Thais could probably watch all World Cup soccer matches live: Anucha
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE Minister Anucha Nakhasai has spiced up the Thai people’s appetite for World Cup soccer games by confirming today (Nov.16) they could probably watch all 64 matches live on free TV. Anucha’s comments apparently contradicted those earlier made by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan who has dampened the hopes […]
Read MoreOver 1.5m meth pills seized in clash with drug runners
SOLDIERS patrolling a jungle along the Thai-Myanmar border in Chiang Rai province late last night (Nov. 15) clashed with drug traffickers who fled after dumping some homemade backpacks filled with around 1.56 million methamphetamine pills, Naewna newspaper said today (Nov. 16). Col. Suthikhet Srininthin, commander of Pha Muang Task Force’s drug control unit, sent […]
Read MoreAmnesty urges Thai govt to help stop bloodshed in Myanmar
AN AMNESTY International Thailand team this morning (Oct. 16) marched to the UN building on Ratchadamnoen Nok road and submitted a letter in which the Thai government was asked to help stop the bloodshed in Myanmar as host of the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit that starts today and ends on Saturday Oct. 19, […]
Read MoreWrangling over Ukraine war dominates G20 summit
By Reuters and published by Cyprus Mail Nusa Dua, Indonesia – A Western-led push to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dominated Tuesday’s Group of 20 summit on the Indonesian island of Bali where leaders of major economies grappled with a dizzying array of issues from hunger to nuclear threats. President Vladimir Putin’s Feb. 24 invasion […]
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