PPRP touts culture, BJT eyes volunteers
The Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) has pledged to intensify the promotion of soft power as another key driver of the economy if the party wins the general election.Continue Reading
Heatwave to worsen, experts warn
The El Nino weather pattern will bring a hotter and drier climate across Thailand in the coming months, say climate experts who warn of worse to come due to climate change.Continue Reading
Lessons from Chinese sanctions on Australian imports
From May 2020, Beijing blocked the import of roughly a dozen Australian goods for which China was the major market, cutting imports worth around A$20 billion (US$13.4 billion) annually. The deteriorating political relationship between Canberra and Beijing was the proximate cause, but a trade deal between Beijing and Washington involving increased Chinese imports of US […]Continue Reading
Zomato: When a biryani flies hundreds of miles to reach Indians
Food delivery firm Zomato is flying biryani across cities and delivering it to the doorstep of Indians.Continue Reading
Huge storms wreck about 1,800 houses
Around 1,800 houses in ten provinces were damaged after summer storms wreaked havoc across the Northeast and South over the weekend, as authorities continued the search for crew members of stricken trawlers off the coast of Nakhon Si Thammarat.Continue Reading
Decade of graft cases in ACT report
The Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand (ACT) has released a report on graft cases involving politicians over the past ten years in which the rice-pledging scheme caused the most financial damage at 130 billion baht.Continue Reading
US arrests two with setting up Chinese ‘secret police station’ in New York
NEW YORK: US federal agents arrested two New York residents for allegedly operating a Chinese “secret police station” in the Chinatown district of Manhattan on Monday (Apr 18) in what prosecutors said was part of a crackdown on Beijing’s alleged targeting of dissidents. Lu Jianwang, 61, and Chen Jinping, 59,Continue Reading
US charges two with setting up Chinese ‘secret police station’ in New York
NEW YORK: US law enforcement officials have arrested two New York residents for allegedly operating a Chinese “secret police station” in Manhattan’s Chinatown neighbourhood, the top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn said in a statement on Monday. Liu Jianwang, 61, and Chen Jinping, 59, face charges of conspiring to act asContinue Reading
Horror after Chinese trapeze artist falls to her death during display
The performer died after her partner failed to catch her during a transition in a display on Saturday.Continue Reading
MPs propose poverty line, wealth taxes during day 1 of debate on President’s Address
MPs also called for tweaks to Singapore’s education system and more recognition to be given to the work done by those in “practical” professions.Continue Reading