International news with relevance to Thai and regional readers
Bangkok — Canada and the US offered to resettle 48 ethnic Uyghurs held in detention in Thailand over the past decade, sources told Reuters, but Bangkok took no action for fear of upsetting China, where they were covertly deported last week.
Washington, United States - Donald Trump declared "America is back" Tuesday in his first address to Congress since returning to power, touting his radical policies in the face of raucous Democratic hostility while proclaiming a breakthrough on Ukraine.
Nairobi, Kenya - More than 60 Kenyans rescued from Myanmar's notorious cyberscam compounds are trapped at the border with Thailand in "dire" conditions, according to the east African nation.
Washington, United States - US President Donald Trump suspended aid to Ukraine on Monday, an official told AFP, sharply escalating pressure on Kyiv to agree to peace negotiations with Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday he would work with Europe to set terms for a possible peace deal to present to the United States, after allies gathered in London pledged to spend more on security and assemble a coalition to defend any truce in Ukraine.
Opposition Fair party MP Kannavee Suebsang insisted today that the three letters he presented to the media last week, to support his claim that the Uyghurs repatriated last week did not want to return to China, are genuine and not fabricated, as claimed by the Corrections Department.
"Anora," the story of a sex worker who gets a chance at a new life when she marries a wealthy client on a whim, won the coveted best picture prize at the Academy Awards on Sunday.
London - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday Europe was at a crossroads in history and must do the heavy lifting to defend itself as world leaders met in London to discuss ways of working together to stop Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Washington - An angry White House clash between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Donald Trump divided the U.S. president’s fellow Republicans and dimmed prospects that Congress will approve any further aid for Kyiv in its war with Russia.
A group from the Uyghur American Association protested in front of the Thai Embassy in the US, condemning the Thai government’s deportation of 40 Uyghurs from a Bangkok detention center to China last Thursday.
Washington – It all seemed to be going so well. Then things between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky went jaw-droppingly wrong, jaw-droppingly fast.
An opposition MP today rebutted the Thai government’s claims that the Uyghurs, deported on Thursday, returned home voluntarily.
