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Turkey steps up assault on Kurds in Syria
AFP, Published on 12/10/2019
» RAS AL-AIN, Syria: Ankara stepped up its assault on Kurdish-held border towns in northeastern Syria on Saturday, defying mounting threats of international sanctions, even from Washington.
Ministers vow to quit in chemical row
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/10/2019
» Ministers attached to the Bhumjaithai Party will quit their jobs if they fail to convince the authorities to ban three pesticides that have been used for farming despite their high toxicity, party leader and Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Saturday.
Plankton blooms seen in Prachuap Khiri Khan
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 12/10/2019
» PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Plankton blooms were sighted at Ao Prachuap bay and Hat Nawakorn national park in Prachuap Khiri Khan on Saturday, with some small sea animals found dead.
Future Forward hits back at army chief
Online Reporters, Published on 12/10/2019
» The secretary-general of the Future Forward Party has hit back at the army chief after a sensational speech the latter made on Friday, in which he invoked 40-year-old anti-communist rhetoric to characterise modern security threats.
Two die in Japan as typhoon makes landfall
Agencies, Published on 12/10/2019
» TOKYO: Heavy rain and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday evening as a powerful typhoon forecast to be Japan’s worst in six decades made landfall southwest of Tokyo, with streets, beaches and train stations deserted.
Hong Kong protests smaller, largely peaceful
News Agencies, Published on 12/10/2019
» HONG KONG: Protesters marching peacefully hit the rain-slick streets of Hong Kong again in multiple locations on Saturday, defying police warnings that they were gathering illegally. Police said rioters tossing petrol bombs also damaged a subway station.
4 Koreans held in online gambling bust
Online Reporters, Published on 12/10/2019
» Four South Korean men have been arrested in a raid on a Bangkok condominium that police say was a base for an online gambling operation with 900 million baht in monthly turnover.
Turkey keeps up assault on Kurd-held towns
AFP, Published on 12/10/2019
» QAMISHLI, Syria: Turkey kept up its assault on Kurdish-held border towns in northeastern Syria on Saturday on the fourth day of an offensive that is drawing growing international condemnation, even from Washington.
Modi tells Xi summit will launch 'new era'
AFP, Published on 12/10/2019
» MAHABALIPURAM, India: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Saturday that his summit with Chinese leader Xi Xinping would launch a "new era" between the neighbours who are seeking to overcome troublesome differences.
Kipchoge breaks 2-hour marathon mark
The Associated Press, Published on 12/10/2019
» VIENNA: Eliud Kipchoge has become the first athlete to run a marathon in less than two hours, although it will not count as a world record.