Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam speaks to reporters at Government House on Monday. (Photo: Wassana Nanuam) The House of Representatives is unlikely to be dissolved before the Election Commission (EC) finishes redrawing electoral boundaries for the 400 constituency MPs nationwide, according to Deputy Prime Minister […]
Day: January 30, 2023
Uttama, Sontirat back in fold
Deputy Prime Minister and Palang Pracharath Party leader Gen Prawit Wongsuwon (2nd right) announces the return of Uttama Savanayana (2nd left), the former party leader, and Sontirat Sontijirawong (left), the former secretary-general to the party. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill) Former Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) leader Uttama […]
Thriller Surrounding Ex-Chief of Belarusian Raiffeisen Subsidiary
The founder and former Chairman of the Board of Priorbank Sergey Kostyuchenko were released. All charges against him are dropped. Online media “Nasha Niva” reported this. Specific details of the release were not given in the report by the medium, which was also the first […]
Wikimedia Austria Awards Prize for Free Knowledge 2023 at Viennese Ball of Science
For the second time, Wikimedia Austria awarded the Austrian Prize for Free Knowledge. Wikimedia Austria is the Austrian branch of the Wikimedia Foundation, the operator of Wikipedia and its sister projects. Founded in 2008 and based in Vienna, the association promotes free knowledge at various […]
Was India’s Hockey World Cup failure a missed opportunity?
Bhubaneswar, India – The ray of hope that the Indian men’s field hockey team saw during the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo when it defeated Germany on the way to winning a bronze medal was short-lived. The enthusiasm and excitement with which India, the host nation, […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says Russia’s ‘big revenge’ has begun
Russia has begun its “big revenge” for Ukraine’s resistance to its invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, as Russian forces claimed a series of incremental gains in his country’s east. Zelenskyy has been warning for weeks that Moscow aims to step up its assault […]
Brazil’s ex-President Bolsonaro seeks US tourist visa: Lawyer
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has applied for a six-month tourist visa to remain in the United States, his lawyer said, as the far-right politician faces an investigation at home into accusations he helped incite this month’s riot in the Brazilian capital. US authorities received […]
US not interested in pressing Israel amid violence: Experts
Washington, DC – Even compared with the volatile nature of Israel’s decades-long occupation of the Palestinian territories, the last few weeks have been marked by extraordinary tensions and deadly violence between Israelis and Palestinians. But when US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel this […]
Turkey opposition vows to cut presidential powers if it wins vote
An alliance of opposition parties in Turkey has promised to reduce the powers of the presidency if it wrests control from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his AK Party in presidential and parliamentary polls in May, widely seen as the most consequential elections in the […]
Germany pledges millions to help Brazil protect Amazon rainforest
Germany has pledged tens of millions of dollars to help Brazil defend the Amazon rainforest, a critical global ecosystem that experienced years of devastation under former far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. During a news conference in Brasilia on Monday, German Development Minister Svenja Schulze announced […]