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SET drops almost 1%, Indonesia stocks plunge 2%
Published on 07/03/2018
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand index dropped almost 1%, while most Southeast Asian stock markets fell on Wednesday, with Indonesia shedding 2 % in its sharpest drop in nearly four months.
Syria regime ramps up brutal bombardment of Ghouta
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» BEIRUT - Hundreds more pro-regime fighters have been deployed to front lines in Syria's Eastern Ghouta, a monitor said on Wednesday, tightening the noose around the shrinking rebel enclave.
UK govt poised to shed light on poisoning of ex-Russian spy
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» LONDON - Britain's Home Secretary says authorities will soon reveal what kind of substance led to the mysterious collapse of a former Russian spy and his daughter, who were found slumped on a public bench in southern England.
Indonesian Islamic university bans burqas on campus
Published on 07/03/2018
» JAKARTA: An Indonesian state Islamic university faced criticism from Muslim groups and activists on Wednesday after it banned female students from wearing full-face veils citing fears over the spread of radical ideology on the campus.
PSG's ambitions in tatters as Real's pedigree shows
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain's Qatari-bankrolled bid to put themselves among Europe's elite foundered again as Cristiano Ronaldo's Real Madrid comfortably beat the French club to move into the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
No plans to derail bills on MPs and senators: NLA president
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 07/03/2018
» National Legislative Assembly (NLA) president Pornpetch Wichitcholchai expects two key organic bills related to elections to sail through the assembly on Thursday.
Regime sends more forces to Ghouta as UN decries 'apocalypse' in Syria
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» DOUMA (SYRIA) - Syria's regime sent reinforcements to Eastern Ghouta on Wednesday, tightening the noose around the shrinking rebel enclave hours before a top-level UN meeting on the escalating violence.
EU's Tusk says 'we don't want to build a wall' with UK
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» LUXEMBOURG - The European Union does not want to "build a wall" with Britain as it leaves the bloc, EU President Donald Tusk said Wednesday as he laid out draft guidelines for negotiations on post-Brexit ties.
ILO finds progress in fixing Thai fishing industry abuses
Associated Press, Published on 07/03/2018
» A survey of working conditions in Thailand's fishing and seafood industry conducted by the UN's International Labour Organisation has found that new regulations resulted in progress in some areas, including less physical violence, but problems such as unfair pay and deception in contracting persist.
German govt condemns far-right MPs' Syria visit
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman on Wednesday condemned a visit by politicians of the far-right AfD party to the "inhumane" Syrian regime.