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France orders more strikers back to work
AFP, Published on 13/10/2022
» PARIS: The French government on Thursday ordered workers back to a second fuel depot in a bid to ease petrol shortages from a three-week strike, a move that infuriated unions hoping to amplify the conflict into a broader protest against President Emmanuel Macron.
Romania's epic trail hopes to revive rural Transylvania
AFP, Published on 13/10/2022
» ȘAPARTOC (ROMANIA) - Europe has a new epic trail to rival the Camino to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
Pro-Putin Russian Orthodox Church gets warm welcome in Orban's Hungary
AFP, Published on 13/10/2022
» HéVíZ, Hungary: Despite his staunch support of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Patriarch Kirill, the leader of Russia's Orthodox church, has so far escaped European Union sanctions -- thanks to the support of Hungarian leader Viktor Orban.
Unlawful guns must be handed in, govt says
News, Wassayos Ngamkham and Wassana Nanuam, Published on 13/10/2022
» The government will push for a new amnesty law to allow people to hand in illegal firearms in their possession to the state without facing any legal prosecution.
Singapore defends strict drug policy
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/10/2022
» The attack on children at a childcare centre in the Northeast by an ex-policeman with a history of methamphetamine abuse reinforces the need for Singapore to stick to its strict anti-drug laws, says its Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam.
AAI sets IPO share price ahead of November listing
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 13/10/2022
» Asian Alliance International (AAI), a manufacturer of ready-to-eat food and pet food, expects the company's common shares to be listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) in the first week of November.
Gung-ho for gun control
Oped, Editorial, Published on 13/10/2022
» The recent massacre at a daycare centre in Nong Bua Lam Phu province that resulted in 36 people being killed by a former policeman before he took his own life, has again shone a spotlight on gun violence in society.
What the two Oct 6 tragedies expose
Oped, Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Published on 13/10/2022
» Early this month, a bright young colleague called me, telling a story about her difficulty in persuading a leading Thai research agency to explore how society could prepare policies to handle the prevalent problems of violence.
Words of praise
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/10/2022
» Re: "Being Anand Panyarachun," (Life, Oct 11).