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Air pollution to rise again
Gary Boyle, Published on 24/01/2019
» Worsening dust pollution was forecast for the capital and nearby areas on Thursday with the wind that has dispersed much of the smog expected weaken in the afternoon.
Illegal taxi motorcyclists busted
Online Reporters, Published on 24/01/2019
» Police on Thursday arrested 27 illegal taxi motorcyclists at 13 stands where licensed riders illegally rented their vests to unlicensed bikers and even sold them for up to 400,000 baht.
Osaka edges Pliskova to set up Open final with Kvitova
AFP, Published on 24/01/2019
» MELBOURNE: Fourth seed Naomi Osaka outgunned Karolina Pliskova Thursday to set up an Australian Open final against Czech eighth seed Petra Kvitova.
UN chief urges dialogue in Venezuela to avert 'disaster'
AFP, Published on 24/01/2019
» DAVOS (SWITZERLAND) - UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday appealed for dialogue in Venezuela to avoid the political crisis spiralling out of control, after opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself interim president.
UN chief warns 'we are losing the race' on climate change
AFP, Published on 24/01/2019
» DAVOS, Switzerland: UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday warned that the world is "losing the race" on climate change as he demanded that governments make bolder commitments beyond the Paris accord.
South Australia heatwave smashes record temperatures
AFP, Published on 24/01/2019
» ADELAIDE, Australia: Temperatures in southern Australia topped 49 degrees on Thursday, shattering previous records as sizzling citizens received free beer and heat-stressed bats fell from trees.
Illegal taxi motorcyclists busted
Gary Boyle, Published on 24/01/2019
» Police on Thursday arrested 27 illegal taxi motorcyclists at 13 stands where licensed riders illegally rented their vests to unlicensed bikers and even sold them for up to 400,000 baht.
Nigerian, Thai romance scammers caught in Malaysia
Online Reporters, Published on 24/01/2019
» Fourteen people, Nigerians and Thais, wanted for swindling Thai women out of more than 100 million baht via online romance scams have been arrested during joint police raids in Malaysia.
Escort who claimed Trump secrets 'committed no crimes': lawyer
AFP, Published on 24/01/2019
» MOSCOW: The lawyer of a Belarussian escort detained and then deported from Thailand who claimed she had proof of Russian collusion with Donald Trump's election campaign on Wednesday insisted on her innocence after she was released from custody in Moscow for allegedly coercing women into prostitution.
Govt to sell same-number lottery tickets
Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/01/2019
» The Government Lottery Office (GLO) announced on Thursday it will begin selling sets of same-number lottery tickets from March to meet demand and stop price gouging.