By Reuters and published by NDTV Washington – US President Donald Trump’s administration and Ukraine plan to sign the much-debated minerals deal following a disastrous Oval Office meeting last Friday in which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was dismissed from the building, four people familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. President Donald Trump has
Month: March 2025
Prawit to take the floor on censure debate against Paetongtarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WILL BE SEEN as a rare political phenomenon, Palang Pracharath leader Prawit Wongsuwan plans to take the House floor during censure debate against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra later this month. That will mark the first time that Prawit, a former deputy prime minister and currently the leader of
Read moreAlcohol sale to be allowed at certain places on Buddhist holy days
THE government is moving to quickly amend the law and allow the sale of alcoholic beverages at certain places on the five key Buddhist holy days, Thai Rath newspaper said today (March 4). Deputy Prime Minister/ Minister of Digital Economy and Society Prasert Chantarawongthong, who is head of the National Alcoholic Beverage Policy Committee,
Read moreMyanmar to send workers to Russian construction sites
By Yu Phyu Ha, The Irrawaddy MYANMAR will start sending workers to Russia in April, according to overseas employment agencies, The Irrawaddy news website said yesterday (March 3). The two regimes have been working on a memorandum of understanding to employ Myanmar workers in Russia’s manufacturing, construction, and agriculture and livestock sectors. The first
Read moreSupport for move to start collecting salt tax this year
THE Salt Reduction Network is very pleased that the Excise Department is gearing up to collect sodium, or salt, tax this year as a measure to encourage entrepreneurs to adjust their formulas and introduce healthy food options for consumers, TV Channel 7 said today (March 3). Assoc. Prof. Dr. Surasak Kantachuvessiri, president of this
Read more1,200 people to be questioned as witnesses to senatorial rigging scandals
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AS MANY AS 1,200 people including defeated senatorial candidates will likely be questioned by the Department of Special Investigation as personal witnesses to alleged senatorial rigging, bloc-voting shenanigans. The estimated 1,200 witnesses will likely be individually summoned for interrogation by the DSI pertaining to allegations that as many as 138
Read moreAnora was named best picture at the 2025 Oscars, which were handed out Sunday night.
By AP and published by Yahoo!News, CNN and ABC News Los Angeles – Adrien Brody took home his second leading man Oscar for “The Brutalist,” Mikey Madison took home the best actress statuette and “Anora” was crowned best picture on its way to five awards on Sunday (March 2). Aside from “Anora” being named
Read moreUK, European leaders join forces to draft Ukraine peace plan to take to US
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News London – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday (March 2) European leaders had agreed to draw up a Ukraine peace plan to present to the United States, a vital step for Washington to be able to offer security guarantees that Kyiv says are essential to deter
Read moreMajor cocaine dealer arrested on Koh Phangan
A NIGERIAN man who came to Thailand as a tourist then became a major cocaine dealer on Koh Phangan was arrested in a sting operation last night (March 1), TV Channel 7 said today. At approximately 11.50 p.m. a police team arrested Mr. Ugoma Jefta Nusbech (name translated as written in Thai), 37, after
Read moreAnti-casino protest starting near Govt House
THREE activist groups today (March 2) performed a ceremony for good luck at Chamai Maruchet Bridge in front of the Government House to start their protest against permitting casinos and online gambling in Thailand, Amarin TV and Naewna newspaper said. Mr. Phichit Chaiyamongkol, leader of the Network of Students and People for Reform of
Read moreAnutin keeps mum on sending Uyghurs back to China
DEPUTY Prime Minister/Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul refused to comment on several embassies having issued a warning to their citizens to be careful of possible reprisal attacks after Thailand deported at least 40 Uyghurs back to China on Thursday (Feb. 27), Thai Rath newspaper said this evening (March 1). He clarified that he did not
Read morePheu Thai taken to task for not relying on Paetongtarn in censure debate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI, core of the current coalition government, was today (March 1) taken to task for alleged failure to trust their own leader/Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra in a censure debate scheduled for later this month. That the Pheu Thai under de facto party boss Thaksin Shinawatra has resolved to
Read moreOver a hundred Thais nabbed for scam links in Cambodia
A TOTAL of 119 Thais who were arrested by Cambodian authorities in Poipet border town, just across from Aranyaprathet, on charges of involvement with online call centre gangs are being handed over to Thai police today (March 1), Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Trairong Phiwphan, head of Technology Crime Suppression Division, is going
Read moreTrump and Zelenskyy clash, leaving Ukraine exposed in war with Russia
By Agencies and published by CNA Washington – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with US President Donald Trump ended in disaster on Friday (Feb. 28), after the two leaders clashed in an extraordinary exchange before the world’s media at the White House over the war with Russia. Zelenskyy had seen the meeting in the
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