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SpaceX readies for blast-off with NASA astronauts aboard
AFP, Published on 27/05/2020
» KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (UNITED STATES) - Gray skies loomed over Florida's Atlantic coast Tuesday, just one day before two astronauts were set to blast off aboard a SpaceX capsule on the most dangerous and prestigious mission NASA has ever entrusted to a private company.
Body of foreign man found floating off Krabi
Gary Boyle, Published on 27/05/2020
» The naked body of an unidentified foreign man with flower tattoos on his left arm was found floating in the sea near Koh Pada off the coast of Krabi province.
Covid crisis stifles political criticism in SE Asia
Oped, Published on 27/05/2020
» Covid-19 has spurred the use of fake news laws to censor political criticism in Southeast Asia.
Chinese Companies Fleeing New York Will Find Warm Welcome at Home
Business, Published on 27/05/2020
» Tensions between the U.S. and China have spilled into the capital markets. Many U.S.-listed Chinese companies will start to plan their trips back home.
IBank to double number of branches nationwide
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/05/2020
» State-owned Islamic Bank of Thailand (IBank) has been instructed to more than double the number of branches to 100 nationwide with a focus on the South, home to the country's largest concentration of Muslims.
Rubber glove exports get pandemic boost
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 27/05/2020
» Global demand for protective gloves is soaring in light of the coronavirus pandemic, driving Thailand's rubber glove exports to surge 16% year-on-year in the first four months of 2020.
Panel okays B1.7bn for 10,000 SMEs
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 27/05/2020
» The committee for SME development funds under the Pracha Rat scheme has approved loans for 10,000 businesses worth 1.7 billion baht for drought and Covid-19 relief.
What went wrong in Hong Kong?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 27/05/2020
» 'We are the meat on the chopping board," said Martin Lee, founder of Hong Kong's Democratic Party. "They have set a precedent for Beijing to legislate on Hong Kong's behalf." Or as Dennis Kwok, a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, put it rather more succinctly: "This is the end of Hong Kong."
Mobile stroke unit 'proves a success'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/05/2020
» Stroke victims who receive emergency treatment from the Siriraj Mobile Stroke Unit -- the country's first mobile telemedicine unit -- face a lower risk of paralysis or death, according to the director of Siriraj Stroke Centre.
Eppo plan works around gas depletion
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 27/05/2020
» The Energy Policy and Planning Office (Eppo) is preparing to roll out the final stage of its development plan for the petrochemical industry, vying to steer the industry towards value-added products as natural gas in the Gulf of Thailand, the main raw material, nears depletion.