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Drugs group Shire says bids $30 bn for rival Baxalta
AFP, Published on 04/08/2015
» LONDON - Dublin-based pharmaceutical group Shire on Tuesday said it had bid $30 billion (27 billion euros) for US rival Baxalta to form a global biotech company focused on rare diseases.
Australia quick Johnson revels in 'compliment' of crowd abuse
AFP, Published on 04/08/2015
» NOTTINGHAM (UNITED KINGDOM) - Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has insisted he is relishing the role of being the man English crowds love to hate.
CDC likely to drop sin-tax ban
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 04/08/2015
» Constitution writers will likely drop the change that will lift the sin tax collected from liquor, cigarette and beer producers after facing strong opposition and reviewing the situation.
PM orders health chief reinstated
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 04/08/2015
» Public health permanent secretary Narong Sahametapat has been reinstated after a five-month hiatus following his prolonged conflict with an agency over its management of the universal healthcare budget.
Trat islands say goodbye to blackouts
Published on 04/08/2015
» TRAT – Koh Kut and Koh Mak, two up-and-coming tourist destinations in this eastern province, will see a steady supply of electricity for the next three decades after they were hooked up to the national grid.
1 dead, 1 hurt in Narathiwat drive-by
Waedao Harai, Published on 04/08/2015
» NARATHIWAT — An assistant village chief was killed and a defence volunteer critically wounded in a drive-by shooting in Chanae district Tuesday evening.
Fans bid farewell to Sqweez Animal guitarist
Online Reporters, Published on 04/08/2015
» Thousands of fans crowded Wat That Thong on Tuesday to pay last respects to Sqweez Animal guitarist Prachathip "Singha" Musikapong, who fell to his death from a condominium last Wednesday.
Russia files UN claim over vast swathe of Arctic
AFP, Published on 04/08/2015
» MOSCOW - Russia pressed a claim at the United Nations Tuesday for an additional 1.2 million square kilometres (463,000 square miles) of Arctic shelf, an area of escalating international tension.
Death toll rises to 7 from NY Legionnaires' disease
AFP, Published on 04/08/2015
» NEW YORK - The death toll has climbed to seven from an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York with 64 other people being treated in hospital, health officials said Tuesday.
Qualified praise for Obama's clean power plan
AFP, Published on 04/08/2015
» PARIS - President Barack Obama's plan to slash electricity-generated CO2 emissions was welcomed Tuesday as a courageous step towards a lower-carbon future, but not yet enough to brake dangerous planet warming.