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Haze hits Hat Yai, face masks a must
Published on 13/09/2019
» SONGKHLA: The annual haze from forest fires in Indonesia is again making life unpleasant in parts of the South, with fine-dust readings in Songkhla and Satun once more at hazardous levels - a problem shared with neighbours Malaysia and Singapore.
Village official accuses Khon Kaen police of assault
Chakrapan Nathanri, Published on 13/09/2019
» KHON KAEN: An assistant village head is seeking legal and disciplinary action against five police officers who he says assaulted him outside a restaurant.
S.African protesters demand crackdown on femicide
AFP, Published on 13/09/2019
» JOHANNESBURG - With placards stating "Enough is enough", hundreds of protesters marched in Johannesburg on Friday to protest at gender-based violence in one of the world's most crime-ridden countries.
Beijing rebukes HK tycoon Li for 'mercy' comment
Published on 13/09/2019
» China accused Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing of encouraging crime with recent comments in which he said the city’s authorities should “have mercy” in responding to unrest that has rocked the Asian financial hub for months.
French right-wing power broker jailed in fraud trial
AFP, Published on 13/09/2019
» PARIS - A French court on Friday jailed for four years a right-wing power broker who for decades along with his wife dominated politics in a wealthy suburb of Paris on charges of hiding millions of euros worth of assets from the tax authorities.
Tiananmen Tank Man photographer dies
Published on 13/09/2019
» American photojournalist Charlie Cole, whose career will forever be associated with the iconic photograph of the "Tank Man", the Chinese office worker facing down a column of tanks during the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, died in Bali last week.
Ubon flood-watchers plan to be up all night
Published on 13/09/2019
» A night flood watch is under way in Ubon Ratchathani amid worries that more water will overflow the banks of the Moon River to exacerbate the situation in two districts already hard hit by floods.
Artists and activists speak out for 'Le Monde'
AFP, Published on 13/09/2019
» PARIS: Around 500 leading writers, artists and activists, including US whistleblower Edward Snowden and novelist Salman Rushdie, on Friday signed an open letter supporting reporters at the French newspaper <i>Le Monde</i> in their battle for guarantees of editorial independence.
Zimbabwean migrant recalls 'betrayal' by Mugabe
AFP, Published on 13/09/2019
» JOHANNESBURG: When Trust Sibanda was born in 1979, Zimbabwe was Rhodesia, a British colony whose white minority government had declared independence unilaterally.