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Air India warned by regulator over ‘systemic’ lapses in fatigue management and training
Read more: Air India warned by regulator over ‘systemic’ lapses in fatigue management and trainingAir India has come under intense scrutiny since the Ahmedabad crash, which was the world’s worst aviation disaster in a decade.
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Snap Insight: As Thailand and Cambodia escalate border spat, the personal ties that once united now fuel hostility
Read more: Snap Insight: As Thailand and Cambodia escalate border spat, the personal ties that once united now fuel hostilityThe public falling-out between former leaders Hun Sen and Thaksin Shinawatra bodes poorly for the escalating border spat between Cambodia and Thailand, says Control Risks’ Harrison Cheng.
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Thailand’s skiing siblings return home for Winter Games
Read more: Thailand’s skiing siblings return home for Winter GamesMILAN, Italy – Karen and Mark Chanloung grew up in the Italian Alps where winter sports are a way of life and children are on skis almost as soon as they can stand.
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BoT flags suspicious cash withdrawals, largest case hits B250m
Read more: BoT flags suspicious cash withdrawals, largest case hits B250mThe Bank of Thailand (BoT) has detected unusually large cash withdrawals amounting to more than 250 million baht, with some customers requesting only 500‑baht banknotes, prompting the agency to prepare reports for concerned agencies, including the Election Commission.
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Petitioner presses for ‘Gun Jompalang’ investigation
Read more: Petitioner presses for ‘Gun Jompalang’ investigationPolitical activist Sonthiya Sawasdee is pressing for a money-laundering investigation into the Gun Jompalang Chuai Su Foundation and its alleged involvement with a government lottery quota of 200,000 tickets.
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Tensions flare as activists threaten to evict Cambodians
Read more: Tensions flare as activists threaten to evict CambodiansTensions flared on Friday in a sensitive border area of Sa Kaeo province, after ultra-nationalist activist Veera Somkwamkid led a group of people to demand the removal of Cambodian settlers from Thai territory.
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Thai govt launches tourism push for border provinces
Read more: Thai govt launches tourism push for border provincesThe government has launched a new tourism stimulus programme called “Check-in Fin Wow: East X Northeast” to boost tourism and revitalise local economies in seven border provinces along the Thai–Cambodian frontier.
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Air India warned by regulator over ‘systemic’ lapses in fatigue management and training
Read more: Air India warned by regulator over ‘systemic’ lapses in fatigue management and trainingAir India has come under intense scrutiny since the Ahmedabad crash, which was the world’s worst aviation disaster in a decade.
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Snap Insight: As Thailand and Cambodia escalate border spat, the personal ties that once united now fuel hostility
Read more: Snap Insight: As Thailand and Cambodia escalate border spat, the personal ties that once united now fuel hostilityThe public falling-out between former leaders Hun Sen and Thaksin Shinawatra bodes poorly for the escalating border spat between Cambodia and Thailand, says Control Risks’ Harrison Cheng.
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Co-payment data analytics system proves useful
Read more: Co-payment data analytics system proves usefulThe Finance Ministry, which operates the “Khon La Khrueng Plus” co-payment scheme, has employed a data analytics system to analyse suspicious transactions and identify activities that do not comply with the programme’s conditions.
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Senate taken to task over ‘ethics’ vote
Read more: Senate taken to task over ‘ethics’ voteA former election commissioner has criticised a decision by the Senate to pursue a “serious ethical misconduct” case against Senator Nantana Nantavaropas, calling it a “biased judgement” by the upper chamber’s majority.
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Raid on Chiang Mai luxury villa nets 20 Chinese scammers
Read more: Raid on Chiang Mai luxury villa nets 20 Chinese scammersCHIANG MAI – Twenty Chinese people were arrested at a luxury pool villa in Mae Rim district of this northern province on Thursday, suspected of operating scams targeting compatriots in China.