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Messi misses Miami's Hong Kong friendly as organisers face govt funding cut
Reuters, Published on 04/02/2024
» HONG KONG: Lionel Messi's three days of adulation in Hong Kong ended in heartbreak for his fans as the Argentine did not take to the field in Inter Miami's 4-1 win against a local League XI in a friendly played in front of a sellout crowd on Sunday.
Activist Ruangkrai renews bid to ban 44 Move Forward MPs
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 04/02/2024
» Political activist Ruangkrai Leekitwattana on Sunday sent a petition to the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) asking it to investigate 44 Move Forward Party (MFP) MPs to determine whether it was ethical for them to support a bill to amendment the lese majeste law.
Access improves to smoking cessation drug
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 04/02/2024
» A smoking cessation drug, Cytisine, has been included in Thailand's list of essential medicines. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) aims to make the drug accessible to all who need help quitting smoking, to cut the risk of lung cancer.
Philippines to use ‘forces’ to quell secession attempts, official says
Bloomberg, Published on 04/02/2024
» The Philippine government will use its “authority and forces” to stamp out any attempt to separate the country, its national security adviser said following a threat by former leader Rodrigo Duterte to split his native Mindanao from the rest of the nation.
Proper lighting, barriers ordered for fatal bus plunge bridge
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 04/02/2024
» SAMUT PRAKAN: Police ordered a contractor to install proper lighting and barriers after a factory workers' bus plunged from a bridge that was under improvement in Bang Bo district on Saturday night, killing three people.
Govt rules out foul play in ministry building fire
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 04/02/2024
» Forensic police on Sunday examined a four-storey building at the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives in Bangkok where a fire broke out the day before, damaging several rooms, as the government ruled out political foul play.
US, UK hit dozens of Houthi sites in bid to end ship attacks
Bloomberg, Published on 04/02/2024
» US forces followed up strikes on Syria and Iraq with a new round of attacks against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, signalling that President Joe Biden is willing to deepen US involvement in the region’s spreading conflict.
BTS train operator likely to retain bus feeder service
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/02/2024
» Bangkok Mass Transit System plc (BTSC) proposed the lowest quotation of the two bidders vying for a five-year-long concession of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), the bus feeder service for its BTS electric railway.
Samui expects surge in Chinese tourists
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 04/02/2024
» SURAT THANI: The Tourism Authority of Thailand expects a significant rise in Chinese tourist arrivals on Koh Samui this month, thanks to the visa-waiver scheme and the upcoming Lunar New Year.
Germany braces for decades of confrontation with Russia
The New York TImes, Published on 04/02/2024
» BERLIN: German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has begun warning Germans that they should prepare for decades of confrontation with Russia — and that they must speedily rebuild the country’s military in case Russian Vladimir Putin does not plan to stop at the border with Ukraine.