By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE Minister Anucha Nakhasai has spiced up the Thai people’s appetite for World Cup soccer games by confirming today (Nov.16) they could probably watch all 64 matches live on free TV. Anucha’s comments apparently contradicted those earlier made by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan who has dampened the hopes
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Only some, not all, World Cup matches to watch live on free TV: Prawit
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER Prawit Wongsuwan has apparently dampened the hopes of the Thai people anticipating the live broadcasting of each and every soccer match in the Fifa World Cup 2022. Prawit told reporters at Government House that the Thais might probably watch only some of a total of 64 soccer matches from Qatar on
Read moreRumours of 5 private firms sponsoring World Cup 2022 broadcast quashed
THE Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) today (Nov 12) denied five private companies had agreed to sponsor the broadcast of Fifa World Cup 2022 being held in Qatar from Nov. 20 to Dec. 18 at 200 million baht each for a total of 1 billion baht that remains to be raised out of 1.6
Read moreNBTC under fire for funding World Cup licence purchase
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NATIONAL BROADCASTING & Telecommunications Commission will be investigated for allegedly illegally providing a 600 million baht fund for the Sports Authority of Thailand’s planned purchase of a telecasting licence for the upcoming World Cup soccer games, said an opposition MP today (Nov.9). Move Forward MP Sirikanya Tansakul said she
Read more600m of 1.6 billion baht needed to buy World Cup 2022 broadcast rights approved
THE National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission (NBTC) has approved 600 million baht budget for Sports Authority of Thailand to buy broadcasting rights to Fifa World Cup 2022 being held in Qatar from Nov. 20 to Dec. 18 but this does not cover the full cost of 1.6 billion, Thai Rath newspaper and BBC said
Read moreThai petrified log sets Guinness World Record
THAILAND received a document from Guinness World Records verifying that a petrified log measuring 69.70 metres in length and found in Tak province is the longest in the world, Naewna newspaper said this evening (July 8). Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Varawut Silpa-archa had assigned permanent secretary Jatuporn Burusphat to receive this key
Read moreSouthern fishermen sail to Bangkok to urge protection of juvenile aquatic animals
SOUTHERN fishermen from Pattani and other provinces reached Bangkok today (June 6) after sailing a long distance to mount their “Fried mackerel and shrimp paste sauce” campaign aimed at stopping the catching and selling of juvenile aquatic animals, Sanook.com said. They have prepared a petition to submit to relevant agencies to formulate policies and announce
Read moreNetaji and my grandfather: The untold story
By Aneesha Madan and published by The Times of India DARSHAN Singh Bajaj was sent to Bangkok at the young age of 14 years to avoid the bubonic plague in Punjab. After the day’s work, he took to staging plays which were pieces from the great Indian epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata. After the
Read moreWorld Bank sees sharp world growth slowdown
By Reuters staff, published by Channel NewsAsia Washington – The World Bank today (Jan. 11) cut its forecasts for economic growth in the United States, the Euro area and China and warned that high debt levels, rising income inequality and new Covid-19 variants threatened the recovery in developing economies. It said global growth is expected
Read moreThese are the world’s most livable cities in 2021
By Saheli Roy Choudhury, CNBC As THE world continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, the metropolitan city of Auckland in New Zealand has been named the most livable city globally by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). That’s largely due to the country’s successful handling of Covid-19 which allowed schools, theatres, restaurants and other cultural
Read moreMyanmar protesters hold more rallies, World Bank warns of slump
By Reuters Staff, published by MSN News MYANMAR anti-coup protesters staged more rallies today (March 26) after the military reportedly shot dead nine people a day earlier and as the World Bank warned the country’s economy could slump 10% this year due to the turmoil. In a bid to increase pressure on the junta
Read moreUK coronavirus variant on course ‘to sweep the world’
By CNBC (London) — A variant of the coronavirus that first emerged in the UK, and has since been identified in over 80 countries, could become the dominant form of the virus worldwide, according to the head of the UK’s genetic surveillance programme. “The new variant has swept the country and it’s going to sweep
Read moreWorld shipping costs to rocket by 300%
SINGAPORE — A critical shortage of containers is driving up shipping costs and delays for goods purchased from China. The pandemic and uneven global economic recovery has led to this problem cropping up in Asia, although other parts of the world have also been hit. Industry watchers said desperate companies wait weeks for containers and
Read moreThe world’s safest airlines for 2021 revealed
By CNN Travel QANTAS held the title of world’s safest airline from 2014 to 2017. In 2018, AirlineRatings said it could find no clear winner and chose to rank its top 20 equally, but once again in 2019 and 2020 Qantas was crowned world’s safest carrier. On some previous occasions, AirlineRatings has chosen its winner
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