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PM urged to dissolve House or step down if govt’s executive decree denied by court

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Anutin Charnvirakul was today (July 7) advised either to dissolve the House of Representatives or to resign if the Bhumjaithai-led government’s executive decree supposedly designed to address economic woes was ruled by the Constitutional Court as unconstitutional on the upcoming Thursday. Deputy People’s leader/MP Parit Wacharasindhu insisted that

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Phuket’s Freedom Beach encroachers told to demolish structures by early August

  THE government stepped up its crackdown on encroachment of Phuket’s Freedom Beach with large notices posted there today (July 6) ordering the demolition of 22 structures by August 5, Naewna newspaper said. Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Suchart Chomkline said he had ordered Royal Forest Department Director-General Mr. Nikorn Sirirojananon to post these

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Three-finger activists acquitted of lese majeste, mass seduction charges

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters A SPLINTER group of adolescent, three-finger-raising activists were today (July 6) exonerated by court of lese majeste and mass seduction charges in regard to a questionnaire which they had evidently conducted in regard to royal motorcades running on Bangkok’s congested streets four years ago. The Bangkok Criminal Court waived a

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Sports

Mbappé scores again and France reaches World Cup quarterfinals with 1-0 win over Paraguay

  By AP and published by Yahoo!News PHILADELPHIA: Kylian Mbappé scored his 19th career World Cup goal, and France survived stifling heat to beat Paraguay 1-0 on Saturday (July 4), sending Les Bleus into the quarterfinals for the fourth straight time. France advanced to play Morocco on Thursday in Foxborough, Massachusetts. With an extreme heat

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Poland seizes 1.2 tonnes of cannabis from Thailand: officials

  By Polskie Radio POLISH border guards have seized nearly 1.2 tonnes of cannabis concealed in shipments of bricks from Thailand and detained eight people in an international operation targeting a drug-smuggling network operating between Asia and Europe, officials said yesterday (June 3). The drugs, with an estimated street value of PLN 48 million (around

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Business

Hua Hin Airport upgrade and direct flights to Kuala Lumpur gets in gear

  THE government is moving forward with the resumption of direct flights between Hua Hin and Kuala Lumpur thus elevating the popular seaside city to a world-class destination and boosting the regional economy, Naewna newspaper said today (July 4). Ms. Lalida Periswiwatana, deputy spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office, said the government, under the leadership

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Senior official in Saraburi sacked over graft charges

  SARABURI GOVERNOR Mr. Bancha Chaowarin signed an order dismissing Phra Phutthabat Deputy District Chief from duty pending investigation over charges of demanding a bribe for issuing firearms purchase permits, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (July 3). Mr. Parin Wongkamutrsai, the senior official at Phra Phutthabat district, was earlier arrested by a team of National

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Conflict of interest emerges between Anutin and Newin

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters CONFLICT of interest has quietly loomed between Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and de facto Bhumjaithai boss Newin Chidchob over bureaucratic transfers between Interior Ministry Undersecretary Ansit Sampantharat, known as invariably obedient to the former, and Provincial Administration Department Director-General Narucha Kosacivilize, viewed as personally staunch to the latter, according to

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