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Paolo Savona, Italy's eurosceptic in charge of European affairs
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» ROME - Paolo Savona, who was rejected as Italy's economy minister by the president due to his hostility to the euro, was instead sworn in Friday as European affairs minister in the country's new populist government.
Populists finally take power in Italy
The Associated Press, Published on 01/06/2018
» ROME: Eurosceptic politicians cheered and Milan's stock index rose on Friday after Italy's populists staved off the threat of a new election and formed western Europe's first populist government with a last-minute compromise.
US job growth surges
The Associated Press, Published on 01/06/2018
» WASHINGTON: US employers extended a streak of solid hiring in May, adding 223,000 jobs and helping lower the unemployment rate to an 18-year low of 3.8%.
Prosecutors to indict former minister for billionaire's murder
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/06/2018
» Public prosecutors have agreed to indict former deputy commerce minister Banyin Tangpakorn for the murder of billionaire property developer Chuwong sae Tang in 2015, police said on Friday.
Italy populists surge to power in new phase of European risk
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/06/2018
» ROME: Italy’s populist Five Star Movement and League parties prepared to sweep to power in a spectacular reversal of political fortunes that brings an end to three months of deadlock and opens the way to a period of friction with Europe.
Placid Singapore braces for Trump-Kim storm
AFP, Published on 01/06/2018
» SINGAPORE - Singapore hotel rooms are being snapped up, police are preparing to lock down the city and thousands of journalists are set to jet in for the greatest media circus on Earth -- the US-North Korea summit.
University admission rules draw flak
News, Dumrongkiat Mala & Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 01/06/2018
» Parents and critics have cried foul over the faulty university admission system which has left scores of young applicants unable to get placements or who landed in faculties which were not their preferred choices.
NCPO rejects Amnesty's call
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 01/06/2018
» The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has brushed off calls from Amnesty International to stop prosecuting pro-democracy activists, saying authorities have done their duty in line with the law.
Freak storms would raise flood risk
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/06/2018
» Flood-related problems will be less severe this year unless the country faces freak storms, Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Grisada Boonrach said on Thursday.
Teenager Patty Tavatanakit shares US Open lead
Associated Press, Published on 01/06/2018
» SHOAL CREEK, ALABAMA: Thai teenager Paphangkorn "Patty" Tavatanakit found herself in elite company with a two-under-par 70 in the first round at the US Women's Open on Thursday, the latest in a growing production line of talent to emerge from her homeland.