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Ex-TRC core members vow to fight on against junta

 

 

Core members of the disbanded Thai Raksa Chart party vowed today to carry on with what they claim to be a fight for democracy and to launch campaign rallies across the country against the National Council for Peace and Order.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088622-ex-trc-core-members-vow-to-fight-on-against-junta/

 

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Sudarat questions credibilty of senator selection

 

 

Pheu Thai party’s chief election strategist Sudarat Keyuraphan has questioned the credibility of the selection of 194 senators by the military junta, officially called the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088624-sudarat-questions-credibilty-of-senator-selection/

 

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Military officers to dominate NCPO-appointed Senate

 

 

The 194 senators to be handpicked by the Thailand’s military junta, which is officially known as the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), are expected to be dominated by active and retired generals with close links to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan and Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088625-military-officers-to-dominate-ncpo-appointed-senate/

 

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Welfare card scheme revives mom-and-pop stores

Tik Netikamjorn

 

 

BANGKOK (NNT) – Nielsen (Thailand) Co. has confirmed that the state welfare card scheme supports consumer products and revives Mom and Pop stores.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088626-welfare-card-scheme-revives-mom-and-pop-stores/

 

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Quality tourist? Westerner in Phuket filmed being abusive after urinating on taxi

 

 

A foreign tourist was filmed urinating behind a taxi in Phuket before becoming abusive when someone asked him to stop.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088628-quality-tourist-westerner-in-phuket-filmed-being-abusive-after-urinating-on-taxi/

 

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Venezuela's Guaido calls for massive protest as blackout drags on

By Mayela Armas and Deisy Buitrago

 

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognized as the country's rightful interim ruler, attends a rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela March 9, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

 

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Saturday called on citizens nationwide to travel to the capital Caracas for a protest against socialist President Nicolas Maduro, as the country's worst blackout in decades dragged on for a third day.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088630-venezuelas-guaido-calls-for-massive-protest-as-blackout-drags-on/

 

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Wall Street critic Warren vows to break up Amazon, Facebook, Google

By Daniel Trotta

 

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) arrives a Senate Banking and Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Young

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Senator Elizabeth Warren vowed on Friday to break up Amazon,Google and Facebook if elected U.S. president to promote competition in the technology sector.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088631-wall-street-critic-warren-vows-to-break-up-amazon-facebook-google/

 

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Tunisia's health minister resigns after 11 babies die in hospital

 

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's health minister Abdel-Raouf El-Sherif resigned on Saturday after 11 babies mysteriously died within 24 hours in a hospital in the capital, state news agency TAP said.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088632-tunisias-health-minister-resigns-after-11-babies-die-in-hospital/

 

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What Brexit game is EU playing? British parliament leader Leadsom asks

By Elizabeth Piper and Kate Holton

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Conservative Party's leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom arrives at Downing Street in London, Britain, January 22, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The leader of Britain's parliament Andrea Leadsom said she was beginning to wonder what game the European Union was playing over Brexit as relations between London and Brussels deteriorated ahead of a vote by lawmakers next week.

 

Full story: https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1088634-what-brexit-game-is-eu-playing-british-parliament-leader-leadsom-asks/

 

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