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US Congress sets immigration vote amid furor over family separations
AFP, Published on 21/06/2018
» WASHINGTON - US lawmakers were poised to vote Thursday on long-term Republican-sponsored fixes to immigration amid a firestorm over family separations on the US-Mexico border.
Central European states to boycott Brussels migration meeting
AFP, Published on 21/06/2018
» BUDAPEST - Leaders of the four central European Visegrad states announced Thursday they would not attend an informal meeting organised by EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to discuss migration policy.
World Cup stirring Nordic rivalries and solidarity
AFP, Published on 21/06/2018
» GELENDZHIK, Russia: Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland -- Nordic friends and rivals -- are celebrating Midsummer in style, all unbeaten at the World Cup and eyeing progress to the knockout stages.
Australia hold Denmark in Group C match
AFP, Published on 21/06/2018
» SAMARA, Russia: Australia drew 1-1 with Denmark in Group C of the World Cup on Thursday, a result that puts the Danes on course for the knockout phase with four points.
SET targets 40% market cap growth by 2023
Reuters, Published on 21/06/2018
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand is eyeing a near 40% rise in the market value of shares listed on it over five years to 22-23 trillion baht, driven by offerings from infrastructure funds, family businesses and company spinoffs, new SET President Pakorn Peetathawatchai said.
Arab dismay - and jokes - after mass World Cup exit
AFP, Published on 21/06/2018
» NIZHNIY NOVGOROD (RUSSIA) - No-one expected Egypt, Morocco or Saudi Arabia to win the World Cup but for all three to crash out on the same day was a disaster for Arab football.
Messi under pressure as Ronaldo scores again
AFP, Published on 21/06/2018
» YEKATERINBURG (RUSSIA) - Lionel Messi is under pressure to deliver when Argentina face Croatia on Thursday after his eternal rival Cristiano Ronaldo streaked clear at the top of the World Cup goalscoring charts.
Yingluck back to Facebook on birthday
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 21/06/2018
» Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has returned to Facebook after almost a year to thank her brother and supporters on her birthday on Thursday.
SET plunges again, other SE Asia stocks end weaker
Bangkok Post and Reuters, Published on 21/06/2018
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand index dropped 1.79% on Thursday, while other markets in the region ended weaker as Sino-US trade tensions lingered.
Migrant employees can't handle cash in shops
Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 21/06/2018
» Migrant workers could be employed by shops but they could not handle cash or give change to customers, Labour Minister Adul Sangsingkeo said on Thursday.