Three men have been arrested for posing as security officers, using a fake arrest warrant and extorting 3.1 million baht from a man while he was in a house in Bangkok with his wife and their two children, said Pol Maj Gen Teeradet Thamsuthi, an investigation division chief of the Metropolitan Police Bureau.Continue Reading
NAKHON PHANOM: About 70 houses were damaged when a summer storm hit parts of That Phanom and Renu Nakhon districts of this northeastern border province on Saturday afternoon, officials said.Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: Indian police have arrested Sikh separatist Amritpal Singh after hunting for him for more than a month, a police statement said on Sunday (Apr 23). Singh, a preacher in the northwestern state of Punjab where Sikhs are in the majority, has revived talk of an independent Sikh homelandContinue Reading
Indian police have arrested a self-styled preacher, whose calls for a Sikh homeland sparked a huge manhunt.Continue Reading
This year’s selection for the Cannes Film Festival includes possibly the largest number of Arab, African and Asian films in the storied event’s history. This isn’t just mere tokenism: The festival’s artistic director Thierry Fremaux and his fellow programmers have clearly cast their eye to new territories as they fight the notion that cinema is in crisis. […]Continue Reading
Paetongtarn “Ung Ing” Shinawatra of the Pheu Thai Party is the top choice for the post of prime minister among eligible voters in the northeastern province of Si Sa Ket, followed far behind by Pita Limjaroenrat of the Move Forward Party, according to a survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.Continue Reading
Paetongtarn “Ung Ing” Shinawatra of the Pheu Thai Party is the top choice for the post of prime minister among eligible voters in the northeastern province of Si Sa Ket, followed far behind by Pita Limjaroenrat of the Move Forward Party, according to a survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.Continue Reading
Paetongtarn “Ung Ing” Shinawatra of the Pheu Thai Party is most favourite for the post of prime minister among eligible voters in the northeastern province of Si Sa Ket, followed far behind by Pita Limjaroenrat of the Move Forward Party, according to a survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.Continue Reading
BEIJING: China’s Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong has lodged solemn representations with the South Korean ambassador over “erroneous” remarks by the South Korean president about Taiwan, China’s foreign ministry said on Sunday (Apr 23). In an exclusive interview with Reuters, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said increased tensions aroundContinue Reading
KARACHI, Pakistan: Noor Jehan, an elephant in Pakistan’s Karachi Zoo whose illness revived criticisms of the nation’s zoos, died on Saturday (Apr 22) despite frantic efforts to treat her, officials said. The critically ill 17-year-old elephant had fallen into a pond this month and been unable to get up withoutContinue Reading