Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Palang Pracharath Party, Prawit Wongsuwon (centre), poses with the party’s potential candidates for Bangkok and other provinces at its head office on Tuesday. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill) Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has urged the media to stop reporting about […]
The “special” method used to hire a contractor for the nameplate and logo redesign of Bang Sue Grand Station was not appropriate, the probe into the issue has concluded. Headed by Sorapong Paithoonpong, a deputy interior permanent secretary, the result of the probe into the […]
Elon Musk testified that he had “no ill motive” when he tweeted in 2018 that he had funding lined up to buy out his electric car company Tesla Inc, a claim that some shareholders have branded a lie. Musk is defending against claims he defrauded […]
The United States Justice Department has sued Google, alleging the tech giant uses “anticompetitive, exclusionary and unlawful means” to stifle competition for digital advertising revenue. Justice Department lawyers filed the antitrust lawsuit in conjunction with eight states on Tuesday in a federal court in Alexandria, […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has agreed to supply Ukraine with Leopard 2 battle tanks, according to media reports, after weeks of mounting pressure on Berlin to give Kyiv the heavier weapons it says Ukraine needs to drive back invading Russian forces. Berlin has also granted […]
Brazilian officials have said that the Yanomami Indigenous people are living in dire conditions, as illegal gold miners threaten them with violence and block the delivery of goods such as food and medicine to their embattled region. On Tuesday, Indigenous Health Secretary Weibe Tapeba said […]
Crypto giant Binance processed almost $346m in Bitcoin for the Bitzlato digital currency exchange, whose founder was arrested by United States authorities last week for allegedly running a “money laundering engine”, Reuters has reported citing blockchain data. The US Justice Department on January 18 said […]
The United States has criticised South Africa’s decision to hold military exercises next month with Russia and China as the war in Ukraine rages on. The exercises – called Mosi, which means “Smoke” in Tswana, one of South Africa’s 11 official languages – will see […]
Turkey has indefinitely postponed a new round of talks with Sweden and Finland on the Nordic neighbours’ NATO membership bids in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last February, according to Turkish state TV. The meeting scheduled to take place in Brussels was postponed […]
The top official at the United States space agency NASA has said the country plans to test a spacecraft engine powered with nuclear fission by 2027, an advancement seen as key to long-haul missions including a manned journey to Mars. NASA will partner with the […]
