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Cracks in Western support pose new challenge for Ukraine
AFP, Published on 06/12/2023
» PARIS - Ukraine faces growing diplomatic headwinds after its summer counter-offensive against Russia's forces faltered, with aid from vital backers in the United States and EU being increasingly called into question.
UN seeks to investigate Hamas sexual violence
AFP, Published on 06/12/2023
» GENEVA - The UN rights chief voiced deep concern on Wednesday over allegations of sexual violence by Hamas militants during their October 7 attack, calling on Israel to allow his team in to investigate.
Taylor Swift is Time’s person of the year
The New York Times, Published on 06/12/2023
» Time magazine on Wednesday named the American pop star Taylor Swift as its person of the year.
UN: Gazans living in ‘utter, deepening horror’
AFP, Published on 06/12/2023
» GENEVA - Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are living in "utter, deepening horror", the UN human rights chief said Wednesday, as he pleaded for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Fatal accident leads to double-decker bus ban
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 06/12/2023
» Double-decker buses will be banned in the next four to five years, a change needed after an accident in Prachuap Khiri Khan province killed 14 passengers, said deputy government spokeswoman Rudklao Suwankiri.
EU: Turkey 'must soften tone to avoid isolation'
AFP, Published on 06/12/2023
» ISTANBUL - Turkey has become internationally isolated and must dial down its rhetoric if it wants to win key concessions from the European Union, a top European official said Wednesday in Istanbul.
Nepotism questions raised about police promotions
Aekarach Sattaburuth and Online Reporters, Published on 06/12/2023
» Move Forward Party MP Rangsiman Rome has demanded an explanation about how a police officer who happens to be a nephew of Thaksin Shinawatra’s ex-wife managed to secure the top job with the immigration police at Phuket airport.
Israeli forces battle Hamas in southern Gaza
AFP, Published on 06/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP - Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in Gaza's main southern city on Wednesday in some of the most intense combat of the two-month-old war sparked by the Oct 7 attacks.
COP28 fossil fuel debate sizzles
AFP, Published on 06/12/2023
» DUBAI - With 2023 confirmed to be the hottest year on record by Europe's climate monitor, the temperature was also rising on Wednesday for negotiators thrashing out the thorny issue of fossil fuels at the UN climate talks in Dubai.
Officers to be disciplined for freeing German child sex suspect
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/12/2023
» Two senior police officers who allowed a German man facing child sex charges in Pattaya to leave the country will face disciplinary and possibly criminal action, a deputy national police chief said on Wednesday