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Bangkok to host 2026 IMF-World Bank meetings
Published on 19/04/2023
» WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group said on Wednesday they will hold their 2026 annual meetings in Bangkok, returning the October gathering to Thailand for the first time since 1991.
Reported Chinese police station in London rattles UK
Published on 19/04/2023
» LONDON: The United Kingdom says a report of an alleged secret Chinese police station in south London is of “great concern” and that it will not tolerate any attempt by China to harass its citizens.
New alliances form in Myanmar struggle
Published on 19/04/2023
» At dusk in northern Myanmar, fighters from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) patrol their frontlines and mark the positions of junta troops, their decades-long conflict with the military fraught with new risks since the coup two years ago.
Flyers snap up ultra-cheap tickets after IT glitch
Published on 19/04/2023
» TOKYO: Eagle-eyed travellers snapped up heavily discounted tickets in the fanciest cabins on All Nippon Airways after a currency conversion blunder, with one paying just $890 for first-class flights from Jakarta to the Caribbean via Tokyo and New York, and back again.
Net idol and boyfriend found dead in condo
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 19/04/2023
» A popular internet idol and her air force cadet boyfriend were found dead, each with a gunshot wound to the head, in a condominium unit in the Makkasan area of Bangkok on Wednesday afternoon.
Kremlin critic Yashin loses appeal
AFP, Published on 19/04/2023
» MOSCOW: Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin on Wednesday lost an appeal against what his supporters say was a politically motivated decision to jail him for eight and a half years for criticising Moscow's assault on Ukraine.
Top Myanmar court to hear Suu Kyi appeal
Published on 19/04/2023
» Myanmar’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear appeals by deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and former president Win Myint against their conviction on corruption and other charges, paving the way for a review of previous rulings.
EU law bans deforestation-linked imports
Published on 19/04/2023
» BRUSSELS: The European Parliament approved a landmark deforestation law on Wednesday to ban imports into the EU of coffee, beef, soy and other commodities if they are linked to the destruction of the world’s forests.
Poland marks 80 years since Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
AFP, Published on 19/04/2023
» WARSAW: Church bells and sirens sounded across the Polish capital on Wednesday to mark 80 years since the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, when hundreds of Jewish insurgents revolted against the Nazi German occupiers.
UN: India population to surpass China at midyear
AFP, Published on 19/04/2023
» NEW DELHI: India is set to overtake China as the world’s most populous country by the end of June, UN estimates showed on Wednesday, posing huge challenges to a nation with creaking infrastructure and insufficient jobs for millions of young people.