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Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be prosecuted for insulting the monarchy, the attorney general's office said Wednesday, over comments he made almost a decade ago."The attorney general has decided to indict Thaksin for insulting the monarchy," Prayuth told reporters.
The owner of Britain’s Royal Mail said Wednesday it has accepted a 3.6 billion pound ($4.6 billion) takeover offer from Czech investor Daniel Křetínský. Under the deal, Křetínský’s EP Group would buy International Distribution Services, which owns Royal Mail, for 370 pence ($4.72) per share. It said EP Group would offer a series of “contractual commitments and intentions” to protect public service aspects of the 500-year-old postal service.
Earnings estimates for the S&P 500 holding up better than normal is one of the key reasons Wall Street strategists are optimistic about the path for stocks in the second half of 2024.
All BTS members have officially enlisted in the South Korean army. Here is everything to know about their military service.
The owner of Britain's struggling Royal Mail said Wednesday it had accepted a takeover proposal from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky worth £3.6 billion ($4.6 billion).Former state monopoly Royal Mail was privatised in 2013 and has since seen its core letters business ravaged as consumers increasingly communicate online, which has conversely helped its international parcels business, GLS. Britain's communications regulator Ofcom has proposed that Royal Mail cut delivery to five days, or even t
U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo will visit Kyiv on Wednesday for talks with Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko and other government officials about upcoming plans to tighten sanctions on Russia, a Treasury official said. Adeyemo will meet with Marchenko, aides to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, lawmakers, academics and civil society groups to preview a major speech on U.S. plans to further degrade Russia's military industrial complex that he will give in Berlin on Thursday, the official said.
Mining behemoth BHP on Wednesday sought a deadline extension in its takeover pursuit of Anglo American, outlining a suite of measures to soothe shareholder concerns that have derailed previous offers. With a May 29 deadline looming, BHP -- which is listed in London and Sydney -- on Wednesday made a last-ditch attempt to mollify these concerns and keep its bid alive.
A senior U.S. Treasury official is in Kyiv this week to talk with government officials about U.S. financial support for Ukraine, efforts to tighten sanctions on Russia and plans to use immobilized Russian sovereign assets for the benefit of Ukraine as it fends off Russian forces. Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo's trip comes as Russia gains territory on the battlefield after an especially lengthy delay in U.S. military aid left Ukraine at the mercy of Russia’s bigger army and as the outlook for Ukraine’s state finances is on shakier ground.
The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its forecast for China’s economy, while warning that consumer-friendly reforms are needed to sustain strong, high-quality growth. The IMF's report, issued late Tuesday, said the world's second-largest economy will likely expand at a 5% annual rate this year, based on its growth in the first quarter and recent moves to support the property sector. The ruling Communist Party has set its annual growth target at “around 5%,” and the economy grew at a faster-than-expected 5.3% in the first quarter of the year, boosting the global economy.
Temperatures in India's capital have soared to a record-high 49.9 degrees Celsius (121.8 Fahrenheit) as authorities warn of water shortages in the sprawling mega-city.- 'Water scarcity' - New Delhi authorities have also warned of the risk of water shortages as the capital swelters in headache-inducing heat -- cutting supplies to some areas.
Equities fell Wednesday on lingering worries about the outlook for US interest rates, while oil prices extended their rally after an attack on a ship in the Red Sea stoked fresh worries about supplies from the Middle East.Oil prices rose again on geopolitical concerns after a bulk carrier was attacked in the Red Sea, a key waterway for shipping and particularly crude.
Hundreds of thousands of Texans are without power and many could be in the dark for several days after fierce and deadly storms tore through the state Tuesday and over the holiday weekend, leaving people to pick up the pieces of devastated homes and businesses amid uncomfortably hot weather.
Supplies of food and medicine began arriving at the scene of a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea Wednesday, with aid workers discovering children rendered mute by the shock of the disaster."What we are hearing is that, because of what they saw and experienced, many of the children have stopped talking," Justine McMahon from CARE Papua New Guinea told AFP. Niels Kraaier from UNICEF Papua New Guinea said workers were aware of nine orphaned children.
The congressman, who represents Uvalde, faced attacks from his own party after voting in favor of gun reform and same-sex marriage.
More than 50 people have died in India and Bangladesh after Tropical Cyclone Remal lashed the area with torrential rain and heavy winds, according to local officials.
Colombia's congress passed a bill Tuesday banning bullfighting, a controversial yet popular pastime in the South American country with hundreds of events drawing thousands of spectators every year.Colombia will leave the "sad list" of countries "where bullfighting, which is animal torture, is still considered a cultural institution," he told AFP. In 2018, the Constitutional Court recognized bullfights as part of Colombia's cultural tradition.
Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was indicted on lese majeste charges, authorities said Wednesday, in the latest twist in a decades-long political saga in the Southeast Asian kingdom.
Around 400 million European Union citizens go to the polls next month to elect members of the European Parliament, or MEPs, in one of the biggest global democratic events. Far-right parties are seeking to gain more power amid a rise in the cost of living and farmers' discontent, while the wars in Gaza and Ukraine are on the minds of voters. One of the biggest questions is whether European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will remain in charge as the most visible face of the EU.
A hunk of space debris that crash-landed in a canola field has one farmer seeing dollar signs and hockey sticks. Near Ituna—a small town in Saskatchewan, Canada, Barry Sawchuk and his son “were out driving around just checking fields to see where we could start seeding” when the two discovered a roughly 88-pound, 6.5-feet wide […]
South African voters turned out for a landmark general election on Wednesday, with the ruling ANC's exclusive grip on power in doubt three decades after the advent of democracy.Some 27 million voters are registered for the most uncertain poll since the African National Congress (ANC) led the nation out of apartheid rule, with opposition challenges from both the left and right.