By AP – published by NBC News and The Guardian INTERNATIONAL scientists who examined previously unavailable genetic data from samples collected at a market close to where the first human cases of Covid-19 were detected in China said they found suggestions the pandemic originated from animals, not a lab. Other experts have not yet
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Bhumjaithai dissolution sought for allegedly accepting tainted donations
By Thai Newsroom Reporters OUTSPOKEN GOVERNMENT CRITIC Chuwit Kamolvisit today (Mar.17) filed a petition to the Election Commission in pursuit of dissolution of the Bhumjaithai Party for allegedly accepting donations of laundered money. Chuwit called on the polling agency to forward his petition over to the Constitutional Court for prompt consideration and a subsequent
Read morePetition to probe Prayut’s ‘use of govt property to gain popularity’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION was today (Mar.17) petitioned to investigate the allegedly illicit use of government property and personnel in a popularity-wooing campaign specifically arranged for Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. Somchai Srisutthiyakorn, head of the Thai Liberal strategic policy steering team, petitioned the Election Commission to conduct a thorough probe and
Read more‘Big Joke’ going to Phuket to probe sex trafficking of teen girls
DEPUTY National Police Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Surachate Hakparn, whose nickname is Big Joke, is heading for Phuket to expand investigation of sex trafficking teenage girls after two suspects were arrested in a bar raid and six victims rescued, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Mar. 17). Pol. Maj. Gen. Wasan Techaakasen, deputy chief of
Read moreBank lifelines ease global financial crisis fears
By Reuters – published by US News & World Report, and INN News MULTI-BILLION dollar lifelines for troubled US and European banks shored up investor confidence on Friday (Mar. 17) and bolstered sentiment in battered stocks, although concerns now centre on whether a global financial crisis has been fully averted. Large US banks injected
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