Новости за 05.01.2019

It could hold the key to the balance of power in Thailand: the new constitution has changed the way members of the House of Representatives are elected. What exactly are those changes, and how might they affect the kingdom's immediate future?

BERLIN: Germany’s IT security agency is coming under fire for its response to a massive online leak of private information of hundreds of politicians and celebrities.

Most politicians say they have nothing against a possible delay to the general election after the government and the Election Commission seem to disagree on a new date.

WASHINGTON: Police in California on Saturday said three people were killed and four were injured in a shooting at a bowling alley near Los Angeles.

PHRAE: A former police officer who had earlier served seven years behind bars for drug smuggling is back in custody after 200,000 speed pills were found hidden in his pickup truck.

NEW DELHI: Vijay Mallya, the Indian tycoon fighting multiple cases in the UK after defaulting on bank loans, has been declared a “fugitive economic offender” by a special court in Mumbai under a new law.

It could hold the key to the balance of power in Thailand: the new constitution has changed the way members of the House of Representatives are elected. What exactly are those changes, and how might they affect the kingdom's immediate future?

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (INDIA) - Twin arson and bomb attacks rocked southern India Saturday, continuing a violent backlash that followed the entry of two women into a Hindu temple that forbids female devotees.

Tropical storm Pabuk, which weakened after lashing eight southern provinces, has claimed three lives and forced thousands of people out of their homes.

SHANGHAI: China’s population is set to reach a peak of 1.442 billion in 2029 and start a long period of “unstoppable” decline in 2030, government scholars say in a new research report.

LONDON: Scientists tackling the illegal trade in elephant ivory got more than they bargained for when they found woolly mammoth DNA in trinkets on sale in Cambodia, researchers have revealed.

WASHINGTON: Negotiations are continuing over the US government shutdown, even after President Donald Trump declared he could keep it going for “months or even years” until he gets his way.

TOKYO: A 278-kilogramme bluefin tuna sold for a record 333.6 million yen (US$3 million) in the first auction of 2019 on Saturday, after Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji market was moved to a new site on the city’s waterfront.

RATCHABURI: A man was killed when he drove through a rail barrier and was hit by a Bangkok-bound passenger train at a crossing in Ban Pong district on Saturday morning.

Pabuk has lost speed and moved across land to the Andaman Sea, leaving behind a trail of homes damaged by fallen trees or blown-off roofs and disrupted power networks.

LIMA - Spain's Carlos Sainz heads a formidable Mini trio as he bids to defend his Dakar Rally title when the gruelling 10-stage race, being hosted for the first time by a single country, gets under way on Sunday.

The Gold Traders Association this morning announced the buying prices at 19,101.60 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments, and 19,450 baht per baht-weight for gold bars.

While the electrified are slowly creeping into some showrooms, most of this year's action will still revolve around the usual suspects.

In just over a decade, South Korea has spent the equivalent of a small European economy trying to fix its demographic crisis, yet birth rates have dropped to the lowest in the world. - REUTERS

A 46-year-old woman has entered the Sabarimala temple in south India, becoming the third woman this week to breach an ancient ban on females of menstruating age from going inside, according to the office of the chief minister of Kerala state. - REUTERS

Chancellor Angela Merkel is reportedly among hundreds of German politicians who have had personal data, including credit card details and mobile phone numbers, released online. - REUTERS

LOS ANGELES - Pop superstar Britney Spears announced Friday she is placing her career on hold indefinitely to take care of her sick father.

Yothi, an area home to many hospitals and medical departments in Bangkok, will be developed into a medical innovation centre within 10 years under the state's plan to make Thailand the medical hub of Southeast Asia.

Re: "Government admits election delay", (BP, Jan 4).

'Independence for Taiwan would only bring profound disaster to Taiwan," said China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday, and he ought to know. He is the one who would make sure the disaster happened.