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Lawmakers debate long-awaited legislation on torture, abductions
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2021
» Parliament on Wednesday started debating draft legislation outlawing torture and enforced disappearance, following years of delay and civil society outrage over alleged abuses and impunity among law enforcement personnel.
Prawit, Thamanat keep high posts in ruling party
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 15/09/2021
» Thamanat Prompow -- the former deputy agriculture minister sacked from his cabinet seat last Thursday -- will remain the secretary-general of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), with Gen Prawit Wongsuwon staying on as party leader.
Parents given until Sept 24 on vaccines for schoolchildren
Prasit Tangprasert and Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 15/09/2021
» Parents have until Sept 24 to decide whether to inoculate their children with the Pfizer vaccine before the Education Ministry reopens real classrooms for students.
UK government raps Nicki Minaj over vaccine claims
AFP, Published on 15/09/2021
» LONDON - A coronavirus briefing in Britain took an unexpected turn when the country's buttoned-up chief medical officer and prime minister found themselves talking about Nicki Minaj, vaccine hesitancy and her cousin's friend's supposedly swollen testicles.
Din Daeng residents seek compensation for protest damage
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/09/2021
» Residents in areas around Din Daeng intersection and Vibhavadi-Rangsit highway are seeking compensation for damage to property caused during the daily clashes between protesters and riot police.
Thailand joins China’s first multinational peacekeeping exercise
AFP, Published on 15/09/2021
» China wrapped up the country's first multinational peacekeeping exercise on Wednesday, demonstrating the extent of its military might on a huge training ground ringed by mountains.
China says has fully vaccinated 91% of students aged 12-17 against Covid
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2021
» BEIJING: China has fully vaccinated 91% of students aged 12-17 against the coronavirus, state television reported on Wednesday, although authorities said schools need to be vigilant.
Thaksin advises Prayut to listen to young protesters
Online Reporters, Published on 15/09/2021
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha needs to sit down and talk to young protesters if he wants to end the anti-government rallies, according to former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
Sandboxed tourists have spent 524,000 nights at Phuket hotels
Online Reporters, Published on 15/09/2021
» Hotels in Phuket have benefitted from more than 524,000 paid room nights since the island province's sandboxed reopening 11 weeks ago, with the largest group of visitors coming from the United States, according to a government spokesman.
Telenor says Myanmar sale followed junta pressure on surveillance tech
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2021
» Norway's Telenor says Myanmar unit sale came after junta's pressure on surveillance tech