Dancers perform a classical Khon dance at Suvarnabhumi airport on Tuesday as part of a public relations campaign ahead of the upcoming Apec summit next month. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard) With the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit just weeks away, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered […]
Day: October 21, 2022
Director gets 385-year term for shoddy school lunches
The Criminal Court recently handed down a 385-year jail term to a former school director in Surat Thani after finding him guilty of malfeasance in connection with a school lunch programme. Somchao: Guilty of malfeasance Somchao Sitthichane, former director of Ban Thai Mai school in […]
Who will restore economic confidence in the UK?
Liz Truss resigned just 44 days on the job. Her economic policies spooked the markets and caused a sharp fall in the pound against the US dollar. A new leader faces formidable economic and political challenges. Government debt has risen to its highest levels in nearly […]
‘Much softer’: Is Russia eyeing a way out of the Ukraine war?
Russian President Vladimir Putin may be softening his hardline stance on the war in Ukraine as Moscow’s defence minister held rare talks with his United States counterpart after a spate of battlefield setbacks. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has mediated between Russia and Ukraine, […]
Ethiopians in US shielded from deportation as war rages at home
Ethiopians living in the United States will get work permits and be shielded from deportation for 18 months, the Biden administration has announced, as the African nation is embroiled in a deadly armed conflict. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Friday that […]
January 6 panel issues subpoena for Trump, demands testimony
The US congressional committee investigating last year’s attack on the United States Capitol has issued a subpoena demanding the testimony of former President Donald Trump, who it says was “at the centre” of the January 6, 2021, riot. The nine-member House panel announced on Friday that […]
Social media platforms brace for midterm elections mayhem
A Facebook search for the words “election fraud” first delivers an article claiming that workers at a Pennsylvania children’s museum are brainwashing children so they will accept stolen elections. Facebook’s second suggestion? A link to an article from a site called MAGA Underground that said […]
US budget deficit halves, despite student loan costs
The US government on Friday reported that its fiscal 2022 budget deficit plunged by half from a year earlier to $1.375 trillion, due to fading COVID-19 relief spending and record revenues fueled by a hot economy, but student loan forgiveness costs limited the reduction. The […]
Who is Haiti’s sanctioned gang leader Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Cherizier?
The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to impose sanctions on Haitian gang leader Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier, as the international community pushes to bring an end to surging violence in the crisis-hit Caribbean country. The resolution on Friday established a mechanism to punish individuals and […]
How will the race for the UK’s next prime minister unfold?
The race to succeed Prime Minister Liz Truss is under way, with several senior Conservatives mulling bids to become the party’s next leader. Truss quit on Thursday after 44 days in office dominated by an economic crisis largely caused by her tax-cutting plans that had […]