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Commentary: Why carmakers need to bring back buttons
Read more: Commentary: Why carmakers need to bring back buttonsAsian companies lead a reversal from car dashboards dominated by touchscreens, says the Financial Times’ June Yoon.
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Hoaxes ‘rife’ as poll nears
Read more: Hoaxes ‘rife’ as poll nearsAs campaigning intensifies ahead of the February general election, allegations of organised misinformation and political smearing have taken centre stage, with the People’s Party (PP) and Pheu Thai warning that distorted narratives and selective attacks risk distracting voters from substantive policy debate.
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US invasion adds support to strong local currency
Read more: US invasion adds support to strong local currencyThe baht is expected to trade in a range of 31.00-31.85 to the US dollar this week, supported by a rally in global gold prices driven largely by the US invasion in Venezuela.
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Thamanat defends role in cabinet
Read more: Thamanat defends role in cabinetAgriculture Minister Thamanat Prompow on Tuesday rejected allegations made during a heated parliamentary debate that he was unqualified to serve as a cabinet minister.
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Anutin pushes back at Pheu Thai claims
Read more: Anutin pushes back at Pheu Thai claimsPrime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has defended his exit as interior minister under the previous Pheu Thai Party-led government, stating that Pheu Thai sought to regain the ministry to increase its advantage ahead of an anticipated early election.
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Time to bury ‘unfeasible’ Land Bridge, says opposition
Read more: Time to bury ‘unfeasible’ Land Bridge, says oppositionThe opposition People’s Party has sharply criticised the government of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul for pressing ahead with the controversial southern Land Bridge project, despite longstanding doubts about its financial and environmental viability.
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Commentary: Why carmakers need to bring back buttons
Read more: Commentary: Why carmakers need to bring back buttonsAsian companies lead a reversal from car dashboards dominated by touchscreens, says the Financial Times’ June Yoon.
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Cambodia told to evacuate its citizens from Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province
Read more: Cambodia told to evacuate its citizens from Thailand’s Sa Kaeo provinceAuthorities in Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province on Monday gave Banteay Meanchey province of Cambodia eight days to submit a plan for evacuating Cambodians from two areas claimed as Thai territory.
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Former Thai PM Thaksin seeks royal pardon, lawyer says
Read more: Former Thai PM Thaksin seeks royal pardon, lawyer saysThailand’s influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has submitted a petition for a royal pardon for his one-year jail sentence, his lawyer said on Monday.
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Bangkok hunt for vandals who damaged graffiti art
Read more: Bangkok hunt for vandals who damaged graffiti artBangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt condemned vandals who defaced a newly painted graffiti mural in Charoen Krung Soi 30, calling their actions disrespectful to the artist and the city’s revitalisation efforts.