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Gold prices steady at B19,350
Online Reporters, Published on 19/12/2018
» Gold prices were unchanged at 19,350.00 baht per baht-weight in Bangkok on Wednesday.
Fed poised to signal pause in US interest rate hikes
AFP, Published on 19/12/2018
» WASHINGTON - The US Federal Reserve is expected to raise the benchmark lending rate on Wednesday but to accompany that with a strong sign it will hold off on future increases.
Softbank mobile unit flops on market debut
AFP, Published on 19/12/2018
» TOKYO - Shares in Japanese telecoms giant SoftBank's mobile unit traded well below its IPO price on Wednesday in a disappointing debut on the Tokyo stock market despite raising a record amount.
Thailand Halal Assembly 2018
Published on 19/12/2018
» Mr. Anan Suwannarat, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, recently chaired the opening ceremony of Thailand Halal Assembly 2018, one of the world’s most comprehensive Halal expositions and conferences, co-hosted by the Halal Science Center (HSC), Chulalongkorn University, and the Central Islamic Council of Thailand (CICOT).
Cuba to scrap same-sex marriage law in new constitution
AFP, Published on 19/12/2018
» HAVANA: Cuba will leave out of its new constitution changes that would have paved the way for legal same-sex marriage, despite majority support in local assemblies, a government official said on Tuesday.
After shedding IS, Mosul embraces makeovers
AFP, Published on 19/12/2018
» MOSUL (IRAQ) - For three years, Mosul's women were covered in black from head to toe and its men had to keep their beards long. Salons were shut, and plastic surgery considered a crime.
Parents suspect murder in death of Muay Thai daughter
Saichol Ochkajon, Published on 19/12/2018
» RATCHABURI: The parents of the World Muay Thai women's champion found hanged in her rented room on Monday suspect it was murder, saying a rope mark on her neck is too low.
Elon Musk unveils his underground transport tunnel
Associated Press, Published on 19/12/2018
» LOS ANGELES: Elon Musk unveiled his underground transportation tunnel on Tuesday, allowing reporters and invited guests to take some of the first rides in the revolutionary, albeit bumpy, subterranean tube - the tech entrepreneur's answer to "soul-destroying traffic".
Journalists become increasing 'targets' for killings: watchdog
AFP, Published on 19/12/2018
» WASHINGTON - Journalists faced growing dangers of being targeted for killing for their work in 2018 even as the risks from war and conflict declined, a media watchdog said Wednesday.
Suspect British drug kingpin says confession 'just a script'
AFP, Published on 19/12/2018
» PARIS - A British man suspected of orchestrating one of the most brazen cocaine trafficking shipments to Europe in recent years told a French court Tuesday that his bragging about it was "just a script."