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Almost 400 killed during holiday travel
Online Reporters, Published on 05/01/2021
» Almost 400 died in about 3,300 road accidents nationwide during the seven-day New Year road safety campaign this year, up 5% from the same period last year.
SET scores low in ranking
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 05/01/2021
» Capital returns from the Thai stock market ranked 49th out of 69 global stock markets in 2020 at -8.3%, while regional competitor Vietnam's stock exchange offered returns of 14.2%.
Retiring top judge pleas to maintain Hong Kong's judicial independence
AFP, Published on 05/01/2021
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's outgoing top judge made a plea on Tuesday to maintain judicial independence as China state media and a growing host of pro-Beijing figures call for an overhaul of how the financial hub's courts are run.
Belgian judges to decide on trial for attack suspects
AFP, Published on 05/01/2021
» BRUSSELS: Belgian judges will decide on Tuesday whether to send a dozen suspected jihadist extremists to trial for their alleged roles in the March 2016 Brussels bombings.
NYSE scraps plan to delist China telecom firms
AFP, Published on 05/01/2021
» NEW YORK: The New York Stock Exchange abandoned plans to delist three state-owned Chinese telecom companies on Monday, reversing a decision that further dented already strained relations between the world's two superpowers.
Thais fear luck has run out
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 05/01/2021
» People who were buying food at a supermarket in Klong Toey district, one of the areas worst hit in Bangkok by the fresh wave of Covid-19 infections, have expressed mixed feelings about the government's response this time around, insisting they are ready to tackle the problem themselves if needs be.
Export drop brings decline in use of perks
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 05/01/2021
» The use of free trade agreement (FTA) privileges and the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) by Thai exporters fell by 14.76% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2020, in line with the country's lower overall exports because of the pandemic.
Sales of tiny apartments soar in HK
Business, Bloomberg, Published on 05/01/2021
» In the world's least affordable housing market, one in eight homes sold is a nano apartment, a term widely used to describe tiny homes in Hong Kong.