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Election date needed now
News, Editorial, Published on 28/05/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha played first cool but now cute with his four-year-old promise of holding general elections. Since 2015, the prime minister has promised numerous times that a parliamentary election would occur "next year". Most recently, on the anniversary of his coup, he waffled again, stating there will be an election "no earlier than" early next year.
Pheu Thai Party in peril
News, Editorial, Published on 11/10/2018
» As the general election, tentatively planned for Feb 24, draws nearer, the Pheu Thai Party's very existence has increasingly come under threat. A lawsuit and several allegations against its executives have put the party at risk of being dissolved.
Hong Kong's last active pro-democracy group says it will disband
Reuters, Published on 29/06/2025
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong's League of Social Democrats (LSD) said on Sunday that it would disband amid "immense political pressure" from a five year-long national security crackdown, leaving the China-ruled city with no formal pro-democracy opposition presence.
France says Franco-Iranian academic arrested in Iran
AFP, Published on 16/07/2019
» PARIS - A Franco-Iranian academic based at a prestigious Paris university has been arrested in Iran and denied contact with consular staff, the French foreign ministry said Monday.
Pick up that helmet
News, Postbag, Published on 08/10/2019
» The serious road mishap involving a pickup truck that overturned, killing more than a dozen of passengers who rode on the vehicle's tray was sad. A recent study shows that the vast majority of people killed when they fall off pickup trucks were killed by their head injuries.
Sinister tirades
News, Postbag, Published on 18/10/2019
» Re: "Silly conspiracy theories fall flat with young folk", (Opinion, Oct 17).
Who are the youths behind the Catalonia protest violence?
AFP, Published on 21/10/2019
» BARCELONA - The violent protests that have swept Catalonia over the jailing of nine separatist leaders have involved veteran anarchists and youthful troublemakers as well as outraged separatists, some of whom became radicalised only recently.
Bolivia's Congress to vote on proposal for new elections: official
AFP, Published on 24/11/2019
» LA PAZ - Bolivia's Congress will vote on a proposal Saturday that could open the door to new elections in the crisis-hit country, as the caretaker government prepares to meet with protesters to end weeks of unrest.
Immoral tradition
News, Postbag, Published on 13/12/2019
» Re: "Challenges to human rights in Asia", (Opinion, Dec 12).
Palestinian Authority suspends Al Jazeera broadcasts
AFP, Published on 02/01/2025
» RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories - The Palestinian Authority has ordered the suspension of broadcasts by Qatar-based Al Jazeera across the Palestinian territories, accusing the network of airing “inciting content”, official media reported.