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Josephine Baker becomes first black woman in France's Pantheon
AFP, Published on 01/12/2021
» PARIS - French-American dancer, singer, Resistance member and rights activist Josephine Baker became the first black woman to enter France's Pantheon mausoleum of outstanding historical figures on Tuesday, nearly half a century after her death.
Wife of 'El Chapo' sentenced to three years in prison
AFP, Published on 01/12/2021
» WASHINGTON - A US judge sentenced Emma Coronel Aispuro, wife of jailed Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, to three years in prison Tuesday on charges of drug trafficking and money laundering.
German MPs to decide on mandatory Covid jabs by year's end
AFP, Published on 01/12/2021
» BERLIN - Germany on Tuesday inched closer to mandatory coronavirus vaccines after incoming chancellor Olaf Scholz said they were necessary to contain a fierce fourth wave of the pandemic.
Pilot recalls flying Clinton, Prince Andrew, Trump on Epstein planes
AFP, Published on 01/12/2021
» NEW YORK - Jeffrey Epstein's longtime pilot testified Tuesday at the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell that he recalled flying Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump on the late financier's private planes.
October collection tops government target
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 01/12/2021
» The government's revenue collection in October, the first month of fiscal 2022, has surpassed its target, indicating an economic recovery, says Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) director-general Pornchai Thiraveja.
It'll be harder on Laguna, says Suttijet
Sports, Published on 01/12/2021
» Phuket: Thailand's Suttijet Kooratanapisan has a big advantage over the rest of the field at this week's US$1million Laguna Phuket Championship -- he knows what it is like to shoot 59 on the Laguna Golf Phuket layout.
Health centres debated
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 01/12/2021
» Most senators have voiced concern about and urged a revision of the plan to transfer more than 9,787 tambon health centres from the Ministry of Public Health to the Interior Ministry's tambon administrative organisations (TAO).
The race for an HIV vaccine
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 01/12/2021
» Thailand has come a long way since Dec 1, 1988, was dedicated as Aids awareness day. Last year, there were close to 500,000 HIV cases in the country, while UNAids reported approximately 37.6 million HIV cases globally.
Stop deporting Cambodian refugees
Oped, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 01/12/2021
» The recent deportation of three internationally recognised Cambodian refugees provoked an international outcry, much to Thailand's embarrassment. The first two were deported from Thailand on Nov 9, while the third was sent back home on Nov 20 to also face the risk of political persecution. Such efforts to "push back" refugees have regrettably tarnished Thailand's generally commendable policy and practice of offering refuge to persons fleeing persecution and other dangers from foreign territories. This is all the more poignant since Thailand's human rights record is in the middle of being assessed in Geneva under the UN's Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
Search is on for stray Bengal tiger
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/12/2021
» A Bengal tiger that was last spotted leaving the forest in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary in Uthai Thani over the weekend has yet to be located, through the signal emitted by the animal's collar was detected in a eucalyptus plantation in Kamphaeng Phet, authorities said.