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Italy holds breath for PM Draghi's next move in political crisis
AFP, Published on 14/07/2022
» ROME - Prime Minister Mario Draghi's coalition government teetered on the brink of collapse Thursday, after the Five Star Movement refused to participate in a confidence vote, raising the spectre of a snap general election.
Who could take over as UK prime minister?
AFP, Published on 14/07/2022
» The race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader and Britain's prime minister is down to five candidates after the second round of voting among Tory MPs on Thursday.
Key rate likely to rise next month
Reuters, Published on 14/07/2022
» The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is highly likely to raise its key policy rate at its August meeting, a senior director said on Thursday, as other central banks moved to tighten their monetary policy.
WHO to reconvene monkeypox emergency panel on July 21
AFP, Published on 14/07/2022
» GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday it would reconvene its expert monkeypox committee on July 21 to decide whether the outbreak constitutes a global health emergency.
Hostage-taker shot, woman rescued
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/07/2022
» Police rescued a woman held hostage by a homeless man armed with a hand grenade in Khon Kaen on Thursday morning, after shooting him in the shoulder, ending a three-hour drama.
Strategists favour Singapore, dividend stocks in hawkish Asia
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/07/2022
» Surprise policy tightening moves announced by central banks in Singapore and the Philippines signal Asia is now fully awake to the threat of accelerating inflation and is playing catch up with its global peers.
Hidden Van Gogh self-portrait found
Reuters, Published on 14/07/2022
» LONDON: A self-portrait of Dutch post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh has been uncovered hidden behind one of his paintings.
12 killed in Russian strikes in central Ukraine ahead of EU talks
AFP, Published on 14/07/2022
» KYIV: Russian missiles struck the city of Vinnytsia in central Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least 12 people in what President Volodymyr Zelensky called "an open act of terrorism".
Three arrested for inflating price of digital lottery tickets
Published on 14/07/2022
» NAKHON SAWAN: A man and two women were arrested for allegedly selling digital lottery tickets at inflated prices, even though the Government Lottery Office introduced the scheme to end the overpricing of tickets.
Chat group administrator charged with disseminating child porn
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 14/07/2022
» Cybercrime police arrested the administrator of a Line chat group for allegedly disseminating sex videos featuring a nine-year-old girl whose mother pimped her and sold the clips.