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Donations pour in for old man, disabled granddaughter
Published on 06/10/2016
» BURI RAM - Paen Paewpholsong was a worried man. The 72-year-old could not sleep after he lost his wallet and 15,000 baht, his family's entire savings.
Ogres take to the skies
Amornrat Mahitthirook, Published on 06/10/2016
» Tourism-promoting ogre characters have taken to the skies to not only encourage Thai people to tour their motherland but also inspire foreigners to visit the country.
Singapore protects nature reserves from Pokemon Go
Published on 06/10/2016
» SINGAPORE - A Singapore government agency has requested the developer of 'Pokemon Go', a location-based augmented reality game, to remove so-called Pokestops located in the small city-state's nature reserves.
Nobel Chemistry Prize: Tiny molecular machines
Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/10/2016
» Nanomachines, the world's smallest machines, promising as parts of new materials, sensors & energy storage systems, won the prize this year.
PromptPay for consumers likely to be delayed
Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 06/10/2016
» Consumers are unlikely to be able to transfer money among themselves using the government's PromptPay service by the Oct 31 deadline due to "technical problems", according to bankers.
Sharapova to play in Vegas exhibition next week
AFP, Published on 06/10/2016
» LOS ANGELES - Maria Sharapova will return to a tennis court for the first time since the reduction of her doping ban next week when she appears in an exhibition event in Las Vegas, it was confirmed Wednesday.
Indonesian faces 20 years in 'poison coffee' murder
AFP, Published on 06/10/2016
» JAKARTA - Indonesian prosecutors demanded Wednesday that a woman accused of murdering her friend by slipping cyanide into her coffee spend 20 years behind bars for the high-profile case.
Yahoo denies email surveillance evidence
AFP, Published on 06/10/2016
» WASHINGTON - Yahoo on Wednesday denied conducting mass email surveillance after a report alleging it built a special scanning program at the behest of US intelligence which sparked an outcry from privacy activists.
Debt mountain, weak banks imperil global economy: IMF
AFP, Published on 06/10/2016
» WASHINGTON - A record mountain of debt held by governments and companies and widespread weakness in banks, especially in Europe and China, imperil the global economy, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday.
Marlins sign Ichiro for another year
AFP, Published on 06/10/2016
» MIAMI - Japanese star Ichiro Suzuki will extend his Major League Baseball career for at least another year after the Miami Marlins exercised their 2017 option on the outfielder on Wednesday.