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Top US general says Trump never intended to attack China
AFP, Published on 28/09/2021
» WASHINGTON - Top US General Mark Milley testified Tuesday that calls he made to his Chinese counterparts in the turbulent waning months of Donald Trump's administration were intended to "deescalate" tensions and the former president had no intention of attacking China.
WHO chief apologises for sex abuse by staff in DR Congo
AFP, Published on 28/09/2021
» GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization apologised Tuesday after independent investigators probing allegations of sexual abuse in the DR Congo by the UN agency's staff issued a damning indictment citing "clear structural failures" and "individual negligence".
Young protesters foiled by police barricade in Bangkok
Online Reporters, Published on 28/09/2021
» About 100 anti-government protesters, including many youths, on Tuesday evening tried in vain to break through a police barricade in the latest daily evening demonstration in Bangkok to demand the ouster of the government.
Philippines Senate backs bill to raise sexual consent age from 12 to 16
Reuters, Published on 28/09/2021
» MANILA: A bill to raise the minimum age of sexual consent in the Philippines from 12 to 16 has moved closer towards becoming law, after senators approved it in its final reading.
Bomb under road kills 2 police officers, injures 4
Waedao Harai, Published on 28/09/2021
» NARATHIWAT: Two policemen were killed and four others injured when a bomb exploded under a road in Chanae district of this southern province on Tuesday afternoon.
Paris attacks survivors to relive horror in trial testimony
AFP, Published on 28/09/2021
» PARIS - Survivors of the November 2015 Paris attacks testify from Tuesday at a historic trial, facing the ordeal of reliving that night of horror in the presence of over a dozen accused in court.
Volunteer takes to skies to drop supplies to flood victims
Reuters, Published on 28/09/2021
» A paramotoring enthusiast in northern Thailand has taken to the skies to help deliver urgently need supplies to people cut off by floods.
Taliban to 'temporarily' adopt monarchy constitution
AFP, Published on 28/09/2021
» KABUL: The Taliban said on Tuesday they will temporarily adopt a 1964 constitution that granted women the right to vote but eliminate any elements they disagree with.
Chao Phraya Dam to discharge more water
Online Reporters, Published on 28/09/2021
» The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) will increase the discharge rate from the Chao Phraya Dam to make room for the increasing volume of runoff from the North.
Special tourist visa programme extended
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 28/09/2021
» The cabinet resolved on Tuesday to extend the Special Tourist Visa (STV) programme for one year until Sept 30 next year to woo well-to-do visitors.