By Reuters staff and published by Nasdaq.com Washington – The United States plans to sell as many as seven major weapons systems, including mines, cruise missiles and drones to Taiwan, four people familiar with the discussions said, as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on China. Pursuing seven sales at once is a rare departure
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Group submits ‘non-interference’ letter to Trump at embassy
REPRESENTATIVES of the Thai People Group submitted a letter to US President Donald Trump and US Ambassador to Thailand Michael George DeSombre at the embassy this morning (Sept. 16) demanding confirmation of non-interference in the internal affairs of Thailand, Thai Post newspaper reported. The group’s representatives, Mr. Pichit Chaiyamongkol and Mr. Tawatchai Jaroonchat, were met
Read moreMyanmar boy infected with Covid-19 crossed over by natural route
THE two-year-old Myanmar boy who was found to be infected with Covid-19 at Myawaddy town, across the border from Thailand’s Mae Sot town, on Sunday September 13 after departing Thailand on September 4 did not go across via the official checkpoint but through one of 50 natural channels, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Sept. 16,
Read moreTropical storm Noul to lash Thailand from Friday
TORRENTIAL rain is expected across most parts of the country after category 3 tropical storm Noul makes a landfall in middle of Vietnam and then moves to Thailand’s northeast during September 18-20, Thai Meteorological Department warned this morning (September 16, 2020). At the same time the southwesterly monsoon across the Andaman Sea, Thailand and Gulf
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