Yingluck: Failed to appear Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has cried foul over the issuance of an arrest warrant because she failed to show up for a trial in which she is accused of ordering the transfer of a senior official to justify installing a […]
Day: November 22, 2022
True open to reallocation of matches
The Sports Authority of Thailand holds a press conference on the live broadcasting of World Cup 2022 matches on Sunday. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb) True Corporation has no objection to the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) reallocating a quota of football World Cup matches. The National […]
Austrian Research Center Stresses Too Little Attention to Conflict Countries at COP27
The Austrian Centre for Peace (ACP), which has decades of experience in conflict transformation, sees a great need in this area and is developing new ways to raise awareness through dialogue between conflict parties about the extent to which the climate crisis is playing existing […]
EU Criticizes Austria’s Energy Measures as “Not Goal-Oriented”
The European Commission has evaluated the budget plans of the euro countries for 2023 and still sees some room for improvement. However, given budget and debt strains, it would be important to better target such measures at the most vulnerable households and businesses to provide […]
Tunisia hold Denmark to draw in high-octane match
Don’t judge this match by its score. Tunisia and Denmark battled to one of the more exciting nil-nil draws in World Cup history in their opening Group D encounter. Tunisia brought the energy to the game on Tuesday from the start with crunching tackles and […]
Brazil’s Bolsonaro seeks to challenge election loss
Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has challenged his loss in last month’s election to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro’s allies have filed a complaint with the country’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE) seeking “extraordinary verification” of the election results, according to a CNN […]
US progressives reject Republican push against Ilhan Omar
Washington, DC – When Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy mentioned the name of Muslim-American Congresswoman Ilhan Omar at a Republican Jewish Coalition conference at the weekend, boos erupted from the crowd. “That’s a rightful boo,” the congressman responded, before promising to remove Omar from the […]
Biden urged to rethink Ukraine’s request for Gray Eagle drones
A bipartisan group of 16 United States senators has asked the Biden administration to carefully reconsider Ukraine’s request for lethal Gray Eagle drones to fight Russia. The Biden administration has so far rejected requests for the Gray Eagle drone, which has an operational ceiling of […]
FTX was run as a ‘personal fiefdom’ of former CEO, lawyers say
FTX was run as a “personal fiefdom” of former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, lawyers for the collapsed crypto exchange have said in its first bankruptcy hearing as they detailed ongoing challenges such as hacks and substantial missing assets. In the highest-profile crypto blowup to date, FTX […]
Photos: Giroud equals record as holders France beat Australia 4-1
Olivier Giroud netted twice to become France’s joint record scorer as they fought back to put Australia to the sword, opening their World Cup defence with a 4-1 win in Group D on Tuesday, which silenced talk of a holders’ curse. Australia had taken a […]