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EU battles in court to overturn Apple tax bill ruling
AFP, Published on 23/05/2023
» LUXEMBOURG - Apple and Brussels butted heads in a top EU court on Tuesday as the bloc battled to overturn a ruling against its whopping 13-billion euro order on the iPhone-maker to pay Ireland in back taxes.
Italy unveils two-billion-euro package for flooded northeast
AFP, Published on 23/05/2023
» ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday announced a two-billion-euro ($2.2-billion) package to help northeastern areas affected by floods that killed 14 people, displaced thousands and left swathes of farmland submerged.
Beer-loving MFP lawmaker takes aim at booze duopoly
Reuters, Published on 23/05/2023
» A beer-loving MP-elect once arrested for illegal brewing is hoping the Move Forward Party’s election victory can give him a long-awaited shot at breaking up a 470-billion-baht alcohol duopoly of two of the country’s wealthiest families.
Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris dead at 93
AFP, Published on 23/05/2023
» LONDON: The artist, presenter and musician Rolf Harris, who was one of the UK's best-loved entertainers before he was convicted of underage-sex crimes in 2014, has died aged 93, officials said on Tuesday.
Paint the town rainbow for Pride Month at Central
Guru, Suthivas Tanphaibul, Published on 23/05/2023
» Central Pattana is gearing up to paint the town rainbow for Pride Month with the "Thailand's Pride Month Celebration 2023" campaign throughout June.
Sky-high airfares have peaked, says AirAsia chief
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/05/2023
» DOHA: Airline ticket prices have peaked, at least in the market where the budget carrier AirAsia operates, according to its founder Tony Fernandes.
Chinese arrested for major fraud, waste smuggling
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/05/2023
» Four Chinese nationals, two wanted in China in separate major criminal fraud cases and two for smuggling plastic waste, have been arrested in Bangkok and two other provinces.
Pita promises reasonable wage rise, capped power tariff
Post Reporters, Published on 23/05/2023
» Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat said on Tuesday a coalition government under his leadership would ensure a reasonable annual increase in the minimum wage without damage to industry and the economy.
‘No survivors’ in capsized Chinese fishing vessel
AFP and Reuters, Published on 23/05/2023
» BEIJING: There were no survivors after a fishing vessel carrying 17 Chinese, 17 Indonesian and five Filipino crew members capsized last week in the Indian Ocean, according to an initial Chinese government investigation report released on Tuesday.
Spain holds 4 for hate crime directed at footballer
Reuters, Published on 23/05/2023
» MADRID: Spanish police detained four men on Tuesday in connection with an incident in which an effigy representing the Brazilian football star Vinicius Jr was hung from a bridge in January, a day after a senior official said Spanish football had a racism problem.