British Prime Minister David Cameron faces further dissent from within the ranks of his Conservative Party as a bill to legalise gay marriage returns to Parliament Monday.
Cameron faces a setback in the lower chamber, the House of Commons, if the opposition Labour Party joins forces with Tory rebels in a vote on his bill.
While Cameron, [...]
A US man who dug a handful of old lottery tickets out of his cookie jar was shocked to find out one of them was worth $4.85 million, officials said.
Ricardo Cerezo’s wife asked him to take the 11 lotto tickets that had been sitting around the house to the store to check if any of [...]
Security forces and hardline Islamists fought street battles in Tunis on Sunday, with one protester killed and 15 policemen wounded, after the authorities banned the Salafists from staging their annual congress.
The confrontations infuriated moderate Islamist Prime Minister Ali Larayedh, who for the first time linked the Salafist Ansar al-Sharia group which is considered close to [...]
Thaksin backs amnesty for rank and file UDD
Ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra said the government’s amnesty efforts must focus on absolving red shirts facing legal action in connection with the 2010 political violence rather than protest leaders or even himself.
It would not matter if an amnesty bill exonerating political offenders was passed into law that did [...]
CHIANG MAI As heads of state gathered yesterday to attend a summit on water management, grassroot groups held a parallel forum to criticise the failures in water management projects by governments around the world.
The dignitaries were present for the second Asia-Pacific Water Summit which is in its seventh day.
Grassroot groups blasted the summit for failing [...]
CHIANG MAI : Thailand has offered to convene a meeting with Laos and China on a high-speed train project linking the three countries, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Sunday.
The offer, tabled in talks between the Thai and Lao cabinets yesterday, underlines Thailand’s concern about a delay to the project on the Lao side.
Ms Yingluck said [...]
Somchai: Large spread drove baht strength
The Finance Ministry has blamed local commercial banks’ offshore borrowing at low interest rates to be lent locally as a factor accelerating the baht’s strength.
Somchai Sujjapongse, director-general of the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO), said capital inflows in the first three months of this year came from four sources, and the [...]
City Hall has threatened Alliance of Thai Patriots protesters with legal action if they do not call off a demonstration at Sanam Luang.
Around 100 ATP supporters have been protesting against the International Court of Justice’s role in the Preah Vihear territorial dispute between Thailand and Cambodia since May 6.
Pol Maj Gen Wichai Sangpraphai, adviser to [...]
MERGERS WORKED IN PAST, PHONGTHEP SAYS
LOP BURI : Merging small schools with larger ones is a proven way to improve students’ academic performance and reduce teachers’ workloads, says Education Minister Phongthep Thepkanchana.
Mr Phongthep Saturday met teachers and parents at Ban Nong Pradu School in tambon Nong Phak Waen of Lop Buri’s Tha Luang district [...]
A memorandum has been signed between the office of the Pattaya Attorney and owners of premises on Walking Street to provide free legal advice when disputes occur. The agreement covers leases, ownership arguments and the protection of women and children.
