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Global panic fades as Wall Street stems stock bleeding
AFP, Published on 06/02/2018
» LONDON: A collective sigh of relief swept across global trading floors on Tuesday as bargain hunters swooped on Wall Street stocks, stemming a haemorrhage that had been spreading panic among investors.
SET, regional shares sink in line with world markets
Reuters, Published on 06/02/2018
» Southeast Asian shares shed most of January's gains and ended lower for a second straight session on Tuesday as an overnight plunge on Wall Street triggered a rout in equities worldwide.
Another Hells Angels member caught
Treenai Chansrichol, Published on 06/02/2018
» PATTAYA: Another alleged member of the Hells Angels Pattaya gang has been arrested in Nakhon Sawan province for overstaying his visa, according to police.
Mor Saeng warns he'll stop dispensing cancer 'cure'
Online Reporters, Published on 06/02/2018
» An upset Saengchai Haelertrakul, better known as Mor Saeng, has threatened to stop providing herbal medicines for cancer patients after health authorities said he is not a registered folk healer.
B50k for schoolgirl who died after being ordered to run
Online Reporters, Published on 06/02/2018
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration offered compensation of 50,000 baht to the family of an 11-year-old girl who died after being ordered to run laps during physical activity hour at a BMA school.
Vietnam jails activist for livestreaming pollution march
Associated Press, Published on 06/02/2018
» HANOI: A court in central Vietnam sentenced an activist to 14 years in jail Tuesday for livestreaming fishermen marching to file a lawsuit against a Taiwan-owned steel plant's spill of toxins into the ocean.
Naked 'bunny girl' freezes tail off in Olympic fur protest
AFP, Published on 06/02/2018
» A half-naked activist sporting bunny ears and a fluffy tail braved the Olympic chill in Pyeongchang to protest the fur trade Tuesday but, shivering on high heels, side-stepped the thorny issue of dog meat.
Court lets Joshua Wong, friends walk free
Reuters, Published on 06/02/2018
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's highest court on Tuesday unanimously decided to free three young leaders of the Chinese-ruled city's pro-democracy movement, including the public face of youth-led protests, Joshua Wong, in a stark reversal of an earlier ruling.
Strong baht, higher wages 'may slow 2018 exports'
Reuters, Published on 06/02/2018
» Exports may grow at a much slower pace of 3.5% this year due to a strong baht and higher wages, after expanding nearly 10% in 2017, a group of Thai shippers said on Tuesday.
Indian fake doctor infects 21 with HIV with tainted syringes
Associated Press, Published on 06/02/2018
» LUCKNOW, India: A fake doctor treating poor villagers in northern India for colds, coughs and diarrhoea has infected at least 21 of them with HIV by using contaminated syringes and needles, a health official said Tuesday.