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Israel pledges independent probe of Gaza NGO deaths
News Agencies, Published on 02/04/2024
» JERUSALEM - The Israeli military says an “independent, professional expert body” will investigate the deaths of seven people working for the World Central Kitchen (WCK) in Gaza, which the NGO said was the result of an Israeli air strike.
Trial of motorcade duo opens without one defendant
Published on 02/04/2024
» The first hearing in the sedition trial of two young activists accused of attempting to disrupt a royal motorcade took place on Tuesday without one of the defendants, both of whom are on hunger strikes.
Child killed in Finland school shooting
Reuters, Published on 02/04/2024
» HELSINKI - One child was killed and two seriously wounded in a shooting at a school outside the Finnish capital on Tuesday, police said, with a 12-year-old fellow pupil suspected of the attack taken into custody.
Lop Buri monkey ‘control centre’ proposed
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/04/2024
» Natural Resources and Environment Minister Phatcharavat Wongsuwan is proposing to open a macaque control centre in Lop Buri to sterilise the monkeys and transfer them to other areas in an attempt to solve the problems they cause in the town.
‘Big Joke’ turns himself in
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 02/04/2024
» Deputy national police chief Surachate Hakparn turned himself in to police to answer charges of money laundering, just hours after investigators obtained a warrant for his arrest on Tuesday.
Indonesia buying two French submarines
Reuters and Online Reporters, Published on 02/04/2024
» PARIS - The Indonesian Navy has signed a contract to buy two Scorpene submarines made by the French state-owned shipyard Naval Group, the company said on Tuesday on its website.
Israeli held in Malaysia ‘may be crime hit man’
Reuters, Published on 02/04/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police are looking into reports that an armed man detained last week had links to an Israeli crime syndicate, amid a widening investigation.
Singapore jails money launderer for 13 months
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/04/2024
» SINGAPORE - The first person to plead guilty in the biggest money-laundering case in the history of Singapore has been sentenced to 13 months in jail.
Senate accepts same-sex marriage bill in first reading
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 02/04/2024
» The same-sex marriage bill cruised through the first reading in the Senate on Tuesday, was referred to a vetting committee and is expected back on the floor in July.
ILO steps up campaign to help migrants
Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 02/04/2024
» The International Labour Organization (ILO) in Thailand is stepping up its campaign to protect the rights of vulnerable migrant groups.