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Taiwan's ruling party trounced in local polls
Published on 24/11/2018
» TAIPEI: Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has stepped down as chairwoman of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) after a series of local election defeats on Saturday.
More Pheu Thai members join Palang Pracharath
Online Reporters, Published on 24/11/2018
» Several former Pheu Thai MPs have officially joined the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) as the deadline nears for them to switch parties while still being able to contest in the coming election.
Two held after 5m speed pills seized in Phrae
Published on 24/11/2018
» PHRAE: Two suspected drug couriers were caught and 5 million speed pills seized from their pickup truck after a brief car chase in Song district on Saturday.
Taiwan awaits local poll, gay marriage vote results
AFP, Published on 24/11/2018
» TAIPEI : Taiwan voted Saturday in key elections for its embattled government and a divisive gay rights referendum which activists fear could turn back the clock on the island's reputation as a trailblazer for marriage equality.
Angry smoker apologises for slapping hotel staffer
Online Reporters, Published on 24/11/2018
» An industrial estate boss who slapped an Ayutthaya hotel employee after being told he could not smoke has apologised to her and paid 40,000 baht in compensation.
French fuel price protesters tear-gassed
Published on 24/11/2018
» PARIS: Police fired tear gas and used water cannon to disperse protesters in Paris who are angry over rising fuel costs and President Emmanuel Macron’s economic policies, the second weekend of “yellow vest” protests that have caused disruption across France.
US missionary's body may never be recovered
AFP, Published on 24/11/2018
» PORT BLAIR, India: The body of the American missionary-adventurer John Allen Chau may never be recovered from the lost island where he fell in a volley of arrows fired by a reclusive tribe whose existence is threatened by the modern world, say experts.
Pheu Thai sees high applicant turnout
Published on 24/11/2018
» UBON RATCHATHANI: The Pheu Thai Party saw a high turnout of membership applicants on Saturday in this northeastern province, where a party leader urged people to vote for Pheu Thai if they feel poorer now than they used to be.
Belgium race to five shot lead at golf World Cup
AFP, Published on 24/11/2018
» MELBOURNE - Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry zeroed in on Belgium's first ever golf World Cup title Saturday, storming to a five stroke lead over the chasing pack with a peerless display of shot-making.
Cheaper precursors fuelling speed glut
Published on 24/11/2018
» Taiwanese chemists are a driving force behind the glut of methamptetamine flooding the Mekong region after they tweaked the recipe to dodge controls on other precursor chemicals, authorities say.