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History man Nadal sweeps to 12th French Open and 18th Grand Slam title
AFP, Published on 09/06/2019
» PARIS - Rafael Nadal swept to an historic 12th Roland Garros title and 18th Grand Slam crown on Sunday with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 victory over Austria's Dominic Thiem.
Democrats slam Trump's use of trade threats against ally Mexico
AFP, Published on 09/06/2019
» WASHINGTON - Democrats on Sunday slammed Donald Trump's tactics of threatening punitive tariffs to extract concessions on immigration from Mexico, saying the US president was recklessly endangering ties to a major ally and trade partner.
Hundreds held as Kazakhs vote for first new leader in decades
AFP, Published on 09/06/2019
» ALMATY, Kazakhstan: Police in Kazakhstan arrested hundreds of opposition protesters Sunday at polls to elect the country's first new president in 30 years following the departure of historic leader Nursultan Nazarbayev.
Nadal faces Thiem for 12th Roland Garros title
AFP, Published on 09/06/2019
» PARIS: Rafael Nadal admits the prospect of winning a 12th Roland Garros title and 18th major on Sunday would have once just seemed liked an "incredible" dream in a career so often at the mercy of a succession of morale-sapping injuries.
Police Region seizes 200m meth pills over seven months
Online Reporters, Published on 09/06/2019
» The Provincial Police Region 5 has confiscated almost 200 million methamphetamine pills during the past seven months as drug traffickers changed smuggling routes to avoid authorities which have stepped up crackdowns.
Sudan police try to quell civil disobedience campaign
AFP, Published on 09/06/2019
» KHARTOUM - Sudanese police fired warning shots Sunday to disperse protesters building roadblocks in the capital, as part of a civil disobedience campaign against the ruling generals following a bloody crackdown that left dozens dead.
Customs urged to act on sticky rice smugglers
Published on 09/06/2019
» The Internal Trade Department is urging border security and customs officers to crack down on the smuggling of unmilled glutinous rice by traders who want to profit off the high price of the commodity in the domestic market.
Illegal phayung logging in Thap Lan National Park targeted
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 09/06/2019
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: An operation has been launched to suppress illegal felling of protected phayung trees in the Thap Lan National Park, according to a 2nd Army bulletin.
Farmers traumatised by boar attacks on pineapples, cassava
Published on 09/06/2019
» RATCHABURI: Farmers have cried foul over wild boar raids that damaged their farms, causing at least one to switch to another crop the beasts might find less tasty.
'Khao' shows how
Special Publications, Published on 09/06/2019
» Master chefs are hard to define but you know when you've met one. Take Vichit Mukura. Formerly 28 years in command of Sala Rim Naam, the illustrious Mandarin Oriental Hotel's Thai diner, he stands ramrod straight from hours slaving over hot woks. The twinkle in his eyes, easy smile, and humorous repartee similarly speak to a man at the top of the culinary tree. And indeed a proprietor, with partners, of KHAO i.e. rice. Tucked inside Ekamai Soi 10, it's a long, low free-standing log cabin with decent parking.