Submarine deal approved now awaiting cabinet go-ahead: Phumtham
By TV Channel 7, Naewna newspapepr and Thai Newsroom Reporters NEWLY-APPOINTED Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Interior Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said upon bidding farewell to the Defence Ministry today (July 2) that he has approved the navy’s long-delayed plan to buy a Chinese-built S26T submarine with this now to be tabled to the cabinet for final approval. […]
Read MoreCourt-ordered ouster of Paetongtarn as culture minister sought
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE SENATE WAS today (July 2) petitioned to put forward a fresh impeachment lawsuit against the newly-named Culture Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra after she has been already ordered by the Constitutional Court to stop running the country as head of government pending a court verdict on basis of allegations that she […]
Read MoreCambodia shifting temple marker on Google Maps has no legal impact: Army
WHILE Cambodia has moved the location pin of one of three border temples to their territory on Google Maps this does not have any legal impact both domestically and internationally, the Thai army explained today (July 2), according to Amarin TV. Maj. Gen. Winthai Suvari, the army spokesman, said there is concern that Cambodia […]
Read MoreWorld will have to learn to live with heatwaves: UN
By AFP and published by CNA Geneva – The world will have to learn to live with heatwaves, the United Nations’ weather and climate agency said Tuesday (July 1) as much of Europe roasted in high summer temperatures. The World Meteorological Organisation said that in future, people could expect heatwaves to occur more often […]
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