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Pro-poll activists pile pressure on NCPO, army
Online Reporters, Published on 24/03/2018
» Pro-election activists have stepped up their campaign by urging the army to stop supporting the junta and setting a deadline for the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) to step down.
First direct Australia-Europe passenger service takes off
AFP, Published on 24/03/2018
» PERTH (AUSTRALIA) - The "Kangaroo Route" from Australia to Britain became a shorter hop Saturday when the first direct passenger service left Perth for London, with the 17-hour flight set to break aviation records.
Syria rebels prepare to quit enclave on Damascus doorstep
AFP, Published on 24/03/2018
» ARBIN (SYRIA) - Syrian rebels and civilians prepared on Saturday to evacuate the penultimate opposition-held pocket of Eastern Ghouta, as the government moved ever closer to securing the outskirts of the capital.
Man charged over airport bomb joke
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 24/03/2018
» A 29-year-old man faces serious charges after joking that there was a bomb inside his luggage while he was about to board a flight at Suvarnabhumi airport to Myanmar on Saturday.
Serbian tourists fined for lewd pics at temple
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 24/03/2018
» SAMUT PRAKAN: Two Serbian tourists have been fined 5,000 baht each for inappropriate photos they took at Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram in Bangkok.
Chao Phraya Insurance told to suspend sales
Online Reporters, Published on 24/03/2018
» Regulators have ordered Chao Phraya Insurance Plc to temporarily suspend selling policies to new customers after it failed to maintain the required capital adequacy ratio.
Arnaud Beltrame, French cop who 'died a hero'
AFP, Published on 24/03/2018
» CARCASSONNE (FRANCE) - The heroic French policeman who died Saturday after offering himself as a hostage in a jihadist siege at a supermarket was an elite officer who had been decorated for his bravery in Iraq.
Syria rebels prepare to quit penultimate pocket of Ghouta
AFP, Published on 24/03/2018
» ARBIN (SYRIA) - Syrian rebels and civilians gathered in rubble-strewn streets early on Saturday, awaiting evacuation from the penultimate opposition-held pocket of Eastern Ghouta.
Perth-London direct flight a milestone
Bloomberg News and AFP, Published on 24/03/2018
» Qantas Airways is starting direct flights between Australia and London this weekend, marking a major milestone by reducing to 17 hours a trip that once took 12 days.
China bans TV parodies amid content crackdown
Reuters, Published on 24/03/2018
» BEIJING: China's media regulator is cracking down on video spoofs, the official Xinhua new agency reported, amid an intensified crackdown on any content that is deemed to be in violation of socialist core values under President Xi Jinping.