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Stuck truck finally freed from Sukhumvit hole
Online Reporters, Published on 08/11/2023
» Traffic was even worse than usual on busy Sukhumvit Road on Wednesday after a steel slab covering a hole near Soi Sukhumvit 64/1 collapsed under the weight of a heavy truck that ended up taking six hours to remove.
Portuguese set to turn page on Costa era
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» LISBON - Portugal's political parties were preparing on Wednesday for a landscape without Antonio Costa, who had been prime minister since 2015 but quit suddenly the day prior when he was implicated in a corruption investigation.
Jail for police who extorted Taiwanese actress
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/11/2023
» The Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases on Wednesday sentenced four Bangkok policemen each to five years in jail for extorting 27,000 baht from a Taiwanese actress and her friends early this year.
Jail sentences for police who extorted Taiwanese actress
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/11/2023
» The Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases on Wednesday sentenced four Bangkok policemen each to five years in jail for extorting 27,000 baht from a Taiwanese actress and her friends for possessing vaporisers and not producing their passports early this year.
NACC 'monitoring' title deed conversion scheme
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/11/2023
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) is keeping an eye on the government's plan to allow farmers to convert their Sor Por Kor 4-01 papers into land title deeds.
Portuguese prime minister resigns following corruption probe
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» LISBON - Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced his resignation on Tuesday after he was embroiled in a corruption investigation into the awarding of energy-related contracts.
Arrest warrant expected for 4th warder over prison escape
Nujaree Rakrun and Online Reporters, Published on 07/11/2023
» NAKHON SI THAMMARAT - Police are expected to seek an arrest warrant for a fourth prison warder over the escape of accused murderer Chaowalit Thongduang, alias Sia Paeng Nanod, from a hospital in Nakhon Si Thammarat two weeks ago.
MFP expels another MP for alleged misconduct
Online Reporters, Published on 07/11/2023
» RAYONG: Executives and MPs of the Move Forward Party on Tuesday morning voted unanimously to expel Bangkok MP Chaiyamphawan Manpianjit over allegations of sexual harassment, the second MP to be ejected recently over claims of sexual misconduct.
'Blue-eyed Korean' tasked with shaking up Seoul politics
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» SEOUL - South Korea-born American doctor John Linton is on a mission no other foreigner has ever undertaken in ethnically homogenous South Korea: trying to shake up the country's highly confrontational politics.
Ukraine president says 'not the time' for elections
AFP, Published on 07/11/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday he doesn't believe it is the right time for elections as debate intensifies on holding a vote in 2024 while the country fights against Russia's invasion.