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New law protects Constitutional Court from criticism
Associated Press, Published on 09/03/2018
» A new law makes criticism of the Constitutional Court punishable by imprisonment, giving extra protection to a body that in recent years has made controversial rulings altering the shape of governments.
'Dirty diesel' killed 6,000 Germans in 2014
AFP, Published on 09/03/2018
» BERLIN: Nitrogen dioxide emissions mainly produced by diesel cars led to 6,000 premature deaths in Germany in 2014, an official report showed Thursday, in a new punch against the automobile sector.
World marks Women's Day hot on heels of rights demands
AFP, Published on 09/03/2018
» PARIS - Countries around the world mobilised Thursday for International Women's Day with Spaniards on an unprecedented strike, France threatening to "name and shame" firms that pay women less and Iraqi women running a shortened 'marathon'.
First new banknotes featuring King out on Chakri Day
Oranan Paweewun, Published on 09/03/2018
» The first series of circulating banknotes to be printed during the reign of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun will debut with three denominations on Chakri Memorial Day, April 6.
7.1 quake strikes near Papua New Guinea
Reuters, Published on 09/03/2018
» An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck 135km east of the town of Rabaul, on the eastern tip of Papua New Guinea's island of New Britain, at 3.39am on Friday, local time (0.39 Thailand time), the US Geological Survey said.
Without US, 11 Asia-Pacific states sign trade deal
AFP, Published on 09/03/2018
» SANTIAGO - Eleven nations signed a slimmed-down version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement Thursday, moving to lower tariffs just as US President Donald Trump seeks to raise them after withdrawing from the deal.
Funny product name fails: Thailand's edition
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 09/03/2018
» English isn't Thailand's official language and that may explain incidents of unintentionally funny product names or slogans in English of Thai products. Some may be the case of not knowing the dirty nuances of English language, while some may argue that the marketing team was being cheeky and clever so that people will talk about their products' curious names. I decided to compile funny product names in recent times for your not-so-SFW entertainment. I didn't get paid by the owners of these products, btw. They have been selected simply because of their funniness -- intentionally or not.
MeToo camp hits a wall in Russia
News, Leonid Bershidsky, Published on 09/03/2018
» The #MeToo movement has finally reached Russia. Unfortunately, it's sad and astonishing for the women involved and for anyone who supports them. Russia's current atmosphere is conducive to all sorts of power abuses, and the scandal in its parliament proves that nothing's about to change.
Sapsiree and Dechapol in quarter-finals
Sports, Published on 09/03/2018
» Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai moved into the mixed doubles quarter-finals of the US$150,000 German Open yesterday.
NLA removes 2 key hurdles to election
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 09/03/2018
» The biggest obstacle to holding the general election in February as planned has been removed as the last two organic bills on electing MPs and selecting senators cleared the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) on Thursday.