By Reuters and published by CNA Delhi – A preliminary report into the Air India crash that killed 260 people last month showed that three seconds after taking off, the plane’s engine fuel cutoff switches almost simultaneously flipped from run to cutoff, starving the engines of fuel. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner immediately began to
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House votes to reject amnesty report observations
AFTER a lengthy debate the House of Representatives voted down a special committee’s observations on a report on drafting an amnesty bill for political offenders with only the report being sent to the Cabinet for consideration, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Oct. 24). After the debate concluded at 4.30 p.m. 270 MPs voted to
Read morePheu Thai and People’s Party will push through amnesty report observations: Govt whip
WITH A House special committee’s observations on a report on drafting an amnesty bill for political offenders up for vote at the House of Representatives tomorrow (Oct. 24) the government whip said he is confident it would be approved as the largest parties both sides of the aisle, Pheu Thai and People’s, would be
Read moreDeceased activist’s lawyer sets 4-day deadline to hand over video clips
THE LAWYER for woman activist Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom who died while holding a hunger strike during detention at a Bangkok prison said this afternoon (May 20) that he has received a report on her medical treatment at the Corrections Department hospital five days before she passed away but as video clips have not been
Read moreAs the global Arms Bazaar booms, Travel & Tourism pays the price
ON APRIL 23, 2024, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published its annual World Military Expenditure report for 2023. It showed that the Arms Bazaar raked in $2,443 billion, the highest level ever. The figure was up 6.8% over 2022, up for the 9th consecutive year and the steepest year-on-year rise since 2009.
Read moreUN report exposes dark underbelly of the seafood business
PRAWN cocktails and pan-fried salmon with warm tartar sauce are popular items on restaurant menus. But a damning report published by the United Nations this week has exposed the dark reality behind those mouth-watering delicacies. The environmental damage caused by overfishing, poor working conditions of the fishermen/women, the distortions of world trade are among
Read moreHuman Rights Watch report flags how dying rule of law will hit travel & tourism
THE annual Human Rights Watch report for 2024, released last week, has flagged the next big threats facing global travel & tourism: The slow boiling-frog death of the rule of law, human rights, freedom, privacy, democracy as well as the right to protest, debate and dissent. For the first time, the HRW report refers
Read moreUS names Thai woman a ‘TIP Hero’ while moving the country up a notch
THAILAND moved up a notch in the US State Department’s Trafficking In Person (TIP) Report, climbing to Tier 2 from the Tier 2 Watch List last year, while a Thai woman was among six “TIP Heroes” 2022 chosen for the honour from around the world, Matichon newspaper quoted VOA Thai-language service as saying today
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