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Malaysia announces adopt-an-orangutan plan for palm oil importers
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2024
» SANDAKAN, Malaysia - Companies that import palm oil from Malaysia will be able to adopt orangutans but they will not be able to leave the country, the commodities minister said on Sunday, in a revised version of a conservation scheme announced earlier this year.
Belarus' Lukashenko says nearly a third of army sent to Ukraine border
Published on 18/08/2024
» Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Sunday that Ukraine had stationed more than 120,000 troops at its border with Belarus and Minsk had deployed nearly a third of its armed forces along the entire border, the Belta state news agency reported.
Officers to ensure order at Thaksin's court hearing
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 18/08/2024
» Additional law enforcement agents will be deployed at the Criminal Court on Monday to ensure order as former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will appear for his lese majeste case, a source says.
Philippines defends ship’s presence at shoal after China protest
Bloomberg, Published on 18/08/2024
» The Philippines has defended the presence of one of its vessels near a South China Sea shoal, saying the area is in its territory, despite Beijing’s claim that the ship “infringes” China’s sovereignty.
New Thai prime minister scrutinising B500bn cash handouts
Bloomberg, Published on 18/08/2024
» Thailand’s key economic stimulus — 500 billion baht in cash payments to citizens — will need further study to ensure compliance with the nation’s fiscal discipline law, newly appointed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said.
Thaksin ready to advise daughter, new Thai PM, amid 'tough tasks'
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/08/2024
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Sunday that he was ready to advise his daughter Paetongtarn who, as Thailand's new prime minister, would face tough tasks – but whose humility he believed would secure support from everyone.
French actor Alain Delon dies aged 88, French media report
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2024
» PARIS: French actor Alain Delon, who melted the hearts of millions of film fans whether playing a murderer, hoodlum or hitman in his postwar heyday, has died, French media reported on Sunday. He was 88.
Flooding hits Chiang Rai’s border markets, villages
Online Reporters, Published on 18/08/2024
» CHIANG RAI: The Sai River overflowed into border markets and communities in Mae Sai district late Saturday night due to heavy rains and deluges of water from Myanmar's Shan State.
Vietnam top leader To Lam arrives in China, set to meet Xi Jinping
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2024
» BEIJING - Vietnam's top leader To Lam arrived in China on Sunday for a three-day visit, according to Chinese state media, which Beijing's foreign ministry has said will include meetings with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang.
Actor’s jet ski hits motorboat on Chao Phraya, killing 2
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 18/08/2024
» SAMUT PRAKAN: Two people drowned and two others were injured when an actor’s jet ski hit a boat in the Chao Phraya River in Phra Pradaeng district late Saturday night.