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Biden requests $75bn for Ukraine and Israel
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden has urgently requested $75 billion in military aid for Ukraine and Israel in a $106-billion national security package, but Republican paralysis in Congress means it will hit an immediate wall.
Italian PM leaving partner after 'sleazy' remarks
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced on Friday she was separating from her partner, with whom she has a daughter, after he was recorded making sleazy comments.
Judge threatens to jail Trump for violating gag order
Reuters, Published on 20/10/2023
» NEW YORK - The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s $250-million civil fraud trial in New York raised the possibility on Friday of putting the former president in prison after Trump failed to comply with a partial gag order.
Navy to buy frigate instead of Chinese sub
Wassana Nanuam and Online Reporters, Published on 20/10/2023
» Defence Minister Sutin Klungsang says the navy will order a Chinese frigate instead of a Chinese submarine because the latter cannot have a German engine as Thailand originally specified.
Deposed Niger president's lawyers deny escape bid
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» ABIDJAN - Lawyers for Niger's ousted president on Friday rejected claims by the new military rulers that he had tried to escape, as France said its forces would be gone from the West African country by year's end as planned.
Leaderless US House ends week where it started
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives was closing out a third week of dysfunction Friday, no nearer to replacing its ousted leader and with no realistic plan to end one of its worst institutional crises in decades.
Anti-graft body studying B10,000 handout
Post Reporters, Published on 20/10/2023
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has confirmed that it is closely examining the government’s 10,000-baht digital money handout and is inviting more economic experts to join its scrutiny of the project.
High-profile broker accused of B1bn fraud
Online Reporters, Published on 20/10/2023
» About 100 people have accused a well-known stockbroker with political connections of swindling them out of at least one billon baht through a foreign-exchange trading scam and have asked the Department of Special Investigation to investigate.
Thai prices stable despite Israel-Hamas war
Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 20/10/2023
» The ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas has yet to impact domestic product prices as global oil prices remain stable, according to the Commerce Ministry.
Two dead as Storm Babet batters Scotland
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» BRECHIN, Scotland - Two people died and families were trapped in flooded homes in Scotland on Friday as Storm Babet moved east after pounding Ireland.