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  • WORLD

    Fresh clashes in Senegal capital after opposition leader held

    AFP, Published on 06/03/2021

    » DAKAR - Senegalese police fired tear gas in clashes with supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on Friday after a court ordered him held in custody following two days of violence over his arrest.

  • BUSINESS

    US, EU hail 'fresh start' with truce in planemaker feud

    AFP, Published on 06/03/2021

    » BRUSSELS: Washington and Brussels hailed an opportunity to restore frayed ties Friday as US President Joe Biden and EU leader Ursula von der Leyen suspended tit-for-tat trade tariffs.

  • BUSINESS

    Fed reassurances fail to calm nervous investors

    Business, Published on 06/03/2021

    » Recap: Global stocks in developed and developing markets alike came under pressure again on Friday after reassurances by the chief of the US Federal Reserve failed to soothe investors' concerns about a recent surge in borrowing costs. Oil prices also leapt after the Opec and its allies surprised the market by deciding to keep output unchanged.

  • SPORTS

    Sadom sits pretty after sizzling 62

    Sports, Kittipong Thongsombat, Published on 06/03/2021

    » Sadom Kaewkanjana fired a sizzling nine-under-par 62 to take the clubhouse lead in the second round of the Boonchu Ruangkit Championship in Nakhon Ratchasima yesterday.

  • OPINION

    Myanmar's coup stalls settlement of Rohingya saga

    News, Published on 06/03/2021

    » Shortly after Myanmar's military coup on Feb 1, a boat packed with Rohingya refugees left Bangladesh. Ten days later, the refugee agency UNHCR reported that the vessel was adrift in the Andaman Sea. It appealed to maritime authorities to provide swift assistance. In late February the vessel was found in Indian waters. Of the 81 people on board, eight had died. A diplomatic spat between India and Bangladesh followed. Neither country wanted to take responsibility for the group.

  • THAILAND

    Cops cleared over drug accusations

    News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/03/2021

    » An investigation has found two senior police officers were not involved in the smuggling attempt of 1.5 tonnes of crystal methamphetamine in Tak that was foiled on Oct 18, 2019, national police chief Suwat Jangyodsuk said yesterday.

  • SPORTS

    The Saint who became a Liverpool icon and television pundit

    Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 06/03/2021

    » There was a lovely piece of graffiti that appeared on a church poster in Liverpool in the 1960s which posed the question: "What would you do if Jesus returned amongst us?" Underneath someone had scrawled: "Move St John to inside left."

  • BUSINESS

    TGH's chief takes firm to new terrain

    Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 06/03/2021

    » With a vision to fully digitise work operations and transform financial services to a new dawn of better services, SET-listed Thai Group Holdings Plc (TGH) has formulated clear development phases towards regional expansion under the helm of Thakorn Piyapan.

  • THAILAND

    Cops gear up for Bangkok protests

    News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/03/2021

    » About 4,800 crowd control police officers will be deployed to handle four anti-government groups that are set to hold rallies in Bangkok on Saturday.

  • OPINION

    Suppression doomed

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/03/2021

    » A new generation young people is readying itself to tackle the problems passed on to them by previous generations: the climate emergency, economic inequality and the decomposition of cultural integrity. The spirit of transformation towards sustainability and social justice has not only emerged in Thailand but globally. The willingness to co-create a just and flourishing society in harmony with nature irrespective of the enormous burdens from the past manifests itself in the region as the "Milk Tea Alliance": young people in Hong Kong, Thailand, Taiwan and now even more strongly in Myanmar, India (farmers' protests supported by youth), and likely to be the case also in Malaysia and Indonesia.

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