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Trump says Republicans ready to impose gun background checks
AFP, Published on 09/08/2019
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Friday that fellow Republicans will set aside resistance to restricting access to firearms by supporting background checks for people buying weapons in the wake of mass shootings in Ohio and Texas.
Trump sides with Kim criticism of US-SKorea war games
AFP, Published on 09/08/2019
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump told reporters Friday he agreed with Kim Jong Un's opposition to US-South Korea war games, after receiving what he was a new letter from the North Korean leader.
Hong Kong leader rules out concessions as protesters stage airport sit-in
AFP, Published on 09/08/2019
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam on Friday ruled out concessions to "silence the violent protesters", as pro-democracy activists who have staged months of demonstrations rallied at the city's airport.
Apirat: Fake news feeds 'hybrid war'
Published on 09/08/2019
» The Royal Thai Army is fighting a “hybrid war” waged by enemies who are using “fake news” to turn young Thais against the military and the monarchy, says army chief Apirat Kongsompong.
Rare baby panda twins born at Belgian zoo
AFP, Published on 09/08/2019
» BRUSSELS - A Belgian zoo announced Friday the "extremely rare" birth of twin baby giant pandas, three years after the arrival of a young male, which was a first for Belgium at the time.
HK leader aims to 'stop the violence'
AP and New York Times, Published on 09/08/2019
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Friday that her priority is to “stop the violence” rather than make political concessions as the city’s two-month-long protest movement pressed on with a demonstration at the airport.
Visa exemption called for as tourism drags
Dusida Worrachaddejchai and Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 09/08/2019
» The government is being urged to make big tourism markets, notably China and India, visa-exempt as part of attempts to revive sluggish tourism.
Megaprojects may require 90% local content
Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 09/08/2019
» The Industry Ministry plans to talk with the Finance Ministry about requiring 90% local content for state megaprojects and procurement to encourage investors and bidders to use locally made materials.
Yingluck gets Serbian citizenship
The Associated Press and Online Reporters, Published on 09/08/2019
» Fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who was sentenced in Thailand to five years in prison for dereliction of duty, has received Serbian citizenship.
Another firebomb reported in Pratunam
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/08/2019
» Police were called to examine an exploded firebomb at the Platinum shopping centre in the Pratunam area of Bangkok on Friday, after being contacted by a shop owner six days after the bomb went off.