Brought to you by
World
-
British holidaymakers are evacuated from Jet2 flight when passenger says they have bomb in their luggage before flight from Tenerife to Stansted
Read more: British holidaymakers are evacuated from Jet2 flight when passenger says they have bomb in their luggage before flight from Tenerife to StanstedThe Jet2 plane was cleared at Tenerife South airport shortly before its scheduled departure at 11.20am yesterday after a passenger claimed to be carrying a bomb in his luggage.
-
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin claims peace is ‘on the table’ – yet warns of further strikes
Read more: Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin claims peace is ‘on the table’ – yet warns of further strikesThe Russian leader claimed Moscow was ready to resume peace negotiations
-
ICE officer who shot Venezuelan man wasn’t wearing body camera, sources say
Read more: ICE officer who shot Venezuelan man wasn’t wearing body camera, sources sayThe ICE officer who shot a Venezuelan delivery driver was not wearing a body camera at the time of the shooting, sources familiar with the investigation told CBS News.
-
Man shot by ICE being detained with bullet still in his back, lawyer says
Read more: Man shot by ICE being detained with bullet still in his back, lawyer saysWilber Rafael Garces Perez, the 28-year-old Venezuelan national shot by an ICE officer on Sunday, said in a phone call on Monday that he’s “not doing well.”
-
MAGA Freedom Fest with Kid Rock cancelled after only handful of VIP tickets sold
Read more: MAGA Freedom Fest with Kid Rock cancelled after only handful of VIP tickets sold‘I am never ever, ever, ever, ever doing this event again. Ever,’ the organizer said, adding that ‘rich people suck’
Asia
-
US rejects claim it sought to influence Malaysian politics
Read more: US rejects claim it sought to influence Malaysian politicsPAS chief Abdul Hadi Awang claimed on Saturday that the US had offered to help the party topple Malaysia’s government in 2014.
-
Tibet death toll from Himalayas flood now 43 with 519 missing: Chinese media
Read more: Tibet death toll from Himalayas flood now 43 with 519 missing: Chinese mediaThe huge gap between the death toll and the number of people missing highlights the immense challenge facing rescuers as they push deeper into the devastated border area.
-
Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong to make official visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Read more: Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong to make official visits to Kazakhstan and UzbekistanMr Lee will meet the presidents and prime ministers of both countries from Aug 24 to Aug 31.
-
South Korea sends first container ship through Arctic route
Read more: South Korea sends first container ship through Arctic routeSailing from Busan New Port, the “PanStar Acro” container ship is to sail to Europe via the Arctic, testing whether a route opened by melting sea ice can be commercially viable.
-
North Korea says record-high Japan defence budget would risk ‘turmoil’
Read more: North Korea says record-high Japan defence budget would risk ‘turmoil’While not yet finalised, the move “clearly signifies a dangerous expansion of the war budget that will bring new turmoil to the region and the world”, KCNA said.
Thailand
-
Miss Universe Cambodia team admits error with Thai photos
Read more: Miss Universe Cambodia team admits error with Thai photosThe organisers of the Miss Universe Cambodia pageant have acknowledged their use of Thai historical photographs, saying the mistake was unintentional and resulted from “insufficient verification” of the original sources.
-
Court rejects Yingluck’s appeal for rice-graft retrial
Read more: Court rejects Yingluck’s appeal for rice-graft retrialThe Supreme Administrative Court has rejected an appeal by former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to retry the case that resulted in an order for her to pay 10 billion baht for losses from a rice-pledging scheme she oversaw more than a decade ago.
-
AirAsia’s Fernandes says travel demand remains strong, current crisis ‘far’ less severe than Covid
Read more: AirAsia’s Fernandes says travel demand remains strong, current crisis ‘far’ less severe than CovidHONG KONG – AirAsia co-founder Tony Fernandes said on Friday that the low-cost carrier’s challenges from soaring jet fuel costs were “far, far” less severe than those it faced during the Covid-19 pandemic, as he sought to reassure investors about the airline’s financial health.
-
Minister defends TH-AI Passport programme
Read more: Minister defends TH-AI Passport programmeDigital Economy and Society Minister Chaichanok Chidchob has defended the TH-AI Passport programme, saying that more than 1 million people registered during its first week, while daily concurrent users exceeded 600,000 and more than 1 million AI courses and learning materials were accessed.
-
TPC mulls expanding services to Thais
Read more: TPC mulls expanding services to ThaisThailand Privilege Card Co (TPC), the operator of long-term foreign residency programmes, is considering expanding its services to Thai customers to expand its non-visa business over the long term.
-
US rejects claim it sought to influence Malaysian politics
Read more: US rejects claim it sought to influence Malaysian politicsPAS chief Abdul Hadi Awang claimed on Saturday that the US had offered to help the party topple Malaysia’s government in 2014.
-
Tibet death toll from Himalayas flood now 43 with 519 missing: Chinese media
Read more: Tibet death toll from Himalayas flood now 43 with 519 missing: Chinese mediaThe huge gap between the death toll and the number of people missing highlights the immense challenge facing rescuers as they push deeper into the devastated border area.
-
PM orders quick deportation of errant foreigners
Read more: PM orders quick deportation of errant foreignersPrime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, in his capacity as the interior minister, has ordered provincial governors and district chiefs to act quickly to deport foreigners who commit offences and take advantage of Thais.
-
Bangkok oil leak confirmed from Bangchak pipeline
Read more: Bangkok oil leak confirmed from Bangchak pipelineOil-contaminated wastewater in Bangkok has been traced to a Bangchak Group fuel pipeline along Chuea Phloeng Road in Khlong Toey district, Thitipat Chotidechachainan, secretary to the energy minister, confirmed on Thursday.
-
Scammers ‘rented Bangkok mansion for B900,000 a month’
Read more: Scammers ‘rented Bangkok mansion for B900,000 a month’Immigration police have arrested a group of foreigners who rented a mansion in Bangkok for 900,000 baht a month to operate a call scam centre targeting Japanese victims.