By Reuters Staff, published by Channel NewsAsia Berlin – German Social Democrat Olaf Scholz vowed today (Sept. 27) to strengthen the European Union and keep up the transatlantic partnership in a three-way coalition government he hopes to form by Christmas to take over from Angela Merkel’s conservatives. Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) came first in
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Part of Pathum Thani already flooded as Chao Phraya continues to rise
FLOODING has started in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok, with many houses on the bank of Chao Phraya River in Sam Khok district inundated and assets damaged as a result of river water level rising sharply after some dams began releasing large volumes of water amid days of heavy rain and this compounded
Read moreAnti-Prayut street protest resumed with water rockets
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ACTIVIST GROUP THALU FAH today (Sept. 27) resumed a street protest near Government House against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. The anti-Prayut demonstrators launched water rockets containing red dye toward Government House, about 200 metres away. Crowd-control police were positioned behind barbed wires some 100 metres from the protesters at Nang Loeng
Read morePrawit looks to keep Sam Mit faction’s powers in check
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PALANG PRACHARATH Party leader/Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan has decided to contain Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin’s powers among the rank and file of the ruling party, sources said today (Sept. 27). Prawit will likely name Somsak who currently sits on the Palang Pracharath Party’s executive board merely as adviser to
Read moreEmergency extended till Nov. 30, curfew shortened by an hour
A MEETING of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) executive committee chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha today (Sept. 27) extended the state of emergency till November 30, 2021 while also shortening the curfew by an hour with this to be from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. and allowing some businesses and activities
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