Budget bill revision put before MPs
Parliament the other day began deliberating the particular 3. 18-trillion-baht spending budget bill for financial 2023 in its 2nd and third readings with a revised spending plan in which 7. 64 billion baht has been cut.Continue Reading
Executive decree urged to boost Oil Fuel Fund
Deputy Prime Minister and Power Minister Supattanapong Panmeechaow yesterday emphasised the need for an executive decree that would enable the Finance Ministry to guarantee a loan of 150 billion baht for that Oil Fuel Account, as well as additional steps to help vulnerable groups.Continue Reading
Robbed ex-official stuck in Georgia
A outdated Thai official who was mugged in Tbilisi last month and has not been permitted by the Georgian law enforcement to leave the particular Caucasus country is calling on Foreign Ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) Don Pramudwinai in order to step in to help him return to Thailand as soon as possible.Continue Reading
Opposition submits tenure petition
The opposition formally petitioned the Constitutional Court last night to rule on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s eight-year period and asked which he be suspended pending the ruling.Continue Reading
Kabul mosque attack: ‘Many casualties feared’
A local medical center says five children, including a seven-year-old, are among those wounded.Continue Reading
Canadian lawmakers plan Taiwan trip amid rising China tensions
OTTAWA: A delegation of Canadian lawmakers programs to visit Taiwan within October to seek economic opportunities in the Asian countries Pacific region, Generous Member of Parliament Judy Sgro said on Wednesday (Aug 17), a move which could further stoke tensions between China and the West. The relationship between China andContinue Reading
Priscilla Presley remembers Elvis on the 45th anniversary of his death
Priscilla Presley is definitely remembering her late husband Elvis Presley to the 45th anniversary of his death.Continue Reading
China to send troops to Russia for ‘Vostok’ exercise
Under Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Beijing and Moscow have grown increasingly close. A year ago this month, Russia and China held joint military exercises in north-central China involving more than 10,000 troops. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu praised the Sibu/Cooperation-2021 drills in China’s NingxiaContinue Reading
Haruyuki Takahashi: Tokyo 2020 Olympic official accused of taking bribes
Haruyuki Takahashi is arrested on suspicion of taking bribes from a high street clothing retailer.Continue Reading
Indian smuggler arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport with fox, pythons
An Indian man has been arrested at Thailand’s main airport attempting to smuggle out a menagerie of live creatures including a white desert fox and a raccoon, officials said Wednesday.Continue Reading