Ex-national police chief Suwat Jangyodsuk (police photo) Ex-national police chief Suwat Jangyodsuk on Tuesday denied having lobbied police investigators or agreed to act as a witness in criminal cases connected to a senator allegedly involved in drug trafficking rings. Pol Gen Suwat said in an […]
Day: March 14, 2023
Srettha’s ‘vote-buying’ speech causes stir
Srettha Thavisin The Election Commission (EC) is being asked to investigate if property tycoon Srettha Thavisin, a key Pheu Thai Party figure, broke election rules when he told people to accept vote-buying money during a recent campaign rally. Sonthiya Sawasdee, a former adviser to the […]
Cell phone Contracts in Austria to Become More Expensive From April
Inflation is now also hitting phone calls and surfing in full. Many cell phone contracts contain value retention or index adjustment clauses that allow cell phone providers to adjust certain charges to the consumer index. The Chamber of Labor has already requested information from Austria’s […]
Inflation in Argentina surges past 100 percent in historic spike
Inflation in the South American country of Argentina has risen past 100 percent for the first time since 1991, according to the government’s latest consumer price index. The National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) released its February report on Tuesday, pinpointing Argentina’s annual inflation […]
Canada: Truck crash that killed two ‘deliberate’, police say
Canadian police say a driver committed a “deliberate act” when he rammed a pick-up truck into pedestrians in a small town in the eastern province of Quebec, killing at least two people and injuring nine others. The truck hit several people on Monday outside a […]
Canada: Truck crash that killed two ‘deliberate’, police say
Canadian police say a driver committed a “deliberate act” when he rammed a pick-up truck into pedestrians in a small town in the eastern province of Quebec, killing at least two people and injuring nine others. The truck hit several people on Monday outside a […]
Older Swiss women take government to court over climate
Elisabeth Stern was born in rural northeastern Switzerland in the 1940s in the shadow of huge glaciers. “I grew up a little bit like Heidi,” she told Al Jazeera, referring to the children’s fictional character. “I was really herding goats up there.” Over the years, […]
Older Swiss women take government to court over climate
Elisabeth Stern was born in rural northeastern Switzerland in the 1940s in the shadow of huge glaciers. “I grew up a little bit like Heidi,” she told Al Jazeera, referring to the children’s fictional character. “I was really herding goats up there.” Over the years, […]
US decries Russian collision with American drone over Black Sea
The White House has condemned Russia for “unsafe” and “reckless” jet manoeuvres that the United States says led to the downing of a US drone over the Black Sea. The US military’s European Command said in a statement that a Russian Su-27 fighter jet struck […]
US decries Russian collision with American drone over Black Sea
The White House has condemned Russia for “unsafe” and “reckless” jet manoeuvres that the United States says led to the downing of a US drone over the Black Sea. The US military’s European Command said in a statement that a Russian Su-27 fighter jet struck […]