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FIFA extends ban on Blatter until 2028
AFP, Published on 24/03/2021
» LAUSANNE: FIFA banned its former president Sepp Blatter until 2028 on Wednesday after handing him a new suspension of six years and eight months for receiving huge bonuses.
Germany scraps strict Easter shutdown as EU limits vaccine exports
AFP, Published on 24/03/2021
» BERLIN - Germany on Wednesday backtracked on its plan to impose a strict Easter weekend shutdown after public outcry, as the European Union said it would tighten vaccine export controls in a bid to ramp up its stuttering inoculation campaign.
UN body urges action over Myanmar military crackdown
AFP, Published on 24/03/2021
» The UN Human Rights Council voiced alarm Wednesday at the "disproportionate use of force" in Myanmar since last month's coup and pushed for a UN rights office in the country.
An extinct tree-climbing kangaroo in a 'treeless plain'
AFP, Published on 24/03/2021
» PARIS - The most remarkable thing about the nearly perfect fossils was not that they belonged to 40-kilo kangaroos that mysteriously evolved to climb trees, though that was remarkable enough.
Ethiopian rights body says over 100 killed in Tigray massacre
AFP, Published on 24/03/2021
» NAIROBI: The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said Wednesday that Eritrean soldiers massacred over 100 civilians in the war-torn region of Tigray in November, in what may amount to crimes against humanity.
Thousands of protesters demand monarchy reform, release of jailed leaders
Reuters and online reporters, Published on 24/03/2021
» Thousands of demonstrators occupied Ratchaprasong intersection in Bangkok on Wednesday demanding reform of the monarchy and the release of detained leaders.
Singapore blogger ordered to pay B3.1m for defaming PM
AFP, Published on 24/03/2021
» A Singaporean blogger was ordered Wednesday to pay more than 3 million baht in damages for defaming the prime minister by sharing an article on Facebook linking the leader to a corruption scandal.
Fleeing smuggler leaves B20m crystal meth on river bank
Online Reporters, Published on 24/03/2021
» MUKDAHAN: Rangers and police seized 21 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine, worth about 20 million baht, on the bank of the Mekong River in the early hours of Wednesday.
Blackpink member Rose’s solo single slams Billboard Global Charts
Pulse, Published on 24/03/2021
» SEOUL: Singer-songwriter Rose from K-pop girl group Blackpink proved she could stand tough even alone as she breezed through global music charts with her first solo single On the Ground, scoring No. 70 on the Billboard’s Hot 100 and topping Billboard Global Charts.
Ratsadon leaders split between five prisons
King-oua Laohong, Published on 24/03/2021
» Core members of the Ratsadon group arrested and charged in connection with anti-government protests are being detained at five prisons while police prepare the cases against them, Corrections Department deputy director-general Veerakit Hanparipan said on Wednesday.