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Ivory Coast votes in test of stability after political turmoil
AFP, Published on 06/03/2021
» ABIDJAN - The Ivory Coast went to the polls on Saturday in a parliamentary election that is a key test of stability four months after a presidential vote marked by deadly violence.
Four rallies go ahead despite new ban
Online Reporters, Published on 06/03/2021
» Hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators gathered outside the Criminal Court on Saturday evening to call for the release of detained colleagues and the abolition of the lese majeste law, defying a fresh order banning public gatherings in the capital.
Three men caught for murder in Surat Thani
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/03/2021
» Three gang members who allegedly shot dead a 46-year-old man in Surat Thani over a drug conflict were caught in Nakhon Si Thammarat on Saturday.
AirAsia aims to launch 'flying taxis'
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/03/2021
» KUALA LUMPUR: The regional budget airline AirAsia is seeking to launch an app-powered flying-taxi business as soon as next year, according to co-founder and chief executive Tony Fernandes.
Gold shop robbery suspect takes own life
Published on 06/03/2021
» A man being hunted for the one-million-baht robbery of a gold shop in Ratchaburi reportedly shot himself to death at a resort in Phetchaburi on Saturday.
Grave of slain protester disturbed in Myanmar
Published on 06/03/2021
» YANGON: Guarded by police and soldiers, authorities in Myanmar disturbed the grave of a 19-year-old woman who became an icon of the anti-coup protest movement after she was shot dead while wearing a T-shirt that read “Everything will be OK”, a witness and local media said.
Monk killed after being struck by pickup
Manit Sanubboon, Published on 06/03/2021
» PRACHIN BURI: A 59-year-old Buddhist monk was killed after a pickup truck struck him while he was crossing the road to collect alms in Sri Maha Phot district on Saturday morning.
33 Myanmar migrants found in forest
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 06/03/2021
» KANCHANABURI: Thirty-three Myanmar migrants, including nine Rohingya hoping to get to Malaysia, were rounded up overnight after they crossed the border illegally in Sangkhla Buri district.
Thailand downgraded to 'not free' in global survey
Published on 06/03/2021
» Thailand has been downgraded again to “not free” from “partly free” in the latest global rankings by Freedom House, a US-based democracy advocacy group.
Anti-coup protests continue in Myanmar as UN urged to hear 'pleas'
AFP, Published on 06/03/2021
» YANGON - Anti-coup demonstrators returned to the streets of Myanmar Saturday, a day after a United Nations envoy urged the Security Council to hear the nation's "desperate pleas" and take swift action to restore democracy.