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Japan to celebrate accession in October 2019
Kyodo News, Published on 30/03/2018
» TOKYO: The government decided Friday to stage a ceremony in October next year to mark Crown Prince Naruhito's accession to the throne, but said female imperial family members will not attend one of the key enthronement rituals.
Bus crash, fire kills 21 migrant workers
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 30/03/2018
» A bus loaded with Myanmar workers crashed and burned in Tak province on Friday morning, killing 21 passengers.
Poisoned daughter of Russian spy recovering
AFP, Published on 30/03/2018
» LONDON: Yulia Skripal, hit in a nerve agent attack that has chilled relations between Russia and the West, came out of critical care on Thursday following a swift improvement in her health.
Anger mounts over Venezuela jail fire that kills 68
AFP, Published on 30/03/2018
» VALENCIA (VENEZUELA) - Authorities in Venezuela faced an onslaught of national and international outrage Thursday over a blaze in a police station's jail in which 68 people died, in one of the worst disasters to hit the country's desperately overcrowded detention facilities.
Russia strikes back with US diplomat expulsions
AFP, Published on 30/03/2018
» MOSCOW: Russia on Thursday announced a mass expulsion of US diplomats and the closure of the US consulate in Saint Petersburg in retaliation to coordinated moves by Western countries to isolate Moscow in the wake of the poisoning of a former double agent in Britain.
Australia cricket coach quits, captain breaks down in tears
AFP, Published on 30/03/2018
» JOHANNESBURG - Australia cricket coach Darren Lehmann said Thursday he would quit after the final match of the scandal-tainted Test series in South Africa after the team's former captain Steve Smith broke down in tears and accepted complete responsibility for the ball-tampering incident.
NACC 'needs more time' to probe Prawit's luxury watch claims
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 30/03/2018
» The national anti-graft agency has decided to give itself more time to investigate the luxury watches allegedly belonging to Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon after he insisted all the timepieces spotted by social media were actually owned by a friend of his.
Political ban 'will end' by June
News, Published on 30/03/2018
» The ban on political activities will be lifted in June, when all new political parties have been established, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said Thursday.
Top cop sucked into new air-con scandal
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/03/2018
» National police chief Chakthip Chaijinda yesterday took the Phahonyothin police station chief to task over a scandal in which junior officials' salaries were docked to raise money to pay for the installation of air-conditioners at the station.
The Beach's Maya Bay on Phi Phi to shut down
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/03/2018
» The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has ordered the closure of the world-class tourist site Maya Bay of Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Koh Phi Phi National Park in Krabi province.