Police General Veerachai Songmetta has been removed from his post as the deputy national police chief. The move is retroactive to July 29th and is for an alleged gross disciplinary violation.Veerachai’s removal was mentioned in an announcement by the P…
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Powerful typhoon slams Japan with violent winds, heavy rain
A powerful typhoon began to lash southern Japan on Sunday, with officials warning it could bring record rainfall and winds strong enough to snap power line poles and flip cars.Typhoon Haishen, categorised as “large” and “extremely strong”, has prompted…
Read moreKanye West files to run for president on Kentucky ballot
Rapper and music producer Kanye West has filed to run for U.S. president on Kentucky’s ballot this fall.A tweet from Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams showed a photo of part of West’s application.“Our staff are diligently reviewing this filing,…
Read moreFormer PCD chief and two officials to pay 10.5 billion baht in infamous Klong Dan case
Thailand’s Central Administrative Court has ordered former Director-General of the Pollution Control Department, Pakit Kiravanich, and two former senior officials of the same department, to pay the department about 10.5 billion baht in compensation for…
Read morePortland killing suspect and victim had guns, documents say
?Both the suspect in the slaying of the right-wing protester in Portland, Oregon last weekend and the victim had handguns when their confrontation started after dueling street demonstrations, according to court documents made public Friday.The document…
Read moreCOVID-19: UNICEF-procured 82 metric tonnes of Personal Protective Equipment arrive in Myanmar as cases increase in Rakhine State
COVID-19 ResponseYANGON, 28 August 2020 – Amid an increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases in Rakhine State, a total of 82 metric tonnes of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth US$2.8 million arrived this week in Yangon. The supplies were delivered in…
Read moreDJ may have been infected at his work places by an asymptomatic case
The unidentified DJ, who became Thailand’s first locally transmitted COVID-19 case in more than 100 days, may have been infected at his work places by someone returning from abroad, or by an asymptomatic carrier, according to Dr. Kiatipoom Wongrachit, …
Read moreDemanding resignation of Education Minister if he doesn’t meet student demands is harassment – Nataphol
Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan said Saturday that the call, by the so-called “bad students”, that he should resign if he fails to meet all their demands, amounts to harassment.A group of high-school students rallied in front of the Education Min…
Read morePheu Thai party’s U-turns to support reducing powers of senators
Thailand’s opposition Pheu Thai party now supports the proposal of the Kao Klai party to amend Section 272 of the Constitution, to strip the Senate of powers to elect the Prime Minister.The opposition Deputy Chief Whip Mr. Somkid Chuakong said Saturday…
Read moreTrump targets ‘white privilege’ training as ‘anti-American’
President Donald Trump has directed the Office of Management and Budget to crack down on federal agencies’ anti-racism training sessions, calling them “divisive, anti-American propaganda.”OMB director Russell Vought, in a letter Friday to executive bra…
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