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Fortune-telling and politics intertwined in Thailand
Published on 08/07/2016
» "Fortune-tellers told me to speak less to maintain a good political atmosphere. I will obey their advice," Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha recently told reporters before cutting short a press conference, referring to a reading from astrologers who urged the outspoken junta leader to speak less.
Thai woman held in Japan over visa waiver abuse
Kyodo News, Published on 08/07/2016
» TOKYO - A Thai woman and a Chinese female operator of a sex parlour in Tokyo have been arrested for allegedly arranging for another Thai woman overstaying in Japan to provide sexual services, police said on Friday, in a case possibly highlighting how Japan's visa exemption programme is being exploited.
วลียอดฮิตที่ใช้ผิดกันบ่อยๆ: "Out of order"
Published on 08/07/2016
» Here is more on expressions that Thai people often use in English which they think are correct, but they are not really what English speakers say – or understand.
Leader of Rousseff impeachment drive resigns Brazil speaker's post
AFP, Published on 08/07/2016
» BRASíLIA - Eduardo Cunha, the Brazilian politician who spearheaded the drive to impeach suspended president Dilma Rousseff, on Thursday resigned from his post as congressional speaker as a corruption probe closed in on him.
Climate change health impacts loom large
AFP, Published on 08/07/2016
» PARIS - The world should brace for potentially devastating impacts on human health due to climate change, top policy makers and officials from around the globe meeting in Paris said Thursday.
Hundreds pay tribute in Elie Wiesel's native Romania
AFP, Published on 08/07/2016
» BUCHAREST - Several hundred people from Romania's Jewish community paid tribute Thursday to the late Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate instrumental in getting his native country to face up to its dark past.
Free to race but Mercedes F1 drivers Hamilton, Rosberg on last warning
AFP, Published on 08/07/2016
» SILVERSTONE (UNITED KINGDOM) - Feuding Mercedes team-mates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg will be free to race but under strict new "rules of engagement", starting at this weekend's British Grand Prix.
IOC to study Stepanova bid to compete at Rio Olympics
AFP, Published on 08/07/2016
» AMSTERDAM - The International Olympic Committee's ethics commission is to study doping-cheat-turned-whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova's possible inclusion at the August Rio Games, the IOC said on Thursday.
Warriors complete Bogut NBA deal to Dallas
AFP, Published on 08/07/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Australian center Andrew Bogut was traded Thursday by the Golden State Warriors to the Dallas Mavericks, completing the deal that will give the reigning Western Conference champions salary-cap room to sign Kevin Durant.
N Korea: US sanctions 'a declaration of war'
AFP, Published on 08/07/2016
» SEOUL - North Korea said Friday that the new US sanctions targeting its leader Kim Jong-Un amounted to a "declaration of a war" and vowed to take strong retaliatory measures.