Cabinet okays electricity bill discounts for 4 months
The cabinet yesterday approved an expenditure of 7.5 billion baht to provide discounts on electricity bills from January to April for more than 19 million households, according to a spokesman.Continue Reading
Kim unchained heralds new nuclear war reality
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From September-December 2022, North Korea had its most active missile testing period in history, including a day in November featuring a 23-missile barrage. Whether it was the technical need for testing systems under development, training for missile crews, capability demonstrations for international messaging or taking advantage of a permissive international environment (in which China and Russia […]Continue Reading
At least 3 dead, dozens trapped as building collapses in India
LUCKNOW: At least three people were killed and dozens were feared trapped after a four-storey building collapsed in India, officials said late on Tuesday (Jan 24). The state’s deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak said three people had been killed in the accident in the northern city of Lucknow in UttarContinue Reading
Three dead, dozens feared trapped as building collapses in India
LUCKNOW: At least three people were killed and dozens were feared trapped after a four-storey building collapsed in India, officials said late on Tuesday (Jan 24). The state’s deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak said three people had been killed in the accident in the northern city of Lucknow in UttarContinue Reading
Huawei seeks ‘China solution’ for global green ports
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Huawei Technologies, a Shenzhen-based telecommunication equipment maker, has successfully achieved zero carbon emissions in a Tianjin port with the use of its 5G technology and the BeiDou navigation satellite system. The company said it had turned the Section C Terminal in the Beijiang Port Area of the Port of Tianjin into the world’s first zero-carbon […]Continue Reading
US-South Korea alliance needs urgent repair
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Two critical issues have been increasingly affecting the situation between Washington and Seoul, whose frequent invocations of rock-solid alliance cooperation belie unease about crucial areas of partnership First, South Korea desires ever more alliance-partner defense and security reassurance from the US in the face of a growing North Korean nuclear threat and Chinese revisionism. Yet […]Continue Reading
Alice Springs: Alcohol limited in Australian town due to violence
A spike in alcohol-fuelled violence has motivated the government to impose the measures.Continue Reading
Hunger strikers moved to Thammasat Hospital
Two hunger-striking political activists were transferred on Tuesday evening to Thammasat University Hospital as their condition worsened on their seventh day without food or water.Continue Reading
Oscars 2023: RRR’s Naatu Naatu nominated for Best Song
The catchy number from the Indian film RRR has already won a Golden Globe and a Critics’ Choice Award.Continue Reading
Airport VVIP row prompts uniform rule
Suvarnabhumi Airport now requires all government officials working there to wear their uniforms, to make it easier to identify who they are and which orgnisation they work for.Continue Reading