Jump to content

Recommended Posts

Posted

‘America is killing itself’: world reacts with horror and incomprehension to Texas shooting

The international press responds scathingly to the tolerance for gun violence in the US: ‘nothing fundamentally changes’

by Jon Henley

 

image.jpeg

Mass violence in the US is ‘a recurring drama, to which America’s lawmakers seem unwilling to put an end’, wrote Iker Seisdedos in El País. /File photo

 

Politicians and media around the world have reacted with horror, incomprehension and weary resignation to news that an 18-year-old gunman had murdered 19 children and two teachers.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260714-‘america-is-killing-itself’-world-reacts-with-horror-and-incomprehension-to-texas-shooting/

 

  • Like 1
  • Sad 3
Posted

Severodonetsk: Battle for key road as fighting reaches Ukraine city

By Paul Kirby
BBC News

 

image.jpeg

Russia has flattened large areas of Severodonetsk during weeks of bombardment

IMAGE SOURCE, REUTERS

 

A senior figure in eastern Ukraine has denied reports that a vital road linking Ukrainian-controlled areas in the east has been blocked from the rest of the country by Russian forces.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260716-severodonetsk-battle-for-key-road-as-fighting-reaches-ukraine-city/

 

  • Sad 1
Posted

Thai airforce C-130 Hercules transport plane towed off Ubon airport runway after "incident"

 

image.jpeg

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported that a C-130 Hercules transport plane belonging to the Royal Thai Air Force was removed from the runway at the Ubon Ratchathani International Airport after an unspecified incident yesterday morning.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260730-thai-airforce-c-130-hercules-transport-plane-towed-off-ubon-airport-runway-after-incident/

 

 

Posted

‘Everyday life now’: Sydney reels from organised crime turf war

Police swoop on drug gangs in Australia’s biggest city but lawyers fear controversial law changes will leave minorities vulnerable.

By Ian Lloyd Neubauer

 

image.jpeg

Sydney has been shocked by a series of assassinations and drive-by shootings amid a turf war between two organised crime gangs

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260738-‘everyday-life-now’-sydney-reels-from-organised-crime-turf-war/

 

Posted

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Russian leader Vladimir Putin: "I kill criminals, I don't kill children and the elderly"

 

image.jpeg

file photo

 

Outgoing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte sharply criticized Russian leader Vladimir Putin for the killings of innocent civilians in Ukraine, saying while the two of them have been tagged as killers, "I kill criminals, I don't kill children and the elderly."

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260740-philippine-president-rodrigo-duterte-on-russian-leader-vladimir-putin-i-kill-criminals-i-dont-kill-children-and-the-elderly/

 

  • Like 1
  • Confused 2
Posted

What risk to Thailand as monkeypox spreads across the world?

 

image.jpeg

This 2003 electron microscope image shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, File)

 

Less than a month after it lifted COVID-19 travel restrictions, Thailand is facing the threat of another virus causing outbreaks around the world.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260741-what-risk-to-thailand-as-monkeypox-spreads-across-the-world/

 

Posted

Motorcyclist gunned down in broad daylight in apparent random attack - anger at being looked at

 

image.jpeg

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Thai Rath reported that the metropolitan police were looking for two men riding a motorcycle one of whom produced a gun and shot another motorcyclist in the back at a red light on Pahonyothin Road in Bang Khen, northern Bangkok yesterday afternoon.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260743-motorcyclist-gunned-down-in-broad-daylight-in-apparent-random-attack-anger-at-being-looked-at/

 

  • Sad 1
Posted

Teen "madam" and customer arrested at curtain hotel in Kanchanaburi - 14 and 15 year old girls report "sadistic" sex

 

image.jpeg

 

Thai Rath reported on the activities of Region 5 of the Anti Human Trafficking Police at a curtain (short time sex) hotel in Pak Phraek, Muang Kanchanaburi in western Thailand yesterday.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260747-teen-madam-and-customer-arrested-at-curtain-hotel-in-kanchanaburi-14-and-15-year-old-girls-report-sadistic-sex/

 

Posted

Opinion: Thanakorn is wrong in his criticism of opposition parties

By Erich Parpart

 

image.jpeg

 

The government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said on Wednesday that the main opposition, the Pheu Thai Party, should concentrate on passing the 2023 fiscal budget debate in parliament more than playing political games.  

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260748-opinion-thanakorn-is-wrong-in-his-criticism-of-opposition-parties/

 

Posted

'No need for preachers,' Chinese leader Xi Jinping tells UN human rights chief

By Nectar Gan and CNN's Beijing bureau

 

image.jpeg

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 3, 2021.

 

(CNN)Chinese President Xi Jinping defended his country's human rights record on Wednesday, telling a visiting UN official there is "no need for 'preachers' to boss around other countries."

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260751-no-need-for-preachers-chinese-leader-xi-jinping-tells-un-human-rights-chief/

 

Posted

Are Agricultural Crops On Unused Land Just A Tax Dodge?

By Editor

 

image.png

 

A Facebook post by a popular Bangkok property developer, apparently aimed at boosting its “green image”, appears to have backfired when it drew ridicule from many social networkers who commented in other words the company was allegedly trying to avoid paying land tax.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260753-are-agricultural-crops-on-unused-land-just-a-tax-dodge/

 

Posted

Prayuth latest: Tells Thais to be economical with fuel usage - only use your cars if you have to

 

image.jpeg

Sanook Thai Caption: Only use vehicles when necessary

 

Sanook reported on the latest pronouncements of Thai prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha via his spokesman Thanakorn Wangbunkhongchana. 

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260755-prayuth-latest-tells-thais-to-be-economical-with-fuel-usage-only-use-your-cars-if-you-have-to/

  • Sad 1
  • Haha 2
Posted

Lightning strikes twice? 12 injured as company bus veers off road in Lopburi - "lap nai" suggested

 

image.jpeg

Picture: 77kaoded

 

77kaoded reported that Pol Capt Wiraphan Cheunchom of the Muang Lopburi police in central Thailand and Poh Teck Tung rescue services attended an accident on Pahonyothin Road near the temple of Wat Thung Singto.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260760-lightning-strikes-twice-12-injured-as-company-bus-veers-off-road-in-lopburi-lap-nai-suggested/

 

Posted

Relaxation of mask requirement may start in provinces with improved COVID status

 

image.jpeg

 

Some provinces in the “Green” and “Blue” zones, where the COVID-19 situation has improved satisfactorily, should be the pilot areas for the relaxation of the requirement to wear face masks in public, according to the Department of Disease Control.

 

Full story: https://aseannow.com/topic/1260761-relaxation-of-mask-requirement-may-start-in-provinces-with-improved-covid-status/

 

  • Confused 3
  • Haha 1
Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



×
×
  • Create New...