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More than 80% of the respondents to an opinion poll have admitted that they have lost trust in Thailand’s political parties, because they are full of politicians with vested interests, who engage in power struggles and political games. Dr. Noppadol Kannikar, director of Super Poll, said today that the survey also showed at 86.3% of
SINGAPORE, July 11 (Reuters) – Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) is set to retain its parliamentary majority, a sample of votes showed from a ballot held on Friday under the cloud of the coronavirus pandemic. The random sample of 100 votes taken from each polling station showed the race for some of the seats
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police said on Friday they arrested seven people for “assisting” a man suspected of stabbing a police officer during a protest against a new national security law on July 1. Authorities arrested five men and two women aged between 24-71 on suspicion of offences including helping the suspect purchase
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned executive order on immigration will not include amnesty for migrants who are in the United States illegally but arrived in the country as children, a White House spokesman said on Friday. “This does not include amnesty,” White House spokesman Judd Deere said in a statement, after Trump said
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s second most-populous state on Saturday reported one of its highest daily increases in new coronavirus infections and warned the numbers would get worse before they got better as it began its first weekend under a six-week lockdown. Victoria state recorded 216 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19 in the
There is speculation that Energy Minister, and former Secretary-General of Thailand’s ruling Palang Pracharat party, Mr. Sontirat Sontijirawong, will join Mr. Korn Chatikavanich’s Kla party around August this year. A well-informed source in the Kla party said that Mr. Sontirat met Mr. Korn, a former Finance Minister during the Government of former Prime Minister Abhisit
The Southern Border Provinces Administration Centre (SBPAC) has been told to allow all stakeholders, both supporters and opponents of the Jana industrial estate project, to participate in the public hearing tomorrow (Saturday), to be held at a school in Jana district of Thailand’s southern province of Songkhla. Mr. Som Promrot, a member of the
Thailand’s Ministry of Education has issued a letter, to all schools under its jurisdiction, to abrogate the 1975 regulations, regarding their students’ hair style and length, and to forbid the arbitrary cutting of students’ hair at school. Education Permanent Secretary Mr. Prasert Boonruang, who also serves as the spokesman for the Education Ministry, said
BEIJING (AP) — Two World Health Organization experts will spend the next two days in the Chinese capital to lay the groundwork for a larger mission to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. An animal health expert and an epidemiologist will meet Chinese counterparts in Beijing on Saturday and Sunday to fix the
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As George Floyd repeatedly pleaded “I can’t breathe” to police officers holding him down on a Minneapolis street corner, some of the officers responded by pointing out he was able to speak. One told Floyd it takes “a lot of oxygen” to talk, while another told angry bystanders that Floyd was “talking,
Thailand recorded no new coronavirus infections or fatalities today, as the country reaches 46 consecutive days without a single case of locally-transmitted infection. Two additional recoveries were recorded today, bringing recoveries to 3,087, while cumulative infections, to date, are 3,202. The death toll remains 58, with 57 patients still being treated in hospital. Globally,
TOKYO (AP) — Parts of Japan still searching for missing people and evacuating those stranded by deadly floods and mudslides were bracing for more pounding rains through the weekend. The death toll has risen to 66 as of Friday morning, with 16 others still missing, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said. Most of them
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Victoria state on Friday reported the new daily record of 288 coronavirus cases, which also reflects a record number of tests exceeding 37,500. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that the number of citizens and permanent residents allowed to return to Australia each week will be reduced by more
US Army Commander-in-Chief, General James C. McConville, and his small entourage submitted to nasopharyngeal swab COVID-19 tests upon their arrival at Don Mueang military airport on Thursday morning. General McConville and his delegation, who are on a two-day official visit to Thailand, were welcomed by his Thai counterpart, General Apirat Kongsompong. The group are the
