sunday as tensions simmer after claims of a plot to unseat populist President Sadyr Japarov, who rose to power in post-vote unrest last year.
The govt's own legal eagle
News, Published on 27/11/2021
» It is a well-known fact that when Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam voices caution about anything legal, cabinet ministers are all ears.
Modi U-turns on Indian farm laws after mass protests
AFP, Published on 19/11/2021
» NEW DELHI - India will scrap three agricultural reform laws that sparked almost a year of huge protests by farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday in a stunning and rare U-turn by his Hindu nationalist government.
Biden returns home to face the music after brutal elections
AFP, Published on 04/11/2021
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden returned from Europe Wednesday to a firestorm over a humiliating electoral defeat for his Democratic Party -- already riven with fractures that threaten to tank his sweeping domestic reforms in Congress.
Sudarat warns of chaos without charter reform
Published on 01/11/2021
» Thailand’s most prominent woman politician is pushing for a constitution overhaul to pave the way for a pro-democracy government and avoid a political gridlock amid talks of an early election.
Eyeing Russia, US defense chief heads to Black Sea region
AFP, Published on 17/10/2021
» WASHINGTON - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin headed to the Black Sea region Sunday aiming to shore up alliances with countries pressured by Russia and show gratitude for their contributions to the two-decade war in Afghanistan.
French defence minister warns Mali against Russian 'mercenary' firm
AFP, Published on 21/09/2021
» BAMAKO - France's defence minister has warned Mali that hiring paramilitaries from Russian private-security firm Wagner would isolate the country internationally, during a visit to the Sahel state.
Coup anniversary fizzer
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 19/09/2021
» Thailand has endured two coups over the past 15 years and both revolve around former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his political network.
Censure debate is govt's toughest test yet
Oped, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 28/08/2021
» The forthcoming no-confidence debate is set to be the toughest challenge posed by the opposition bloc against the Prayut Chan-o-cha government.