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French skating head defiant amid underage sex claims
AFP, Published on 05/02/2020
» PARIS - French figure skating chief Didier Gailhaguet cut a defiant figure Wednesday amid claims of rape and sexual abuse of minors in the sport and government demands for his resignation.
Avalanches kill nearly 40 in eastern Turkey
AFP, Published on 05/02/2020
» ANKARA - At least 33 people were killed in eastern Turkey Wednesday by a second avalanche which buried a team of rescuers searching for people hit by the first the day before.
490 dead, 25,000 sick, 2 newborns infected: Virus update
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/02/2020
» The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak climbed toward 500 as confirmed cases worldwide reached almost 25,000 and two newborn babies born to infected mothers tested positive, while 684 infected people have fully recovered.
Smog dashes chances of Unesco heritage listing
Published on 05/02/2020
» PHETCHABUN: Air pollution caused by open burning in sugar cane plantations has jeopardised chances for Si Thep Historical Park to be listed as a Unesco World Heritage site, according to Wisan Kositanont, chairman of Phetchabun Provincial Cultural Council.
China grateful for Thai support: state media
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 05/02/2020
» The Thai people have shown support for and empathy with China during the coronavirus epidemic, according to Chinese journalists.
Consumer index continues to dip
Published on 05/02/2020
» Consumer sentiment keeps falling, with the deadly virus outbreak adding to key concerns in addition to the delayed fiscal 2020 budget, the domestic economic slowdown and political instability.
Trump set for Senate acquittal in boost to reelection campaign
AFP, Published on 05/02/2020
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump was set to win acquittal from impeachment in the Senate on Wednesday, hours after his partisan State of the Union speech triggered unprecedented protests from Democrats in a seething display of US political divisions.
NEP: Mingkwan won't be expelled
Online Reporters, Published on 05/02/2020
» The New Economics Party (NEP) will not expel its former leader Mingkwan Sangsuwan, even though he has decided to remain part of the opposition coalition in defiance of the party's new independent line, acting party leader Supadit Arkasrerk said on Wednesday.
MRT extends free travel period on Blue Line extension
Published on 05/02/2020
» The period of free travel on the Blue Line between Tao Poon and Charan 12 stations will be extended until March 29, the MRT operator announced on Wednesday.
More smuggled drugs found near scene of border clash
Online Reporters, Published on 05/02/2020
» CHIANG MAI: Another two million methamphetamine pills have been found in the forest in Chiang Dao district, not far from the scene of a clash between soldiers and smugglers on Monday, when about three million speed pills and some 27 kilogrammes of heroin were seized.