AS MANY as 447 convicts are now on death row in Thailand, which is reviewing the use of death penalty. “We have started with the move to allow judges to exercise their judgement to decide whether a convict should be sentenced to death or life imprisonment – instead of prescribing death sentence as the only […]
BANGKOK, 18 October 2017 (NNT) – Around 80,000 police officers will be deployed at the cremation site in Bangkok and surrounding areas. Deputy Metro Police Chief Pol Maj Gen Montri Yimyam revealed that 18 roads around Sanam Luang and Rattanakosin Island as well as the Somdet Phra Pinklao Bridge will be closed on October 23rd […]
Bangkok, along with other Asian cities including Yangon, Manila, and Jakarta, has been named amongst the most dangerous cities in the world to live in — it ranked near the bottom of the Safe Cities Index by magazine The Economist. The study, which was released last week, analyzed 60 cities in four safety categories including […]
BANGKOK, 17th October 2017 (NNT) – The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has warned of heavy rain today in Bangkok with the Chao Phraya River overflowing in several areas. A community of Nonthaburi province along the Chao Phraya River has reported various impacts from its rising waters with members of the Tha It Mosque community erecting […]
Swedish Prime Minister has caused a stir in the Nordic nation’s social media after photographs of him rubbing elbows with several people convicted of sexual assault or facing sex-related allegations attracted public attention. In pictures taken earlier this year, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven was seen shaking hands with Arif Moradi, who heads an advocate […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A sustained four-month spike in hate crime after this year’s terrorist attacks peaked at a higher level than that following last year’s EU referendum, according to Britain’s Home Office figures. Hate crime offences recorded by the police rose by a record 29% to 80,393 incidents in the 12 months to March 2017, […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Huawei has announced the Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro, two new phones that occupy the highest end of its lineup. The Mate 10 phones see the Chinese giant get on board with the skinny-bezel trend of 2017 while leveraging its ability in silicon design to supposedly improve AI-related performance, The Verge says. […]
Villagers and tourists in the seaside town of Hua Hin were assaulted by the smell of rotten fish yesterday morning after hundreds of thousands of specimens died on a 10-kilometre stretch of beach there following torrential rains on Monday. Dead fish weighing an estimated 10 tonnes covered the sand from Klai Kangwon Royal Palace to […]
