By Reuters, published by Swissinfo.ch, plus CNN Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine – As many as 60 people were feared to have been killed in the Russian bombing of a village school in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, the regional governor said on Sunday. Russian forces also continued shelling the Azovstal steelworks, last holdout of Ukrainian
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Activists call for release of Section 112 detainees
ACTIVISTS placed photos of suspects detained in cases stemming from Section 112 of the Criminal Code, or the lese majeste law, next to the footbridge at Phaya Thai traffic island in the Victory Monument area this evening (May 8th), Matichon newspaper said. A vinyl banner with the message “We don’t want Prayut” was also
Read moreCyclone Asani not hitting Thailand but strengthening winds nationwide
THE tropical depression in the Bay of Bengal turned into tropical cyclone Asani at 4 p.m. today (May 8) and while Thailand is not being directly hit winds will strengthen nationwide and the South will face continuous rainfall that could trigger flash floods, Thansettakij newspaper quoted the Thai Meteorological Department as saying. Mr. Somwan
Read more‘Depose Prayut, promote Prawit’ conspiracy involves Pheu Thai and Thai Economic parties: Saranwut
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO OUST Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and have Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan take his place has involved Pheu Thai Party and Thai Economic Party, according to Pheu Chart Party leader Saranwut Saranket. Saranwut said yesterday (May 7) the ongoing conspiracy to oust Prayut from the top
Read moreUkraine says all women and children now evacuated from Mariupol steel mill
By Reuters and published by Channel NewsAsia Kyiv – All women, children and elderly civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister said on Saturday (May 7), despite what military officers said was an ongoing Russian assault at the plant. “This part of the Mariupol humanitarian operation
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