Baht freefall could hit 38
Economists credit the Thai currency’s movement to a stronger dollar Economists forecast the value of the baht could plunge to 38 to the US dollar this year, mainly attributed to…
Iranian state-sponsored marchers call for execution of rioters
A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic’s “morality police”, in Tehran, Iran September…
Estonian PM tells nation to prepare for blackouts if Russia switches off power grid
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas told her nation that power blackouts are possible if Russia kicks the Baltic states from the joint power grid, as she announced a snap defence…
Man charged with punching flight attendant in latest string of unruly behaviour in the skies
A California man who was captured on video punching an American Airlines flight attendant during a flight from Mexico to Los Angeles was arrested this week, the Justice Department said,…
South Korea President Yoon Suk-yeol caught on hot mic insulting US Congress
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was overheard insulting American lawmakers, after briefly meeting his United States counterpart Joe Biden to discuss issues including US electric-vehicle (EV) subsidies that South Korea…
Thailand bars anti-junta Myanmar model
A Myanmar model and beauty pageant contestant who took refuge in Thailand after speaking out against the military coup in her homeland has been denied entry after a trip abroad…
Kingpin of US Navy scam in Asia caught
The US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale transits the Philippine Sea in November 2018. The Navy was bilked out of tens of millions of dollars in inflated maintenance charges in…
Iranian protesters torch police stations as unrest over woman’s death spreads
People attend a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic’s “morality police”, in Tehran, Iran September 21, 2022. Protesters…
139kg of crystal meth, speed pills seized, 2 arrested
Plainclothes police arrest alleged drug courier Sila Ja-uea, 42 in Bangkok on Wednesday. Another suspect was apprehended in Nonthaburi. Narcotics suppression police have seized 139 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine and…
American, Russians reach space station as war rages in Ukraine
The Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft carrying the crew of Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS). A US…