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Big names join US business mission to Vietnam
Reuters, Published on 15/03/2025
» HANOI - Top US tech, defence and energy companies including Boeing and Apple will join a large business mission to Vietnam next week, a list of participants seen by Reuters shows, in a possible sign of confidence as the Southeast Asian country seeks to avoid US trade tariffs.
Teachers who tolerate vaping face legal action
Anucha Charoenpo, Published on 15/03/2025
» The government has warned that disciplinary action will be taken against teachers and educational staff found involved in promoting e-cigarette use among the young.
Savannakhet pitches ‘pilgrimages’ to Thais
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 15/03/2025
» Savannakhet province in Laos is touting pilgrimage tourism targeting Thai travellers who want to pay respects to the three Buddha relics in both countries.
Record drug haul in Songkhla worth B117 million
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 15/03/2025
» SONGKHLA - Authorities have seized about 200 kilogrammes of heroin and 2.7 million speed pills with a combined worth of more than 117 million baht and arrested two suspected drug couriers in the largest-ever drug haul in this southern province.
15 Thais sought for online gambling in Poipet
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/03/2025
» Arrest warrants have been issued for 15 Thais who were recently repatriated from Poipet in Cambodia for allegedly organising online gambling activities.
Putin ‘not serious about peace’, says UK leader
AFP, Published on 15/03/2025
» LONDON - UK premier Keir Starmer will prod fellow leaders on Saturday to sign up to a coalition willing to protect any eventual ceasefire in Ukraine, having said Russian President Vladimir Putin was “not serious about peace”.
‘Extermination camp’ found in Mexico
The New York Times, Published on 15/03/2025
» MEXICO CITY — A group of volunteers searching for their missing relatives first received a tip last week about a mass grave hidden in western Mexico.
New Canadian PM orders review of US jet deal
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/03/2025
» OTTAWA - Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney has ordered a review of the country’s agreement to buy F-35 fighter jets, a new front in the dispute between the two sides in response to tariffs and expansionist rhetoric from President Donald Trump.
US expels South African ambassador
Reuters, Published on 15/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - The United States has expelled South Africa’s ambassador, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday, calling the envoy a “race-baiting politician” who hates America and President Donald Trump.
Another young vaper admitted to hospital
Online Reporters, Published on 15/03/2025
» A young woman who had been vaping from Grade 4 to 8 is currently being treated for severe pneumonia at a hospital in Chiang Mai, the provincial public health office said on Saturday.