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S.Korea: 'Resolute response' to new 3700km missile flight
Kyodo News, Published on 15/09/2017
» SOEUL: South Korea strongly condemned North Korea's latest missile launch Friday morning as a "clear violation" of UN Security Council resolutions and a "very serious and grave challenge" to world peace and security, urging it to cease provocations and sit down at the negotiation table.
Mazda to make all cars hybrid or EV by 2035
Kyodo News, Published on 15/09/2017
» TOKYO: Mazda Motor Corp plans to make all of its cars partly or fully battery powered by 2035, company sources said Friday.
Rescued baby orangutans make quick friends
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 15/09/2017
» Two baby Sumatran orangutans rescued by border officials rubbed noses with another pair of baby orangutans already resident at the wildlife centre where they were taken.
8 million tourists visit Pattaya in first half
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 15/09/2017
» About 8 million tourists visited Pattaya in the first half of this year, putting the resort city on course to top last year's total, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).
Military finally dumps B350m airship
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 15/09/2017
» The army has finally decommissioned its controversial 350-million-baht airship after eight years' service during which time the blimp crashed once while it was mostly grounded the rest of the time as it was plagued by various defects.
Evian Championship round cancelled by bad weather
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2017
» EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France: The final women's golf major of the year has been reduced to a 54-hole tournament after "significant" rain, strong winds and wet course conditions forced the cancellation of the first round on Thursday.
Jitters in Europe over Russia-Belarus war games
Associated Press, Published on 15/09/2017
» MINSK, Belarus: Russia and Belarus began major war games Thursday, an operation involving thousands of troops, tanks and aircraft on Nato's eastern edge practising how to hunt down and destroy armed spies, among other manoeuvres.
N.Korea will 'sink Japan', reduce US 'to ashes'
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2017
» SEOUL/TOKYO: A North Korean state agency threatened on Thursday to use nuclear weapons to "sink" Japan and reduce the United States to "ashes and darkness" for supporting a UN Security Council resolution and sanctions over its latest nuclear test.
US condemns Myanmar 'ethnic cleansing', backs Suu Kyi
Published on 15/09/2017
» LONDON - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has delivered the toughest condemnation yet from a Trump administration official of the persecution of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, likening the violence against them to ethnic cleansing and demanding it stop.
TM.6 cards end for Thais in bid to cut queues
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/09/2017
» Thai nationals will from Saturday no longer have to fill out departure and arrival cards -- known as Tor Mor 6 cards, or TM.6 -- before passing through airport immigration counters, government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said Thursday.