Ailing ex-Red Shirt leader jailed over 2010 protests
THE Supreme Court today (Jan. 20) upheld a five-year, four-month sentence against a key member of United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), commonly called Red Shirts, Mr. Yoswarit Chuglom, aka Jeng Dokjik, even though he is undergoing treatment for a stroke, and life imprisonment sentence against another prominent Red Shirt member Mr. Suksek […]
Read MoreFour Pheu Thai cabinet members tipped to resign as party-listed MPs
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FOUR PHEU THAI cabinet members are anticipated shortly to resign as party-listed MPs so they will be immediately replaced with others in effort to secure a majority of elected lawmakers for the Pheu Thai-led coalition government, no matter how meagre and precarious it could be, according to a partisan source. […]
Read MoreChina, Russia deepen ties as Biden rallies Nato’s ‘frontline’ over Ukraine
By Reuters and published by Swissinfo.ch Moscow/Warsaw – China pledged a deeper partnership with Russia on Wednesday as US President Joe Biden reaffirmed security assurances for Nato’s “frontline” eastern members, highlighting global tensions as the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches. However, a day after President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was suspending participation […]
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