Новости за 31.01.2019

The Chart Pattana Party introduced 343 potential candidates to contest the March 24 poll Thursday, and unveiled its policy platform on issues focused on boosting the grassroots economy, to cater to its core political bastions in the provinces.

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CARACAS - Venezuela's self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido on Thursday accused socialist leader Nicolas Maduro's security forces of trying to intimidate his family.

CHICAGO - Frozen water mains and strained natural gas supplies left the US Midwest struggling Thursday as a deadly Arctic air mass had tens of millions of Americans shivering for a second day.

CARACAS - Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido was to outline his plans to tackle the country's economic crisis Thursday after European lawmakers recognized him as the acting head of state -- another step forward in his bid to force out President Nicolas Maduro.

BRUSSELS - The EU's powerful anti-trust sheriff on Thursday accused eight banks of having conspired for several years to distort competition in the eurozone bond market.

Pheu Thai has chosen three as its prime ministerial candidates while pro-regime Palang Pracharath will officially ask Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha to be its PM candidate on Friday.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump was upbeat on Thursday about high-level trade talks with Chinese officials in Washington but said no final deal would be made until he meets with Chinese President Xi Jingping.

JAKARTA: Indonesia intends to challenge an EU directive on renewable energy at the World Trade Organization, arguing the plan to curb the use of crops that cause deforestation will unfairly target palm oil, a senior Indonesian official told Reuters.

JAKARTA: An Indonesian variety of the durian - a pungent, spiky fruit considered a delicacy across many parts of Asia -- has been sold in a store on the island of Java for a hefty 14 million rupiah (31,000 baht) per fruit.

Every day, thousands of Filipinos flock to Manila's railway tracks, not to take the train, but to get on a wooden cart with wheels pushed by a 'trolley boy' to get to work and avoid the city's gridlock traffic. — Reuters

The Red Cross programmers based out of Thailand have designed a new VR training tool, which the organisation says will help prepare their volunteers for war zones. — Reuters

The economy grew steadily in December on private consumption and tourism with arrivals rising 7.7% over the same period in 2017, according to the Bank of Thailand.

Thai shares rose to a near eight-week closing high on Thursday after gains in the energy and financial sectors.

BRUSSELS - Growth in the eurozone slowed sharply to 1.8 percent in 2018, data showed Thursday, as a recovery ran out of steam on worries over the US-China trade war and Brexit.

MILAN - The Italian economy contracted in the fourth quarter of 2018, plunging the country into a technical recession, official data showed Thursday.

Thailand emerged as the top importer of Japanese steel products for the first time in 2018, as major Japanese auto, home appliance and machinery makers have moved into Southeast Asia's biggest production hub.

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The Bangkok governor on Thursday launched a fleet of large drones to spray water into the air in an attempt to reduce the smog that is blanketing the capital region.

JAKARTA: Dozens of Indonesians who served jail time for corruption are running for public office, the electoral agency said Thursday, as the world's third-largest democracy gears up for national polls.

PHUKET: More holidaymakers led by the Chinese are expected to visit the resort island through its airport during the Chinese New Year break this year.

MANILA: The Philippine government is pressing ahead with a plan, dismissed by critics as unrealistic, to expand the national railway network from just 77 kilometres to 1,900 km in three years as the core of its economic stimulus policy.

Rescue teams saved five people buried in an avalanche in the Tatra Mountains of southern Poland, mountain safety services said on Wednesday. - REUTERS

LA PROVIDENCE, FRENCH GUIANA (FRANCE) - A soldier stealthily emerges from the dense undergrowth of French Guiana's jungle, grabbing the shoulder of a man blasting gaping holes into the forest floor with a high-pressure hose, hoping the dirt will yield a golden payoff.

TAIPEI - Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn said Thursday it was reassessing plans to build a cutting-edge factory in Wisconsin, potentially dealing a blow to Donald Trump's flagship drive to revive America's manufacturing sector.