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65 of NCPO orders to remain in effect
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 07/05/2019
» The junta has issued 456 announcements and orders over the past five years and 65 of them will continue to take effect after the new government is sworn in.
Russia probes pilot error after deadly plane blaze
AFP, Published on 07/05/2019
» MOSCOW - Russian investigators were on Tuesday considering pilot error as the cause of a crash-landing that saw a plane erupt in flames at Moscow's busiest airport and kill 41 people, media reported.
EU cuts eurozone growth forecast as Italy debt soars
AFP, Published on 07/05/2019
» BRUSSELS: The European Commission cut its eurozone growth forecast for 2019 on Tuesday, with overspending by populist-run Italy again a concern.
Porsche fined 535m euros over diesel cheating
AFP, Published on 07/05/2019
» FRANKFURT: German sports car maker and Volkswagen subsidiary Porsche will pay a 535-million-euro fine over diesel vehicles that emitted more harmful pollutants than allowed, Stuttgart prosecutors said Tuesday.
Britain eagerly awaits royal baby name
AFP, Published on 07/05/2019
» WINDSOR: Thrilled Britons bet on baby names and congratulations poured in on Tuesday after Prince Harry and Meghan welcomed the royal family's first known mixed-race member.
Songwriter for Rama IX dead at 100
News, Published on 07/05/2019
» Revered Thai scholar Prof Prasert na Nagara, praised for writing the Thai lyrics for King Rama IX’s songs, has died at the age of 100.
Escalation in Syria's Idlib rattles months-old truce
AFP, Published on 07/05/2019
» KAFR NABL (SYRIA) - Air strikes and shelling killed eight civilians in northwestern Syria Tuesday after deadly clashes between pro-government forces and jihadists rattled a months-old truce and sparked a new wave of displacement.
Singapore central bank studying licences for virtual banks
Reuters, Published on 07/05/2019
» SINGAPORE: Singapore's central bank said it is studying whether to allow financial technology firms to operate digital-only banks in the city-state, as regulators in other Asian markets begin issuing virtual banking licences.
Albanians unearth dark past searching for communism's victims
AFP, Published on 07/05/2019
» TIRANA - After years of scouring documents, tapes and then the slopes of a mountain above Tirana, Jovan Plaku found the remains of 13 people in a forest where he believes his father was executed by Albania's former communist regime.
Fifteen cabinet ministers resign to take up seats in the senate
Online Reporters, Published on 07/05/2019
» Fifteen cabinet ministers resigned on Tuesday to take up seats in the new senate, as the Pheu Thai Party questioned the impartiality of the nominations made by a selection panel appointed by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon.