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Is Trump mounting a coup -- or just putting on a circus?
AFP, Published on 13/11/2020
» WASHINGTON - Is President Donald Trump's unprecedented assault on the US election results a coup in progress -- or mere political show?
Fresh vaccine hope as world tops 10,000 daily virus deaths
AFP, Published on 13/11/2020
» LONDON: Top US government scientist Anthony Fauci said Thursday the coronavirus vaccine "cavalry" was on its way, bringing fresh hope as the world registered more than 10,000 deaths in just 24 hours, a record.
Amnesty says scores dead in Ethiopia 'massacre' as conflict escalates
AFP, Published on 13/11/2020
» ADDIS ABABA - Amnesty International said Thursday that scores of civilians were killed in a "massacre" in Ethiopia's Tigray region that witnesses blamed on forces backing the local ruling party in its fight against the federal government.
Ketamine worth B28bn seized in Chachoengsao
News, King-oua Laohong, Published on 13/11/2020
» More than 28 billion baht worth of ketamine, the country's largest-ever haul, was confiscated at a warehouse in Chachoengsao yesterday, the Justice Ministry announced.
Giant free-trade deal close
News, Bangkok Post and Bloomberg, Published on 13/11/2020
» Fifteen Asia-Pacific nations including China aim to clinch the world's largest free-trade agreement this weekend, the culmination of Beijing's decade-long quest for greater economic integration with a region that encompasses nearly a third of the global gross domestic product.
Glimpse of the future
News, Published on 13/11/2020
» The exhibitions accompanying Powering Digital Thailand 2021: Huawei Cloud and Connect will carry on until tomorrow after ministerial keynote sessions took place on Wednesday.
Cops bend to royalist mob
Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/11/2020
» If the scene of a yellow-clad royalist crowd trying to surround and viciously attack a car they believed was carrying Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, the ex-leader of the now-defunct Future Forward Party (FFP), at a hotel in a southern province on Wednesday, made the public concerned about the state of disorderliness in the country, the lack of police action in the case demonstrates something much worse. Indeed, the question now is if Thailand is on the verge of becoming a failed state.
Tokyo Olympic Games broadcast bonanza confirmed
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 13/11/2020
» Six local television channels will broadcast live the Tokyo Olympic Games next year and the Thai sports fans will also be able to follow live action via mobile platforms.
US ties with Asia, SE Asia, Thailand
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 13/11/2020
» Under the leadership of President-elect Joe Biden, the United States' relations with Asia broadly and with Southeast Asia and Thailand in particular are set to undergo a qualitative shift in tone and direction. At issue are to what extent Mr Biden will adopt the foreign policy outlook and orientation of former president Barack Obama in 2008-16 and whether he will retain some or reject most of the Asia policy legacy under the outgoing government of President Donald Trump.
Azeri-Armenian ceasefire set to last
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 13/11/2020
» This time, the truce will last. The 2,000 Russian troops flying into Armenia this week and fanning out to police the ceasefire lines in Nagorno-Karabakh are being sent there for five years renewable, and neither Armenia nor Azerbaijan will challenge them.