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Ousted as Spanish PM, Rajoy to quit as conservative party leader
AFP, Published on 05/06/2018
» MADRID - Mariano Rajoy, a major figure of Spanish politics over the past 14 years, announced Tuesday he will quit as head of the conservative Popular Party (PP) after being ousted as prime minister last week.
Iran steps up pressure on uranium enrichment after US pullout
AFP, Published on 05/06/2018
» TEHRAN - Iran said Tuesday it has launched a plan to boost uranium enrichment capacity with new centrifuges, raising the pressure on European diplomats scrambling to rescue the crumbling nuclear deal after Washington pulled out.
Harvey Weinstein set to plead not guilty in NY
AFP, Published on 05/06/2018
» NEW YORK: Fallen movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was expected to plead not guilty Tuesday to rape and sexual assault charges in New York, opening a legal battle for the #MeToo movement that dreams of seeing him behind bars.
Foreign Minister Don shrugs off pressure to resign
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Wassana Nanuam and Online Reporters, Published on 05/06/2018
» Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai insisted on Tuesday he will not resign from office, saying his wife had already reduced her shareholding in a private company.
Dead whale sparks marine fears
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 05/06/2018
» The death of a male short-finned pilot whale with a shocking number of plastic bags in its stomach in Songkhla province has sparked grave concerns about marine debris and the threat it poses to the marine ecological system.
Final edible stock sale okayed
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 05/06/2018
» The government has approved the sale of the final edible-grade rice stocks totalling 43,700 tonnes with a value of 534 million baht to nine bidders after postponing the auction for almost a year.
Nakhon Phanom eyed as new tourism hub
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 05/06/2018
» The Tourism and Sports Ministry and the six nations of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) are teaming up to push Nakhon Phanom province as a new hub of tourism and trade for the region.
Germany asks Trump envoy to clarify call to 'empower' the right
AFP, Published on 05/06/2018
» BERLIN - Germany on Monday said it had asked the new US ambassador in Berlin, outspoken Trump loyalist Richard Grenell, to clarify his reported comments on far-right website Breitbart that he wants to "empower" European conservatives.
Modi sees Asean as key to Indo-Pacific policy
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 05/06/2018
» India took exactly 25 years to define its place in the broader Asia region. When Indian prime minister Narasimha Rao first outlined his country's "Look East" policy in 1993 in Singapore, economic imperatives were the main driving force and not much thought was given to strategic components. After all, it was before the rise of China, the decline in US influence, Japan's strategic-oriented foreign policy and the establishment of the Asean Community.
Preventable marine deaths
News, Editorial, Published on 05/06/2018
» At the very moment Thailand has begun to worry about massive imports of mostly dangerous foreign waste, the most dramatic proof possible exposes one of the country's most dangerous exports. Marine biologists on the weekend released details and highly disturbing photographs of the death last week of a pilot whale in the Gulf off Songkhla province. An autopsy by the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) after the animal drifted ashore and died on the beach showed the cause of death. It either starved or strangled on more than 80 large plastic bags.