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House military panel calls navy to explain swapping sub for frigate

  A MOVE FORWARD MP who heads the House military committee immediately summoned the navy to explain a new deal to swap an already-purchased, Chinese-built submarine for which a German engine is unavailable for a frigate as mentioned by Defence Minister Suthin Klangsaeng upon his return from China yesterday (Oct. 20), Matichon newspaper said. The

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Life

UK police investigate sexual assault report after Russell Brand allegations

  By Christian Edwards, CNN LONDON’S Metropolitan Police said on Monday (Sep. 18) they were investigating an allegation of sexual assault in 2003, after a joint investigation into the comedian and actor Russell Brand by three British media outlets was published on Saturday. The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4’s “Dispatches” published an investigation

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Analysis

Analysis: Upheavals in Xi’s world spread concern about China’s diplomacy

  By Greg Torode and Martin Quin Pollard – Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Beijing  – The disappearance of China’s defence minister, the latest in a string of upheavals in the country’s top ranks, is stoking uncertainty about President Xi Jinping’s rule as an internal security clampdown trumps international engagement. The growing unpredictability could affect

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World news

Battle for Ukraine’s Sievierodonetsk rages through city’s streets

By Reuters and published by Channel NewsAsia  Kyiv – Ukrainian and Russian troops fought street by street for control of the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on Monday (June 6) in the pivotal battle of the Kremlin offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. Which side had the upper hand remained unclear. Russian forces had the numerical

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World news

West warns of ‘dangerous moment’ in Ukraine standoff as Russia holds military drills

By Yuliya Talmazan, Oksana Parafeniuk, Tatyana Chistikova and Alan Kaytukov, NBC News and published by MSN News RUSSIA began major military drills with close ally Belarus today (Feb 10), the latest stage in a massive military buildup near Ukraine’s borders that has stoked fears Moscow could invade its neighbour. The joint exercises were expected to

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World news

Tonga volcano causes ‘significant’ damage but no deaths: Ardern

By AFP, Reuters and Xinhua, published by The Straits Times  Wellington – Tonga’s capital Nuku’alofa suffered “significant” damage in the powerful volcanic eruption which triggered a tsunami but there had been no reports of injury or death, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said today (Jan. 16). “The tsunami has had a significant impact on

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