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Amazon fires 'quicken Andean glacier melt'
AFP, Published on 28/11/2019
» PARIS - Fires in the Amazon rainforest are likely to increase the rate of melting of Andean glaciers, potentially disrupting water supply for tens of millions of people, scientists said on Thursday.
Iraqi crackdown kills 25 protesters after Iran mission torched
AFP, Published on 28/11/2019
» NASIRIYAH (IRAQ) - Iraq's southern hotspot of Nasiriyah was in bloody upheaval Thursday after a government crackdown killed 25 protesters and thousands defied a curfew to march in their funerals, following the dramatic torching of an Iranian consulate.
BTS contracts to be extended by 40 years
Thodsapol Hongtong, Published on 28/11/2019
» Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will propose to the cabinet the extension of BTS’ operation concession contracts by another 40 years, with fares capped at not more 65 baht per trip throughout the period.
Russia hits back at 'political' doping ban threat
AFP, Published on 28/11/2019
» MOSCOW - Russia on Thursday hit back at a proposed four-year ban on the country's athletes, denouncing accusations of a doping cover-up as a politically motivated attempt to block its athletes from competing.
Vietnamese families bury first victims of UK truck tragedy
AFP, Published on 28/11/2019
» DIEN CHAU (VIETNAM) - Throngs of weeping relatives on Thursday buried the first of 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a truck in Britain last month, in emotional ceremonies for the young victims whose deaths have rattled their rural towns.
North Korea fires two 'unidentified projectiles' on Thanksgiving
AFP, Published on 28/11/2019
» SEOUL: North Korea fired two "unidentified projectiles" on Thursday — the Thanksgiving holiday in the US — Seoul said, as nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington remain deadlocked.
Forty dead as families pulled from Albania earthquake rubble
AFP, Published on 28/11/2019
» DURRëS (ALBANIA): The death toll from the most powerful earthquake to strike Albania in decades rose to 40 on Thursday after more bodies were pulled from the wreckage overnight in a tragedy that has wiped out whole families.
Thanathorn running wrong campaign, says Prayut
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 28/11/2019
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is accusing Future Forward leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit of running the "wrong campaign" by calling for the abolition of military conscription. He said this will only stop the public from actively participating in national security.
Another driver narrowly escapes FDA car park plunge
Online Reporters, Published on 28/11/2019
» NONTHABURI: An official of the Food and Drug Administration cheated death as her brand-new vehicle narrowly avoided plunging from the fourth floor of the FDA's parking building in Muang district on Thursday.
Four Chinese beggars arrested
Gary Boyle, Published on 28/11/2019
» Four Chinese men have been arrested for begging in Bangkok, with bogus stories to draw public sympathy that allowed them to earn 2,500 baht a day each.