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Argentina woes snowball, central bank chief resigns
AFP, Published on 25/09/2018
» BUENOS AIRES: The president of Argentina's central bank, Luis Caputo, abruptly resigned on Tuesday after just three months in the position, amid a volatile economic crisis.
Wildlife trafficking ‘kingpin’ claims he was pawn
New York Times, Published on 25/09/2018
» Chumlong Lemthongthai, a Thai citizen, and his band of gun-toting prostitutes were surely one of the most remarkable of the ‘pseudo-hunting’ gangs behind the ongoing rhino poaching crisis.
US accuses Myanmar military of 'planned and coordinated' atrocities
Reuters, Published on 25/09/2018
» WASHINGTON: A US government investigation has found that Myanmar’s military waged a "well-planned and coordinated" campaign of mass killings, gang rapes and other atrocities against the Southeast Asian nation’s Rohingya Muslim minority.
Quarter of city's public vans to be retired
Gary Boyle, Published on 25/09/2018
» The Department of Land Transport (DLT) has revealed that nearly one in four public vans operating in Bangkok and its metropolitan area will be decommissioned by the end of the year, as they are gradually set to be replaced by new mini-buses by 2028.
AIS gives superblock bandwidth a leg up
Business, Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn, Published on 25/09/2018
» Advanced Info Service (AIS) is implementing new upgrades to its "superblock" bandwidth structure, aiming to reinvigorate the country's largest mobile operator as it faced stagnant subscriber growth the past few years because of a saturated mobile market.
The first shots of another Gulf war?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 25/09/2018
» The men who carried out Saturday's attack on the parade in Ahvaz, in Iran's southwestern province of Khuzestan, were well trained: Four of them killed 25 people and wounded 70 others before they were shot dead. The question is whether they were trained by the Islamic State (IS), or by the backers of the low-profile Ahvaz National Resistance, which also claimed credit.