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5 of 10 uncertified winners of Bangkok council election from Pheu Thai Party

EVEN AS the Election Commission announced the names of the Bangkok council election winners in 40 out of 50 districts among the remaining 10 who topped their districts five are from Pheu Thai Party, Matichon newspaper said this evening (May 30). Already certified as Bangkok councillors are 15 out of 20 Pheu Thai Party winners,

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Election Commission puts off certifying Chadchart as Bangkok governor

  THE ELECTION COMMISSION this afternoon (May 30) postponed certifying Chadchart Sittipunt as the governor of Bangkok after his landslide victory in the gubernatorial  election where he got 1,386,215 votes nor the winners of the city council elections, Matichon newspaper said. The Election Commission held a meeting to consider announcing the results of Bangkok elections

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World news

Ukrainian defenders hold out in Donbas city under heavy fire

  By Reuters and published by Channel NewsAsia Kyiv – Ukrainian forces endured heavy artillery barrages on Sunday (May 29) as they held off Russian attempts to capture Sievierodonetsk, the largest city Ukraine still controls in the eastern region of Luhansk, officials said. Russian shelling has destroyed all of Sievierodonetsk’s critical infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy

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