THE PHEU THAI, whose de facto boss Thaksin Shinawatra is in jail, scored a victory in Chiang Rai Constituency 7 by-election for MP today (Sep. 14) with the People’s candidate trailing behind, Thai Rath newspaper said. Unofficial results three hours after polls closed at 5 p.m. with 270 polling stations counted, representing 94.74% of
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Trump to be next US president, completing political comeback four years after losing White House
By Agencies – published by CNA, and Thai Newsroom Washington – Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday (Nov. 6), an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the US Capitol, was convicted of felony charges
Read moreUS election: Trump set for return to White House, hails ‘magnificent victory’
By Agencies and published by CNA DONALD Trump declared victory in the US presidential election today (Nov. 6), telling supporters that America had given them an “unprecedented mandate”. Speaking in Florida not long after projections gave him a win in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, Trump told a jubilant crowd that he would fight
Read morePutin wins Russia election in landslide with no serious competition
By Reuters and published by CNA Moscow – President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia’s election yesterday (Mar. 17), cementing his already tight grip on power in a victory he said showed Moscow had been right to stand up to the West and send its troops into Ukraine. For Putin, a
Read moreMove Forward declares war on drugs, graft in Phuket
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD LEADER/PRIME minister-designate Pita Limjaroenrat today (June 9) declared an all-out war against narcotics trading and corruption in Phuket. During today’s visit to Phuket and celebrations for the Move Forward victory over all three constituencies of the island province in the May 14 election, Pita confirmed that Move Forward
Read moreMove Forward scores surprise victory; Pita to become PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MOVE FORWARD has scored a huge surprise victory in yesterday’s (May 14) general election with party leader Pita Limjaroenrat confirming he is ready to run the country as prime minister and put his party’s campaign promises to work. According to unofficial 83% results of the nationwide election reported by
Read moreSixty feared dead in Ukraine school bombed by Russia, governor says
By Reuters, published by Swissinfo.ch, plus CNN Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine – As many as 60 people were feared to have been killed in the Russian bombing of a village school in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, the regional governor said on Sunday. Russian forces also continued shelling the Azovstal steelworks, last holdout of Ukrainian
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