Business

OPEC+ cuts put $100/bbl oil back in sight

  By Reuters and published by US News & World Report Singapore/Seoul/London – Surprise new cuts to the OPEC+ group’s output targets could push oil prices towards $100 a barrel, setting the scene for another clash with the West grappling with higher interest rates, analysts and traders said on Monday (Apr. 3). The decision signals

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Local news

Ex-Democrat MP’s candidacy questioned after being caught playing cards at Parliament

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION’s provincial branch of Ratchaburi was today (Apr.3) petitioned to promptly determine whether a Palang Pracharath candidate, namely Chaithip Kamonpanthip, should be banned from contesting the May 14 general election after he had been caught playing cards at parliament. Chaithip, a former Democrat MP now seeking re-election under

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Technology

Hacker holding personal data of 55 million people is a Thai: Minister

  CYBER police now know that the hacker whose pseudonym is 9near and had threatened to release personal data of 55 million Thai citizens is a Thai, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Apr. 3). Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaiwut Thanakmanusorn said the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB), or cyber police, believes the Thai hacker’s

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Local news

First day of MP registration in Bangkok ends without a hitch

  THE first day of the registration of electoral contestants running for constituency-mode parliamentary seats in Bangkok proceeded without any complaints this morning (Apr. 3) but there was a traffic congestion problem in the area due to a shortage of policemen directing the flow, Amarin TV said. Mr. Khachit Chatchawanich, permanent secretary of Bangkok Metropolitan

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