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Cancer to kill 10 mn in 2018 despite better prevention
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» PARIS - Cancer will kill nearly 10 million people this year, experts said Wednesday, warning the disease's global burden continues to rise in spite of better prevention and earlier diagnosis.
UK accuses Russia of 'lies' after Putin's Skripal poisoning denial
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» LONDON - Britain accused Russia on Wednesday of "obfuscation and lies" after President Vladimir Putin denied that the two men Britain suspects of poisoning former spy Sergei Skripal with a nerve agent were military intelligence officers.
EU lawmakers back publishers over tech giants on copyright
Published on 12/09/2018
» STRASBOURG: European Union lawmakers voted on Wednesday to force Google, Facebook and other technology firms to share more revenues with European media, publishers and other creative industries in a shake-up of copyright rules.
Newest iPhone could have big screen, big price
Published on 12/09/2018
» Apple Inc is expected to blast further past the US$1,000 (32,000 baht) price barrier when it launches new iPhones on Wednesday, but Wall Street is most intrigued by how deep into its larger-than-ever lineup prices hikes may go.
Damascus shells Idlib as UN chief warns of 'bloodbath'
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» BEIRUT: Government forces shelled Syria's last major rebel bastion on Wednesday, hours after UN chief Antonio Guterres warned the Security Council any full-blown offensive in Idlib risks triggering a "bloodbath".
Juncker urges EU to take stronger world role
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» STRASBOURG, France: In an age of trade wars, terrorism and rising nationalism, Europe must become a global player with a muscular foreign policy to match its economic strength, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker declared Wednesday.
Typhoon Mangkhut presents ‘great danger to Hong Kong’
Published on 12/09/2018
» Super Typhoon Mangkhut is predicted to be one of the strongest storms to ever hit the city and presents a “great danger to Hong Kong”, a top weather expert said.
Senate, MP organic laws published, paving way for poll
Online Reporters, Published on 12/09/2018
» Two key organic laws on the election of MPs and selection of senators have received royal approval and were published in the Royal Gazette, paving the way for an election to take place by May next year.
Ryanair defiant as German pilots and crew walk out
AFP, Published on 12/09/2018
» BERLIN - Irish budget carrier Ryanair was defiant Wednesday as dozens of flights were disrupted in a walkout by German pilots and cabin crew, the latest flare-up in a bitter Europe-wide battle for better pay and conditions.
Destroyed community emerges as reservoir level drops
Nujaree Rakrun, Published on 12/09/2018
» NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: The discharge of water from Khlong Katun reservoir has revealed the ruins of houses, temples and other structures destroyed by major flooding and mudslides about 30 years ago.