President Xi’s close ally Li Qiang, formerly Shanghai’s party chief, is poised to become the next premier. Continue Reading
The PromptPay payment system will be taken offline on March 11 between 2am and 2.30am for improvements, the Thai Bankers’ Association announced on Saturday.Continue Reading
All seven blocks in the Waterway Sunrise II Build-to-Order project, delayed by more than one year, are now complete and buyers can expect to receive the keys to their flat by the end of March.Continue Reading
A fierce fire gutted a police building that stored official documents in Bangkok’s Sathon district early Saturday. No casualties were reported.Continue Reading
The U.S. ambassador to the country called the sentencing of Kem Sokha a “miscarriage of justice”
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NARATHIWAT: Two explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) officers were killed and another badly injured in a roadside bombing in Si Sakhon district of this southern border province, as a military convoy of the deputy commander of the 4th Army Region drove past on Friday.Continue Reading
China is now leading the world in 37 out of 44 key technologies, including hypersonic missiles, artificial intelligence, drones and electric batteries, according to a recent Australian research report. China ranks first globally in defense- and space-related technologies in terms of high-impact research, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) said in the report. ASPI is a defense and […]Continue Reading
Last week, on the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, China issued a 12-point position paper outlining its “peace plan” for resolving the conflict. The document was released in the wake of statements by senior US officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the White House national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, warning […]Continue Reading
PHANG NGA: It is past midnight on a beach in southern Thailand and 12-year-old Prin Uthaisangchai is anxiously staring at a leatherback turtle nest, waiting for scores of the endangered hatchlings to scrabble out from the sand.Continue Reading
Ukrainian forces are pulling out of Bakhmut and the battle for the small Donetsk city is nearly finished. So what happens next? There appear to be two stages to the Bakhmut pullout. The first started perhaps a month ago, though that isn’t certain. The troops pulled out comprised foreign fighters and Yellow Armband troops. The Russians say […]Continue Reading