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ByteDance offers to sell TikTok's US ops as Trump ban looms: report
AFP, Published on 01/08/2020
» SAN FRANCISCO: ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of wildly popular TikTok, has offered to sell the app's US operations as a way to avert a ban by the government of President Donald Trump, the New York Times reported Saturday.
Ratchaburi man held after trying to fake death
Saichon Srinuanchan, Published on 01/08/2020
» RATCHABURI: Police say a Ratchaburi man who was facing a possible jail sentence tried to fake his death by killing another man, staging a crash and burning his body in a car.
1,374 drug arrests in North in 3 months
Post Reporters, Published on 01/08/2020
» Authorities in northern Thailand, a major narcotics trafficking area, arrested 1,374 suspects and seized drugs worth 535 million baht in a three-month crackdown from April to June, according to the regional Army commander.
Triumph denies links with firm that laid off 800
Published on 01/08/2020
» Triumph International (Thailand) Co Ltd has denied links with a garment company that laid off 800 employees in Thailand on Friday.
UAE starts up first Arab nuclear plant
AFP, Published on 01/08/2020
» ABU DHABI: The oil-rich United Arab Emirates on Saturday announced the startup of its Barakah nuclear power plant, scoring another first for the Arab world.
Murdoch heir quits News Corp board
AFP, Published on 01/08/2020
» NEW YORK: Former 21st Century Fox chief executive James Murdoch, the son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, has resigned from the News Corp board citing clashes over editorial content.
Microsoft ponders TikTok deal
Bloomberg and AFP, Published on 01/08/2020
» Microsoft is reported to be exploring the possibility of buying TikTok’s operations in the United States, even as President Donald Trump vows to ban the wildly popular Chinese video app on security grounds.
US wary of Chinese and Russian vaccines
AFP, Published on 01/08/2020
» WASHINGTON: America's top infectious diseases official has raised concerns over the safety of Covid-19 vaccines being developed by China and Russia as the world scrambles for answers to a pandemic the WHO warned will be felt for decades.
Thai-owned Sheffield Wednesday docked 12 points
Reuters and Online Reporters, Published on 01/08/2020
» LONDON: The Thai-owned football club Sheffield Wednesday will begin the 2020-21 season 12 points in the red for breaching profit and sustainability rules.
220kg of ganja seized in Nakhon Phanom
Pattanapong Sripiachai, Published on 01/08/2020
» NAKHON PHANOM: Two men arrested on charges of smuggling 220 kilogrammes of marijuana said they did it because they needed money after the Covid-19 outbreak left them jobless, according to police.