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French MPs launch debate of controversial pensions overhaul
AFP, Published on 17/02/2020
» PARIS - The battle over the French government's pension reform moved Monday from the streets to parliament, where opposition lawmakers have vowed to torpedo a plan that sparked weeks of strikes and protests.
Ex-S. African president retracts apartheid remarks after backlash
AFP, Published on 17/02/2020
» JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's last apartheid-era president, F.W. De Klerk, on Monday apologised and withdrew a controversial statement that apartheid was not a crime against humanity, following an outcry.
Cameroon army blames accident for village 'massacre'
AFP, Published on 17/02/2020
» YAOUNDé - Cameroon's army on Monday denied opposition charges that it had massacred villagers in a restive anglophone region, blaming instead an "unfortunate accident" caused by an explosion of fuel during a firefight.
Fear of Big Brother guides EU rules on AI
AFP, Published on 17/02/2020
» BRUSSELS: Amid fears of a Big Brother-style society ruled by machines, the EU will urge authorities and companies to think hard before rolling out facial recognition technology.
Phu Kradueng fires 'under control'
Published on 17/02/2020
» A bushfire in Loei's famous Phu Kradueng National Park was finally brought under control on Monday morning, after destroying about 3,400 rai of forest.
Ex-Pheu Thai boss jailed for two years
Published on 17/02/2020
» Former Pheu Thai leader Yongyuth Wichaidit will serve two years in jail after the Court of Appeal denied his request to appeal its ruling last year that found him guilty of allowing the sale of monastic land to make way for the Alpine golf course.
Excise delays levy process
Published on 17/02/2020
» The Excise Department has put on hold a process to consider levies on salty food and non-alcoholic beer until the Covid-19 epidemic is under control, its chief says.
Nine-day Songkran under consideration
Post Reporters, Published on 17/02/2020
» The government is considering adding two more public holidays during the Songkran festival to bolster the sagging tourism sector, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Monday.
Doi Chaang vows to pay debt-hit farmers money it owes
Published on 17/02/2020
» CHIANG RAI: A major Thai coffee brand has vowed to pay about 200 farmers who were forced to take out loans while waiting nearly three years for payments due them, leaving them with spiralling debts.
Five quit Democrats, join Pheu Thai
Post Reporters, Published on 17/02/2020
» Five members of the Democrat Party resigned and joined the Pheu Thai Party on Monday, saying the Democrats had broken their promise by supporting Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.