Thailand is preparing a bill to legalize casinos in 2025 to attract foreign investment. Annual gambling revenue is expected to reach $9.1 billion, making the country the third largest market in the world.
The U. S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on 275 individuals and companies from 14 countries for transferring technology to the Russian army. The list includes 20 Russians, including deputy defense ministers.
The President of Ukraine announced the possibility of holding the second Peace Summit in India under the organization of Prime Minister Modi. However, there is a caveat - the country must join the communiqué of the first Summit.
The Biden administration plans to impose sanctions on intermediaries supplying Russia with critical materials for the military. The new restrictions will be announced next week.
73-year-old former general Prabowo Subianto is sworn in as the new president of Indonesia. He succeeds Joko Widodo, who had led the country for 10 years.
According to Bloomberg, exports of prohibited goods from India to Russia have increased significantly, reaching $95 million in July. Almost one-fifth of sensitive technologies for the Russian military-industrial complex come through India.
The Ministry of Digital Transformation has shared the first results of the implementation of the uResidency e-residency program. The Ministry plans to expand the functions for e-residents and attract new countries to participate in the program.
Ukraine has launched uResidency, an international digital product for registering a business by foreigners without a physical presence. The program is available for 4 countries and offers a 5% tax and automatic reporting.
Kyiv Customs intercepted two parcels from Thailand containing almost 3 kg of cannabis hidden in packages of toys and cookies. A joint operation with the SBU led to the detention of a suspect for drug smuggling.
A school bus caught fire in Thailand, killing at least 23 people, mostly children. The driver fled the scene, police are still searching for him, and the bodies of the victims can only be identified through DNA testing.
Myanmar reported 293 dead and 89 missing as a result of Typhoon Yagi. The disaster flooded 270,000 hectares of crops and killed more than 100,000 farm animals. The authorities appealed for international assistance.
The EU is considering sanctions against financial institutions that support military supplies to Russia and supplies from Southeast Asia.
According to environmentalists, about 50% of the world's inhabitants regularly consume contaminated drinking water. This is due to the fact that about 70% of industrial waste on Earth is discharged into water every year.
Petongtharn Shinawatra, 37, daughter of a former billionaire prime minister, has been nominated as a candidate for the post of prime minister of Thailand. Parliament will vote on her candidacy on Friday after the resignation of the previous prime minister.
Thai Prime Minister Sretta Thaksin has been removed from office for appointing a minister with a criminal record. This is the fourth prime minister in 16 years to be removed by the country's constitutional court.
Due to uncontrolled deforestation and poaching, smoky leopards are on the verge of extinction. These animals are listed in the Red Book.
Zapp EV is expanding globally, starting with India. It plans to launch the i300 electric motorcycle in the UK, Thailand, and India, aiming to reach production of 25,000 units by 2026.
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has travelled to the Northern Mariana Islands. There he is awaiting trial. Assange is expected to be found guilty, with a possible sentence of 62 months in prison.
Thailand has become the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage after the Senate approved the final version of the marriage equality bill.
Ukrainian athlete Veronika Marchenko won a license for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, taking third place at the world qualifying tournament in Antalya, Turkey.
80 countries and 4 organisations supported the final communiqué of the Peace Summit.
Thailand will join the Peace Summit in Switzerland on June 15-16.
The United States imposed sanctions on 3 Chinese nationals and 3 Thai companies for their involvement in a cybercrime network involving COVID-related fraud, bomb threats, and a botnet that hijacked computers, causing significant financial losses.
Vietnam is experiencing the longest heat wave in 30 years, which has caused water levels to drop and up to 200 tons of fish to die in reservoirs in the south of the country.
The EU and the US have expressed concern over Iraq's new law criminalizing LGBTQ+ relationships with up to 15 years in prison, criticizing it as a threat to human rights and freedoms.
The Biden administration is tightening rules on the export of civilian weapons to 36 countries to prevent them from being used to commit crimes and human rights violations.
A resident of Ternopil tried to illegally send abroad fossilized prints of prehistoric creatures 443 million years old, which were seized by Kyiv customs.
First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Andriy Sybiga received copies of credentials from the newly appointed ambassadors of Thailand and Australia to Ukraine and discussed with them support for Ukraine, sanctions pressure on Russia and strengthening bilateral relations.
Israel temporarily closed Ben Gurion Airport for three hours on April 14 amid an expected Iranian drone attack, while the Israeli Air Force was put on high alert and dozens of planes took to the skies.
The position of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary remains vacant in 30 Ukrainian embassies in different countries, including the UK, Belarus, Ghana and others, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Human Resources Department reports.
