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By AP and published by Washington Post Kyiv, Ukraine - Authorities began distributing iodine tablets to residents near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant today (August 26) in case of a radiation leak, amid mounting fears that the fighting around the complex could trigger a catastrophe. The move came a day after the plant was temporarily …
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COMMUTERS were stuck in massive traffic jams across Bangkok after heavy rain this evening (August 26) amid complaints that nothing is moving, Matichon newspaper and Sanook.com said. At 6.45 p.m. FM91 Traffic Pro confirmed that traffic was not moving at all on Petchaburi and Chidlom roads and in the Pratunam area. There were also …
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By Reuters and published by Investing.com plus INN News THAILAND will raise the daily minimum wage by an average of 5.02% from October 1, a Labour Ministry official said today (August 26), as it seeks to help workers cope with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. A government wage committee agreed the raise to between …
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By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY EDUCATION MINISTER Kanokwan Wilawan was today (August 26) ordered by court to stop performing her duties in the face of a national park encroachment case earlier filed against her. The Supreme Court has ordered Kanokwan to immediately stop performing her duties after the National Anti-Corruption Commission had filed the case …
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WITHOUT much ado Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, who is continuing in his role of defence minister after the Constitutional Court suspended him from premiership duties pending a ruling on his eight-year rule, went to work at this ministry in a private car without giving prior notice this morning (August 26), Naewna newspaper and INN News …
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BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittiphan supervised the removal of dead cables at Thonglor road today (August 25) to speed up a project to tidy up communication lines running through 800 kilometres of the metropolis within two years, Naewna newspaper said. He was accompanied by Mrs. Pirongrong Ramsut, secretary-general National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, with this …
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By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha who has been ordered by court to stop performing as of yesterday is no longer politically righteous to come back as head of government, commented academics today (August 25). National Institute of Development Administration's (NIDA) Political and Development Strategies Project director Pichai Ratanadilok suggested Prayut call it …
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WITH the Constitutional Court having ordered Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to stop performing premiership duties until its ruling on his eight-year rule is delivered, he still remains the defence minister and was expected to preside over a meeting there this afternoon (August 25) but did not show up opting to do so via video …
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A MAN who robbed an illegal fan-tan casino in Din Daeng area last night (August 24) phoned a popular television programme asking the Justice Ministry for mercy as he is now afraid of being killed, Sanook.com said. Only identified by his nickname Mac Anusawaree, he had called Hone-Krasae programme's host Noom Kanchai and related that …
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By Thai Newsroom and AP, published by ABC News THAILAND is not directly affected by the powerful tropical storm Ma-on which is gaining strength as it heads for Hong Kong and other parts of southeastern China today (August 24) after displacing thousands in the Philippines, the Thai Meteorological Department said this evening. In its announcement …
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AS a memorandum of understanding (MoU) has now been signed to construct a bridge linking Koh Samui to Nakhon Si Thammarat's Khanom district, local residents are urging that this be quickly built to boost tourism, Naewna newspaper said today (August 24). Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob earlier signed the MoU on integration of the road …
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By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI-LED opposition bloc has encouraged Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down now that he has been ordered by court to stop performing his duties as of today (August 24) so that another person could quickly be found to take his place. During a press conference at parliament, opposition …
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By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha was today (August 24) ordered by court to stop performing his duties until a court ruling on his eight-year rule has been delivered. Judges of the Constitutional Court voted 5:4 to issue the order for Prayut to stop performing as premier until the court ruling on the …
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PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha did not come to work at the Government House this morning (August 24) opting to chair a meeting of the Policy Committee on Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Country for Targeted Industries via video conference, Sanook.com said. He also assigned Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai to preside over the …
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By Thai Newsroom Reporters HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS today (August 23) peacefully occupied an empty street near Government House with intent to spend the night over there waiting for more people to join tomorrow and to mount pressure on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down upon the end of his eight-year rule. The anti-Prayut …
ONE of the groups of protesters rallying to pressure Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down as his eight-year rule ends today (August 23) held a ceremony to curse him at the Democracy Monument, INN News and Sanook.com said. This ceremony, which started at 5.30 p.m., involved burning salt and chillies and an image …
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TWO GROUPS of Thai tourists filed a complaint with the Office of the Consumer Protection Board that they were detained in South Korea after their tour guide abandoned them despite having forced them to pay extra charges, Amarin TV said this afternoon (August 23). Their lawyer Mr Ratchapol Sirisakorn took 30 of the 71 …
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PATTAYA police arrested some Arab motorcyclists who have been troubling local residents as they noisily raced up and down some Pattaya roads blaring the horn but a few of them managed to escape, Naewna newspaper said today (August 23). Pol. Col. Kulchat Kulchai, superintendent of Pattaya police station, and a team of more than …
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AS EARLY as 5 a.m. this morning (August 23) police started placing containers and metal barriers plus rolled out barbed wire around the Government House to prevent several groups of demonstrators pressuring Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down from getting close to the compound, Matichon newspaper said. The protesters had announced that they would …
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BANGKOK GOVERNOR Chadchart Sittipunt has ordered the Public Works Department to find out why a shophouse at the entrance of Sukhumvit Soi 101/1 is leaning and also asked the Engineering Institute of Thailand to help out, Matichon newspaper said this evening (August 22). Speaking at True Digital Park Chadchart said the building had clearly …
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HECTIC preparation for floods is underway in Nonthaburi province after an alert by the Royal Irrigation Department that the Chao Phraya Dam will be releasing more water from Tuesday to Thursday, August 23-25, Sanook.com said this evening (August 22). Mr. Somnuk Thanadechakul, mayor of Nonthaburi city, ordered the stacking of sandbags on Chao Phraya …
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By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha may legally perform as defence minister, the post which he has concurrently assumed, if he is ordered by court to stop performing as head of government in the wake of a legal controversy over his eight-year rule, said Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam today (August 22). …
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