Bangkok, Thailand | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Uganda has offered Thai investors 10-year tax holidays, full foreign ownership of their businesses and unrestricted repatriation of profits, as the East African country tries to attract Southeast Asian capital to its farms, factories, mines and tourism sector. Ugandan officials made the offer …
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BANGKOK | Xinhua | Thailand has tightened its defenses against Ebola, imposing a mandatory 21-day quarantine for all travelers arriving from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, the Ministry of Public Health said on Tuesday. Under the new rules, travelers from or transiting through the two African countries …
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HONG KONG | Xinhua | In 2025, the Asia-Pacific region faced a series of security challenges, ranging from recurring border conflicts, aggressive political rhetoric to domestic unrest in several countries. Despite these challenges, regional countries continue to express a shared commitment to peace and development, highlighting that dialogue and cooperation …
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CHANTHABURI, Thailand/PHNOM PENH | Xinhua | Thailand and Cambodia signed a joint statement on Saturday to agree on a ceasefire from 12:00 p.m. local time. The statement was inked by Thai Defense Minister Natthapon Nakpanich and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Tea Seiha during the third Special General …
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“You can’t sell Ugandans when we are looking on. On this, there is no compromise. They just take you to Saudi Arabia, move you to some other place like Thailand, harvest your heart, kidney or liver and throw the body to crocodiles” Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Minister for …
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Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Friday his country is looking forward to stepping up bilateral trade and service cooperation with China. In a video message at the Global Trade in Services Summit of the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services held …
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates | AFP | A desperate legal fight by 18-year-old Saudi Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun to stop her deportation from Bangkok airport has yet again shone a spotlight on the treatment of women in her homeland. Ultraconservative Saudi Arabia is striving to craft a new image — but …
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Bangkok, Thailand | AFP | A Saudi woman held at Bangkok airport said she would be killed if she was repatriated by Thai immigration officials, who confirmed the 18-year-old was denied entry to the country on Sunday. The incident comes against the backdrop of intense scrutiny of Saudi Arabia over …
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Bangkok, Thailand | AFP | A Thai man who felt slighted by his in-laws shot dead six family members including his two young children at a New Year’s Eve party before turning the gun on himself, police said Tuesday. The mass shooting took place 10 minutes after midnight as Sucheep …
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London, United Kingdom | AFP | Jamie Vardy has urged his Leicester teammates to honour the memory of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha as they prepare to return to action following their owner’s shocking death in a helicopter crash. Vichai and four other people died when his helicopter plummeted to the ground just …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
