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House, Senate elect Prayut Thailand's new prime minister
Published on 05/06/2019
» MPs and senators overwhelmingly voted for Prayut Chan-o-cha to be prime minister of Thailand late on Wednesday night. Gen Prayut will be the head of a coalition government led by the Palang Pracharath Party.
Myanmar entrepreneur buys unused bicycles for poor children
Published on 05/06/2019
» SINGAPORE: When bicycle-sharing company oBike pulled out of Singapore abruptly last year, leaving the city with unattended bicycles rusting away in parks and public spaces, Myanmar entrepreneur Mike Than Tun Win saw the perfect opportunity to turn trash into treasure.
Study estimates 210,000 men have sex with men in Singapore
Published on 05/06/2019
» SINGAPORE: Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) estimate that 210,000 men here have sex with other men, and they could face a concentrated epidemic of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The figure is more than double an earlier less rigorous estimate of 90,000 men.
Prawit urges UN to get tough on illegal fishing
Published on 05/06/2019
» Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon on Wednesday called on the United Nations to make Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing an environmental crime.
Man arrested with 1.5 tonnes of 'ice'
King-oua Laohong, Published on 05/06/2019
» A man was arrested with 1.49 tonnes of crystal meth and 91 kilogrammes of ketamine at a warehouse in Pathum Thani province.
Renault to bring case against Ghosn over expenses
AFP, Published on 05/06/2019
» PARIS - French carmaker Renault is to bring a case against former chief executive Carlos Ghosn after identifying 11 million euros of questionable expenses, the government said Wednesday, in a new blow for the fallen tycoon as he awaits trial in Japan.
Wrecked mosques, police watch: A tense Ramadan in Xinjiang
AFP, Published on 05/06/2019
» HOTAN, China: The corner where Heyitkah Mosque in China's restive Xinjiang region once hummed with life is now a concrete parking lot where all traces of the tall, domed building have been erased.
Gunfire echoes in Khartoum as protest crackdown leaves 60 dead
AFP, Published on 05/06/2019
» KHARTOUM: Gunfire crackled in Sudan's capital Wednesday as tensions remained high after a two-day crackdown that doctors close to the country's protest movement said had left at least 60 people dead.
"I'll be PM of change", says Thanathorn ahead of vote
Reuters, Published on 05/06/2019
» Future Forward leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit called for change on Wednesday, as both houses of parliament convened for the first time since a 2014 coup to vote for either him or the chief of the ruling junta to be leader.
Flashflood, landslide hit Nan
Rarinthorn Petcharoen, Published on 05/06/2019
» NAN: A sudden flood and landslide cut off a road in Chalerm Phrakiat after three hours of heavy rain in the district.