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Hollywood braces for best-picture photo finish at Oscars
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» HOLLYWOOD (UNITED STATES) - Hollywood is set for a real-life cliffhanger Sunday at the Oscars -- the race for best picture is coming down to the wire to cap an awards season overshadowed by scandal over sexual misconduct in showbiz.
China's defence spending to accelerate in 2018
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» BEIJING - China announced on Monday an 8.1 percent defence budget increase for 2018, giving the world's largest armed forces a boost after spending slowed in the previous two years.
Xi power play in focus as China parliament opens
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» BEIJING - China's rubber-stamp parliament on Monday opened a major annual session set to expand President Xi Jinping's considerable power and clear him a path towards lifelong rule.
Trump signals controversial tariffs will go forward
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Sunday signaled his intent to move forward with controversial tariffs on steel and aluminum imports that have sparked fears of a trade war.
Oscars red carpet: white-hot, red-hot and bronze (medalists)
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» HOLLYWOOD (UNITED STATES) - After a Hollywood awards season of statement red carpets including "blackouts" at the Golden Globes and Baftas, the movie industry's finest embraced a rainbow of color Sunday at the Oscars.
Gold prices unchanged
Online Reporters, Published on 05/03/2018
» The Gold Traders Association on Monday morning announced buying prices at 19,298.68 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments and 19,650.00 baht per baht-weight for gold bars.
South Korean delegation heads to Pyongyang
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» SEOUL - A team of South Korean envoys will travel to Pyongyang on Monday to push for talks between Washington and the North on nuclear weapons.
FA chief under fire for Star of David, swastika link
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» LONDON: The chief executive of England's Football Association, Martin Glenn, faced criticism from a leading member of Britain's Jewish community after saying the Star of David was "something we don't want" in football along with the swastika.
Wiggins vows to hit back as lawmakers accuse him in drugs report
AFP, Published on 05/03/2018
» LONDON - British cycling great Bradley Wiggins said it was "so sad" after he and his former team were accused by MPs of manipulating drug rules before major races, including Wiggins' 2012 Tour de France victory.
ITD caught pruning trees without permission
Online Reporters, Published on 05/03/2018
» Chatuchak district office has filed a police complaint against construction giant Italian-Thai Development plc (ITD) for savagely lopping back 14 large trees outside Kasetsart University in Bangkok without permission.