By CNN and published by Channel NewsAsia HORROR fans might recognise this charming Los Angeles home that was just sold as being from the 1984 classic, A Nightmare On Elm Street. The three-bedroom and 4.5-bathroom Dutch Colonial house was where vengeful spirit of a serial killer, Freddy Krueger (played by Robert Englund), tried to kill
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Citi to sell consumer business in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam to UOB Group
By CNBC CITIGROUP will sell its consumer banking businesses in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam to Singapore’s United Overseas Bank, the banks announced today (Jan. 14). As part of the deal, UOB said it will acquire Citi’s unsecured and secured lending portfolios, wealth management and retail deposit units that make up its consumer banking
Read moreAnother female protest leader released on bail
JUST a day after Ms. Panassaya Sitthichirawatanakul, or Rung, was granted an extension of her bail by two courts another female protest leader, Ms. Benja Apan, was also temporarily released, Thai Rath newspaper this evening (Jan. 14). The Southern Bangkok Criminal Court issued an order granting bail to Benja who is faces charges under
Read more8 hurt as speeding ambulance hits police vehicle
EIGHT persons were seriously injured in two crashes at the same spot in Phetchabun province today (Jan. 14) with a speeding ambulance slamming into a police pickup truck driven to the spot where a little earlier a sedan had crashed into a power pole, Sanook.com said. The double crashes in Mueang district began with
Read moreBangkok’s Covid risk points: Dormitories, police flats and restaurant-cum-pubs
WITH the Covid count staying high at 8,167 cases and 14 deaths today (Jan. 14) the Public Health Ministry warned that the key risk points in Bangkok are dormitories, police flats, restaurant-cum-pubs and poorly-ventilated restaurants or those running contaminated air-conditioners, Thai Rath newspaper said. The Ministry’s Disease Control Department also revealed that the Omicron variant
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