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Century-making Markram piles on misery for embattled Australia
AFP, Published on 30/03/2018
» JOHANNESBURG - A career-best century by Aiden Markram added pain to an Australian side reeling from the ball tampering scandal on the first day of the fourth and final Test against Australia at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday.
Fragile peace at girls' school Malala built in Pakistan
AFP, Published on 30/03/2018
» SHANGLA, Pakistan: Dozens of girls in grey-and-white uniforms trooped into a building beneath a pine-covered ridge in Pakistan's mountainous Shangla district on Friday for classes at the school built with Malala Yousafzai's Nobel Prize money.
Turkey snubs French mediation offer with Kurdish militia
AFP, Published on 30/03/2018
» ISTANBUL - Turkey on Friday rejected a French offer to mediate with the Syrian Democratic Forces which is dominated by a Kurdish militia blacklisted by Ankara, a presidential spokesman said.
SRT adds slow train as commuters slam Airport Rail Link
Online Reporters, Published on 30/03/2018
» The State Railway of Thailand has added an extra daily train service to its city timetable, as Airport Rail Link commuters continue to air their frustration over packed carriages and long queues on social media - but the trip takes nearly twice as long.
11 injured in balloon heavy landing north of Sydney
Associated Press, Published on 30/03/2018
» SYDNEY: A hot air balloon landed heavily after hitting a tree north of Sydney on Friday, injuring 11 people, officials said.
China says Earth-bound spacelab to offer 'splendid' show
AFP, Published on 30/03/2018
» BEIJING - An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities say, but will offer instead a "splendid" show akin to a meteor shower.
Tesla recalls 123,000 cars for power steering fix
AFP, Published on 30/03/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO - Tesla on Thursday issued a voluntary recall of 123,000 Model S cars to replace a power steering bolt that could corrode due to salt used on winter roads.
Somkid: Thailand eyes becoming CPTPP member
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 30/03/2018
» Thailand is set to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) this year, a newly formed bloc of 11 Pacific Rim nations excluding the US, says Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.
Can technology transform patronage politics?
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 30/03/2018
» By the time it takes place after evident foot-dragging by relevant authorities, the next election in Thailand will be unlike its precursors. There will be new parties with new policy ideas, new vote-gathering technologies and first-time voters who came of age during Thailand's political tension and polarisation more or less over the past two decades. At issue during the next poll is whether and to what extent Thailand's entrenched and endemic patronage-driven and vote-buying political system has really changed. The evidence is mixed but it is plausible that a new kind of politics will emerge not directly in the next poll but in the 2020s.
Top cop sucked into new air-con scandal
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/03/2018
» National police chief Chakthip Chaijinda yesterday took the Phahonyothin police station chief to task over a scandal in which junior officials' salaries were docked to raise money to pay for the installation of air-conditioners at the station.