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EU court rejects historic citizen's climate case
AFP, Published on 22/05/2019
» PARIS - The European Court of Justice has thrown out a landmark case brought by 10 families who sued the European Union over the threats climate change poses to their homes and livelihoods, lawyers said Wednesday.
DiCaprio, Pitt want to team up again after Tarantino hit
AFP, Published on 22/05/2019
» CANNES (FRANCE) - Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt said Wednesday they had to tap into distant memories of being Hollywood outsiders for their star turns in Quentin Tarantino's new movie, calling it a "love letter" to the industry's dreamers.
Court affirms defamation judgment against UK activist
AP, Published on 22/05/2019
» An appeals court on Wednesday upheld a 10 million baht judgment against a British activist who was sued by a fruit canning company whose workers complained of alleged labour abuses.
Ferrari's V8 wins 2019 engine award for fourth time
Richard Leu, Published on 22/05/2019
» Bi-turbo motor of 488 Pista and F8 Tributo takes top honours, followed by Jaguar's all-electric system and AMG's V8.
South Korea to build medical big data highway
Pulse, Published on 22/05/2019
» The South Korean government on Wednesday unveiled an ambitious plan to foster the bio-health industry as big as the country’s signature memory chips first by sponsoring the establishment of a nationwide network of bio big data to feed drug development and medical applications.
Japanese, UK carriers delay release of Huawei phones
AFP, Published on 22/05/2019
» LONDON: Four major Japanese and British mobile carriers said Wednesday they will delay releasing new 5G handsets made by Huawei amid a US-led crackdown on the Chinese tech firm over security concerns.
EU court cancels €18.4 million Real Madrid state aid refund
AFP, Published on 22/05/2019
» LUXEMBOURG: A top EU court on Wednesday cancelled a European Commission decision from 2016 that forced Spain to recover €18.4 million from Real Madrid because it considered a real estate refund as illegal state aid.
9 drug suspects arrested, 6m speed pills seized
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/05/2019
» Nine drug suspects, including a 19-year-old major trafficker with more than one billion baht in his bank accounts, have been arrested in separate police raids in Bangkok, Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi. More than 6 million speed pills were seized.
Cavity search halts Thai couple's meth-smuggling plan
Online Reporters, Published on 22/05/2019
» A Thai couple who hid 600 grammes of crystal methamphetamine in their rectums have been arrested as they were trying to smuggle the drugs out of the country.
15 Japanese fraudsters face extradition
Online Reporters, Published on 22/05/2019
» Fifteen Japanese nationals accused of swindling more than 200 people in their home country out of more than 70 million baht in a call-centre scam will be extradited back to Japan on Thursday, the Immigration Bureau says.