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Medvedev secures new mandate as Russian prime minister
AFP, Published on 08/05/2018
» MOSCOW - Dmitry Medvedev secured a fresh term as Russian prime minister on Tuesday, as the lower house of parliament voted overwhelmingly for President Vladimir Putin's long-term ally to retain his post.
Who's who in the Cannes film festival jury
AFP, Published on 08/05/2018
» CANNES (FRANCE) - In a year rocked by the #MeToo movement, the jury of the Cannes film festival is both majority female and led by a woman. Here are the nine members:
SET falls to 3-week closing low, Indonesia stocks plunge
Bangkok Post and Reuters, Published on 08/05/2018
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand dropped to a three-week closing low on Tuesday, while while Indonesian stocks fell nearly 2% to their lowest close in nine months.
Iran's Rouhani 'losing everything' due to Trump
AFP, Published on 08/05/2018
» TEHRAN: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani staked his legacy on efforts to end decades of tension with the West. With the landmark nuclear deal unravelling, what hope is there for his political future?
US retiree accused of running 'sex tours' on Thai-Myanmar border
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 08/05/2018
» An American man has been arrested in a sting operation for allegedly running an online brothel service matching men in northern Thailand with Myanmar sex workers across the border, police said on Tuesday.
Ruling delayed on national shooter Jakkrit's murder
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 08/05/2018
» The Appeal Court has postponed its ruling on the murder of former national shooting team member Jakkrit Panichpatikum, which his wife was convicted of masterminding, until June 26.
US retiree accused of running 'sex tours' on Thai-Myanmar border
AFP, Published on 08/05/2018
» An American man has been arrested in a sting operation for allegedly running a online brothel service matching men in northern Thailand with Myanmar sex workers across the border, police said Tuesday.
Ruling delayed on national shooter Jakkrit's murder
Online Reporters, Published on 08/05/2018
» The Appeal Court has postponed its ruling on the murder of former national shooting team member Jakkrit Panichpatikum, which his wife was convicted of masterminding, until June 26.
The Cannes spectacle begins
Life, Story: Kong Rithdee, Published on 08/05/2018
» The 71st Cannes Film Festival opens tonight and for the next 10 days its red-carpet glitz, cinematic debates and potential controversies will dominate the news cycle -- exhaust it, to be precise. While security was a talking point last year, the world's largest movie event in 2018 has already invoked discussion through several structural changes -- from moving the opening to Tuesday instead of Wednesday, the revamp of the press screening schedule that has never changed for decades, and notably the selection of films that hints at Cannes' readiness to become less predictable.
Fugitive Korean fraudsters arrested in Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 08/05/2018
» A South Korean couple who convinced their countrymen to invest about 200 million baht in a bogus casino complex in Kanachanburi have been arrested, 13 years after they fled to Thailand with the money.