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Michelle Obama slams Trump in new book
AFP, Published on 09/11/2018
» WASHINGTON - Former US first lady Michelle Obama says she can "never forgive" Donald Trump for questioning her husband's American citizenship, saying the president and other "birthers" put her family at risk, in her hotly anticipated new memoir.
Hawking auction raises astronomical sum
AFP, Published on 09/11/2018
» LONDON - A copy of Stephen Hawking's doctorate thesis signed in a shaky hand was the highlight of an auction of the British physicist's personal items in London, which raised nearly pound sterling1.4 million ($1.8 million, 1.6 million euros).
Lunchbox suspects denied bail, one jailed on drug charge
ฺBoonnum Kerdkaew and Online Reporters, Published on 09/11/2018
» UTTARADIT: Two women arraigned on fraud charges over an alleged factory lunchbox scam were denied bail by the Uttaradit Provincial Court.
'Terrorist' on stabbing rampage shot dead in Melbourne
Agencies, Published on 09/11/2018
» SYDNEY, Australia: A Somali man went on a stabbing rampage in the city of Melbourne on Friday after driving a car laden with gas cylinders up on a footpath, where it caught fire, and police said they are treating the attack as terrorism.
Imelda Marcos given lengthy prison term in graft case
AFP, Published on 09/11/2018
» MANILA: Imelda Marcos was found guilty of corruption on Friday and handed a lengthy prison term in a rare conviction for the former Philippine first lady accused with her late dictator husband of embezzling billions of dollars from state coffers.
Conjoined Bhutanese twins separated in Australia surgery
AFP, Published on 09/11/2018
» MELBOURNE - Australian surgeons on Friday successfully separated 15-month-old Bhutanese twins, Nima and Dawa, who had been joined at the torso.
Journey to the afterlife: Indonesia's Toraja live among the dead
AFP, Published on 09/11/2018
» LA'BO, Indonesia: Martha Kande's family lived with her greying, shrivelled corpse at their home in Indonesia for seven months, as they prepared an elaborate funeral that is central to the Toraja people's centuries-old death rituals.
Prawit stays mum on 'old regime' party
News, Wassana Nanuam and Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 09/11/2018
» Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon on Thursday declined to be drawn into the affairs of a new political outfit, the Thai Raksa Chart Party, in which children of politicians close to the Shinawatra family have assumed key posts.
Family affair
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 09/11/2018
» For astute gastronomes in Bangkok, the name Khua Kling Pak Sod has over the past several years been a trustworthy term when it comes to Thai cuisine.
Big in Japan
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 09/11/2018
» The 31st Tokyo International Film Festival wrapped up last weekend, with French drama Amanda taking home the Tokyo Grand Prix and Best Screenplay awards. Director Mikhaël Hers' third feature, Amanda tells the story of a young man who cares for his orphaned niece following his sister's death in a delicate tale of familial love and how people cope with tragedy.