70 parties fielding 4,781 constituency candidates
A total of 4,781 constituency candidates and 1,898 party-list candidates have applied to contest the May 14 election nationwide, with 63 prime ministerial candidates, the Election Commission (EC) said on Saturday.Continue Reading
Summer storm warning for upper Thailand
Upper Thailand has been warned of summer storms throughout the weekend due to a high-pressure front moving in from the South China Sea.Continue Reading
UTN leader vows to drive out ‘nation haters’
United Thai Nation (UTN) Party leader Pirapan Salirathavibhaga has vowed to take drastic action against “nation haters” if his party forms the next government, saying Thailand is a land for patriots and those who don’t like it can go live somewhere else.Continue Reading
Preparations for Singapore’s leadership transition going ‘as well as they can’: Shanmugam
Singapore places emphasis on its politicians taking on different ministerial portfolios and this holistic approach is why the 3G to 4G leadership transition is going well, says the Law and Home Affairs minister.Continue Reading
Chinese military rehearsing encirclement of Taiwan
The exercises began hours after Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen returned from a trip to the US.Continue Reading
US lawmaker pledges training for Taiwan amid Chinese military exercises
TAIPEI: A senior United States lawmaker pledged on Saturday (Apr 8) to help provide training for Taiwan’s armed forces and to speed up the delivery of weapons, as China began three days of military exercises around the island Beijing claims as its territory. China announced the drills the day afterContinue Reading
US making big new economic moves on Taiwan
Growing confrontation and competition between the United States and China has paved the way for closer US-Taiwan economic relations. Taiwan could take advantage of this changing geopolitical environment to advance deeper institutionalized trade ties with the United States. A complex supply chain network between US and Taiwanese companies has grown over decades. Despite this close […]Continue Reading
World Bank, BRICS Bank have new leaders and different outlooks
In late February, US President Joe Biden announced that the United States had placed the nomination of Ajay Banga to be the next head of the World Bank, established in 1944. There will be no other official candidates for this job since, by convention, the US nominee is automatically selected for the post. This has been the […]Continue Reading
4 killed, including pregnant worker, in van-truck crash
Four people, including a pregnant migrant worker, were killed, and nine others injured, when a van they were travelling in rear-ended a trailer truck on Motorway Route 7 in Chon Buri early Saturday morning.Continue Reading
‘Growth recession’ beckoning for the US
The latest jobs report is in, and the good news is Federal Reserve policy on inflation appears to be working. The bad news is Fed policy on inflation appears to be working. The March 2023 jobs report reveals that the US economy added 236,000 jobs during the month – roughly in line with expectations. A […]Continue Reading