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Tearful May calls time on tenure overshadowed by Brexit
AFP, Published on 24/05/2019
» LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May announced her resignation in an emotional address on Friday, ending a dramatic three-year tenure of near-constant crisis over Brexit and increasing the likelihood of Britain crashing out of the EU later this year.
Chartthaipattana ties knot with Palang Pracharath
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 24/05/2019
» The Chartthaipattana Party will join the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) in forming a coalition government, with bargaining for cabinet portfolios to start after the House of Representatives votes for its speaker on Saturday.
SpaceX launches 60 internet satellites
The Associated Press, Published on 24/05/2019
» CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: SpaceX has launched 60 tiny satellites, the first of hundreds and even thousands that founder Elon Musk plans to put in orbit for global internet coverage.
Put people first, city planners told
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 24/05/2019
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) needs to prioritise public interest over commercialism, say participants who attended the final public hearing on the drafting of a new city plan on Friday.
Ex-NLA president Pornpetch named Senate speaker
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 24/05/2019
» Pornpetch Wichitcholchai has been selected as Senate speaker in an uncontested vote for the top job in the upper house.
Pot prescriptions possible by end of June
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/05/2019
» Some state hospitals under the Ministry of Public Health will begin prescribing cannabis-based medicine by the end of June, a department official said on Friday.
HK leader decries German asylum for 'bail jumpers'
The Associated Press, Published on 24/05/2019
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s leader has summoned the German consul to complain over Germany granting political asylum to a pair of Hong Kong political activists.
In Cannes, glittery film festival literally costs the earth
AFP, Published on 24/05/2019
» CANNES: A fleet of energy-guzzling luxury yachts and private planes, kilos of gourmet food dumped, limousines driving stars just a few hundred metres: for environmentalists, the Cannes film festival is just "one big mess".
Three Indians die on overcrowded Everest
Reuters, Published on 24/05/2019
» KATHMANDU: Three Indian climbers, two women among them, died of exhaustion while descending the slopes of Mount Everest, Nepali officials said on Friday, taking to 15 the number of mountaineers killed or missing in this year’s climbing season.
Facial recognition leads to fake-passport arrest
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/05/2019
» A foreigner carrying a fake Malaysian passport was arrested with $500,000 at Suvarnabhumi airport on Friday morning in the first passport-fraud arrest based on biometric facial recognition.