By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN OFFICIAL RATIFICATION of all 200 senators-designate will likely be postponed for a period of time from tomorrow (July 3) amidst allegations of vote-rigging and other irregularities. The Election Commission will likely put off the official ratification of the total 200 senators-designate plus 100 others in reserve earlier scheduled for
Day: July 2, 2024
Navy Chief worried about govt delay over Chinese-built submarine purchase
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NAVY CHIEF ADM ADUNG Pan-iam today (July 2) expressed concern over a sustained delay in a final approval from the Pheu Thai-led government for the navy’s contentious plan to buy a Chinese-built submarine. Adm Adung was responding to news reports that Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin had been worried about some
Read moreTwo dead as tower crane collapses at On Nut construction site
A TOWER crane suddenly collapsed at a construction site in On Nut Soi 86 at 2.20 p.m. today (July 2) killing two persons and injuring three others, Naewna newspaper and Thai News Agency said. The tower crane, which can carry a 12-tonne load and stretches 70 metres while being 20 metres high, fell on
Read moreProtest over potash mining in Korat as PM, ministers arrive for meeting
A GROUP of Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) residents staged a protest over exploration and mining of potash deposits in their Northeastern province just as Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and ministers arrived for a mobile cabinet meeting at Rajabhat University, Naewna newspaper said today (July 2). Protesters from Non Thai, Non Sung and City districts affected
Read moreBiden warns Supreme Court ruling on immunity is ‘dangerous precedent’
By Reuters and published by US News & World Report Washington – US President Joe Biden on Monday (July 1) criticised the Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity that was seen as a win for his election rival, former President Donald Trump, calling it a dangerous precedent that did a disservice to the American
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