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Thailand ranks 9th in Asia and 78th in the world in this year’s corruption index released by Transparency Thailand on Tuesday. The kingdom scored 3.5 out of 10 in the …
Thailand Scores High in Corrupt List Read MoreFlows from North due as rainwaters set to break from Chao Phya Dam. Flood waters flowing down from the North will hit Bangkok next week, inundating homes and areas near …
Bangkok on Full Alert Read MoreThe big Danish groups Novo Nordisk, pharmaceutical company, and A.P.Møller-Mærsk, shipping company, support American politicians at the mid-term elections with several hundreds of thousands Danish kroner.This appears from figures from …
Danish Giants Fight the Tea Party Movement Read MoreThe Royal Irrigation Department yesterday urged the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to raise flood protection walls along the banks of the Chao Phraya River by another metre, as the capital braces …
Bangkok Braces for Flooding. Read MoreThe death toll from flooding in Thailand climbed to 32 on Saturday as rising waters hit more areas of the kingdom and threatened to swamp parts of the capital. Victims …
Thai Floods Toll Jumps to 32 Read More17 separate drug-related cases have been solved thanks to a US drug enforcement agency website and a recent campaign for members of the public to give information on suspected drug …
DEA Drug Information Project a Huge Success Read MoreSwedish police say they have arrested 23 people in a nationwide raid against a child pornography ring, including 20 women. Police spokesman Sven-Ake Petters called the raid “unique” and said …
20 Women Arrested in Swedish Child Porn Raid Read MoreAn English language news anchor for the Finnish broadcaster ‘YLE’ was fired recently for drinking beer on the set of the newscast. While discussing a segment about bars which were …
News Anchor Fired for Beer Prank Read MoreThey met while he was on a business trip in China. After a whirlwind courtship, Mary (not her real name) married her Singaporean boyfriend and started her new life here. …
Domestic Violence: More Immigrants Come Forward Read MoreA U.S. businessman could become the first American sentenced to caning in Singapore in 16 years if convicted of breaking the city-state’s immigration laws, a prospect that has drawn the …
U.S. Man Faces Caning in Singapore Read More