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Blizzard pounds US Northeast
Reuters, Published on 04/01/2018
» CHARLESTON, South Carolina/BOSTON: Heavy snow and high winds pounded the US East Coast along a front stretching from Maine as far south as North Carolina early on Thursday, knocking out power, icing over roadways and closing hundreds of schools.
Assistant village chief nabbed for killing driver
Published on 04/01/2018
» CHIANG RAI: An assistant village chief has been arrested and charged for allegedly killing a driver who failed to stop at a checkpoint set up by local officials.
Four dead as South African train crashes, bursts into flames
Reuters, Published on 04/01/2018
» JOHANNESBURG: Four people died and dozens were injured after a passenger train derailed and crashed into a truck before bursting into flames in South Africa's Free State province, emergency services said on Thursday.
Inmates riot, set fires at prison in Indonesia's Aceh
Associated Press, Published on 04/01/2018
» BANDA ACEH: Indonesian security forces have retaken control of a prison in the country's west following a riot.
Three get life, jail terms for Pattani unrest
Maluding Deeto, Published on 04/01/2018
» PATTANI: A man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing three soldiers while two others got four years each for inciting unrest and separatism in three separate cases.
Woman filmed jumping off bridge found dead
Gary Boyle, Published on 04/01/2018
» The body of a woman who was shown live on Facebook jumping off the Rama VII bridge in Bangkok was found in the Chao Phraya River on Thursday, two days after she apparently committed suicide.
Vietnamese tycoon arrested after being deported from Singapore
Reuters, Published on 04/01/2018
» SINGAPORE/HANOI: A fugitive Vietnamese tycoon who is accused of spilling state secrets was arrested in Hanoi on Thursday after being deported from Singapore.
Thai shares hit record closing high, other SE Asia stocks rise
Published on 04/01/2018
» Surging energy stocks pushed the Thai index to a record closing high, while other Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Wednesday as sharp gains on Wall Street overnight on solid US economic data buoyed regional equities.
Indonesian fishermen settle human trafficking suit
Associated Press, Published on 04/01/2018
» A human trafficking lawsuit just settled between two Indonesian fishermen and an American boat owner will not impact nearly 800 other foreign fishermen in Hawaii's fleet who are banned from leaving boats when the vessels reach US shores, industry officials say.
Woman filmed jumping off bridge found dead
Online Reporters, Published on 04/01/2018
» The body of a woman who was shown live on Facebook jumping off the Rama VII bridge in Bangkok was found in the Chao Phraya River on Thursday, two days after she apparently committed suicide.