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Japan to use English traffic signs amid rise in tourist accidents
Published on 15/12/2016
» TOKYO - Japan plans to introduce English traffic signs next year in response to an increasing number of accidents involving foreign drivers amid the ongoing tourism boom.
Loud music banned on Phu Thap Boek, offender fined
Online Reporters, Published on 15/12/2016
» PHETCHABUN - Holidaymakers visiting popular Phu Thap Boek in Lom Kao district have been warned not to make a loud noise after 10pm or they will be asked to leave the scenic mountain.
Goodbye to Thailand's biggest gold mine
Jon Fernquest, Published on 15/12/2016
» After health & environmental problems, Section 44 order stops gold mining from Jan 1. 1,004 workers lose jobs.
Alibaba’s Lazada braces for a SEA brawl with Amazon
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/12/2016
» SINGAPORE - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Amazon.com Inc are about to clash in Southeast Asia. And Lazada Group SA, which Alibaba bought this year for US$1 billion, will be right at the heart of that conflict.
Suspect in tourist rape surrenders, claims she consented
Online Reporters, Published on 15/12/2016
» A motorcycle taxi driver turned himself in to police in Khon Kaen on Thursday to face a charge of raping an Australian woman in Bangkok’s Taling Chan district 10 days ago.
Aleppo rebel evacuation back on: Syria military source
AFP, Published on 15/12/2016
» ALEPPO (SYRIA) - A new agreement has been reached for the evacuation of rebel fighters from the last pocket of territory they control in Aleppo, a senior Syrian military source told AFP Thursday.
Trump dismissal of CIA digs rift with key intel supplier
AFP, Published on 15/12/2016
» WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump's brusque dismissal of the CIA's conclusion that Russia meddled in the US election has created an unparalleled rift between the incoming leader and his vital source of global intelligence.
Quickfire Pakistan double slows Australia
AFP, Published on 15/12/2016
» BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA) - Pakistan struck with two quick wickets to halt Australia's early momentum on the opening day of the pink-ball first Test at the Gabba on Thursday.
Japan finds capsized boat, eight still missing
AFP, Published on 15/12/2016
» TOKYO - Japanese rescuers on Thursday spotted a boat that capsized a day earlier, leaving one dead, but have yet to find the eight men still missing after the accident, officials said.
China's selfie app Meitu debuts on Hong Kong exchange
AFP, Published on 15/12/2016
» HONG KONG - China's popular selfie app developer Meitu made a muted debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange Thursday after the biggest IPO by a technology company in the city in almost a decade.