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Russian media boycott parliament over sex scandal
AFP, Published on 22/03/2018
» MOSCOW: Top Russian media outlets launched a rare boycott of parliament on Thursday after it dismissed claims from a number of journalists that a senior lawmaker had sexually harassed them.
NLA approves B150bn supplementary budget
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 22/03/2018
» The National Legislative Assembly has voted 183-0 to pass a 150-billion-baht supplementary expenditure budget for fiscal 2018 ending in October.
Kremlin calls Johnson likening Putin to Hitler 'disgusting'
AFP, Published on 22/03/2018
» MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Thursday said British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had made "disgusting" comments about President Vladimir Putin seeking to exploit Russia's World Cup in the way Adolf Hitler had used the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Rebels expected to evacuate Syria's Eastern Ghouta
AFP, Published on 22/03/2018
» HARASTA, Syria: Buses prepared to enter a bombed-out town in Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Thursday after an agreement to evacuate hundreds of rebels and their families following weeks of regime bombardment.
Heavy disruption as French unions strike against Macron
AFP, Published on 22/03/2018
» PARIS: Public sector workers went on strike across France on Thursday in a "warning shot" for President Emmanuel Macron against his multi-front reform drive, with cancelled trains and flights causing travel headaches for thousands.
Indonesia holds key interest rate at 4.25%
Reuters, Published on 22/03/2018
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's central bank on Thursday kept its policy rate unchanged, as expected, saying its monetary policy stance remains neutral.
Ban announced on keeping invasive cichlid fish
Online Reporters, Published on 22/03/2018
» The Fisheries Department has banned the importing, keeping and raising of three kinds of cichlid fish to protect native species and the aquaculture sector.
Sarkozy blasts 'lack of evidence' for corruption charges
AFP, Published on 22/03/2018
» PARIS - French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy blasted what he said was a lack of evidence for the corruption charges against him over claims the late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi funded his 2007 election campaign, in his court statement published Thursday.
Suicidal village head hunted after murdering ex-wife
Nujaree Rakrun, Published on 22/03/2018
» NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Police were hunting for a 40-year-old village headman who declared he intended to commit suicide after shooting dead his estranged young wife in front of her mother.
B68m aid for Chiang Mai ethnic people disappears
King-oua Laohong, Published on 22/03/2018
» Another corruption case of public funds has been uncovered in Chiang Mai, where ethnic groups said they never received disbursed welfare aids worth almost 68 million baht in total.