Charoen, son defect from Pheu Thai, enlist with TST
Ex-House deputy speaker Charoen Jankomol and his son have reportedly defected from Pheu Thai to the Thai Sang Thai (TST) Party.Continue Reading
Gunman dead after tense siege
PHETCHABURI: A man who went on a shooting rampage, killing three people and wounding three others, including a police officer, at a housing estate in Muang district on Wednesday, was killed in a police shoot-out early yesterday, ending a 15-hour standoff.Continue Reading
Lawyer Sittra asks Chuvit to clarify shady B50m donations
Crusading lawyer Sittra Biabangkerd has called on whistleblower Chuvit Kamolvisit to clarify reports that he received 50 million baht from shady sources, far more than the amount he admitted to having received and then donated to hospitals.Continue Reading
Peeping Tom at embassy gets 2 years
A former IT manager at the Australian embassy was sentenced yesterday to two years in jail for installing spy cameras in women’s bathrooms at the mission.Continue Reading
Canada MP Han Dong steps down over Chinese interference claims
Han Dong denies claims he lobbied to delay the release of the “Two Michaels” detained in China.Continue Reading
Do Kwon: Fugitive crypto mogul believed caught in Montenegro
Police believe they have arrested Do Kwon, the crypto boss accused of a multibillion-dollar fraud.Continue Reading
Russian support for Myanmar junta ‘destabilising’ Southeast Asia: US envoy
BANGKOK: Russia’s backing for Myanmar’s military rulers is unacceptable and destabilising, with its supply of weapons helping to fuel a conflict that has become a catastrophe for the country, a top US official said on Thursday (Mar 23). The United States is concerned about the wider impact of the escalatingContinue Reading
Seoul zebra escape: Animal back at zoo after hours on the loose
The young animal is unharmed after trotting around some residential streets.Continue Reading
Australia has a ‘pokies’ gambling problem, but is change coming?
The country is controversially home to a fifth of the world’s slot machines, known locally as “pokies”.Continue Reading
Woman found dead on LRT tracks in Punggol
Based on preliminary investigations of the incident at Cove station, the Singapore Police Force does not suspect foul play.Continue Reading