His dramatic exit comes days before a court ruling that could see the polarising billionaire, a central figure in Thailand’s 2-decade battle for power, jailed.
Paetongtarn, Thailand’s youngest PM, is the sixth Shinawatra-backed leader ousted by military or courts, marking another turn in the family’s two-decade battle with ruling elites.
The court said the royalist military’s case over Thaksin’s 2015 interview lacked evidence of insulting the monarchy, an offence carrying up to 15 years in jail.
According to IPC, a region is classified as in a famine when 20% of population face food shortage, 75% of children are acutely malnourished & 2 in 10,000 die daily from hunger.
Thailand says the blast happened in its territory recently cleared of landmines, and will complain to Cambodia for violating a landmine ban treaty; phnom penh denied the allegation.
After initial talks, defence ministers will meet for a General Border Committee session, with observers from the US, China & Malaysia, to discuss maintaining the ceasefire.
A flurry of Diplomatic push over 20 hours sealed Thailand’s entry into Malaysia-hosted ceasefire talks with Cambodia, halting the worst Southeast Asian fighting in a decade.
Calm returns to the disputed border Tuesday as the deadliest conflict in over a decade between the two countries halted, killing at least 40 and displacing 300,000.
Thailand’s acting PM Phumtham Wechayachai thanked Trump & said Thailand 'agrees in principle to have a ceasefire in place' but wants to see 'sincere intention' from Cambodia.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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