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Car driver killed, 3 injured in railway crossing crash

A man was killed and three other people injured when their car was hit by a train at a railway crossing in Wiang Sa district on Sunday night. Police said express train No 172, which departed Sungai Kolok at 11.30am for Bangkok, hit the Totoya Vios as it crossed the tracks in front of Ban Song temple in tambon Ban Song about 10.40pm.

Igor Mikhalkin Aims To Get Back in The Mix After PED Mess

Just like Alexander Povetkin, former European light heavyweight champion Igor Mikhalkin was connected with a meldonium case last year, being accused of taking forbidden drug and later disqualified for the violation of anti-doping rules and regulations. Unlike Povetkin, who is now fighting for his good name, Mikhalkin saw his disqualification lifted at the end of the last year, when he was cleared of the charges – since he had taken meldonium before its ban.

JSMM calls for strike across Sindh against CPEC today

Karachi [Pakistan], Feb. 20 : The Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz , a major separatist political party in Sindh, Pakistan, has given a call of strike across the province against China-Pakistan Economic Corridor today. Following this development, a grand operation had been started against JSMM since 48 hours and more than 150 workers and their relatives have been arrested.

Scuffles at Thai temple as police hunt for monk

Dhammakaya temple Buddhist monks scuffle with police after they defied police orders to leave the temple grounds to enable police to seek out their former abbot in Pathum Thani, Thailand February 20, 2017. Dhammakaya temple Buddhist monks scuffle with police after they defied police orders to leave the temple grounds to enable police to seek out their former abbot in Pathum Thani, Thailand February 20, 2017.

Taiwan protests Spain’s deporting of 200 Taiwanese to China

TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan’s foreign ministry has protested Spain’s decision to deport more than 200 Taiwanese telecom fraud suspects to China, in the latest instance of a government moving to deport citizens of the self-governing island to its rival. Scores of Taiwanese have been arrested around the world in the past year in connection with vast telecoms fraud scams targeting Chinese nationals.

Ex-cop says Duterte paid him, others to kill crime suspects

MANILA, Philippines – A retired Philippine police officer says President Rodrigo Duterte, when he was a city mayor, ordered and paid him and other members of a so-called liquidation squad to kill criminals and opponents, including a kidnapping suspect and his entire family and a critical radio commentator. Human rights lawyers who presented Arthur Lascanas at a news conference Monday said his allegations could be grounds for impeaching Duterte.

Iraq claims troops make early gains in operation to retake western Mosul

Iraqi forces, supported by the Popular Mobilization paramilitaries, prepare to advance towards the village of Sheikh Younis, south of Mosul, after the offensive to retake the western side of the city from Daesh commenced on February 19, 2017. Iraqi forces said on Sunday that they had regained territory from Daesh in the western part of Mosul, hours after the launch of an offensive to dislodge the extremist militia from its last key stronghold in the country.

Malaysia recalls ambassador to North Korea

Malaysia’s ambassador to North Korea has been recalled from Pyongyang amid rising tensions between the countries over the death in Kuala Lumpur of an estranged scion of North Korea’s ruling family. The Malaysian foreign ministry said in a Monday statement that it had recalled its ambassador “for consultations” and had summoned Kang Chol, North Korea’s ambassador to Kuala Lumpur, “to seek an explanation on the accusations he made against the Government of Malaysia.”

Seniors wanting more success

The seniors on the Mount Aloysius College mens’ tennis team have seen real transformations since their long-ago freshman year. Those same Mounties aim to continue building on that success.

Simply Wall St launches in New Zealand

Simply Wall St , a popular fintech startup aiming to replace human stock brokers, has announced it is launching its services in Canada and New Zealand, as addition to the currently covered markets of US, UK and Australia. Simply put, the platform is doing for investors everything that the best human stock broker would, but orders of magnitude cheaper and quicker.

How Ford made it work in Europe

If the world’s third-largest auto-maker fails to unload its Opel European division on PSA Group, it could look to its crosstown rival in Dearborn, Mich., for an example of how to right the ship. Ford Motor Co.

2017 IPL auction: England’s Ben Stokes is first multi-millionaire

England allrounder Ben Stokes has emerged the biggest of purchases by the halfway mark of bidding at the 2017 IPL auction in Bangalore, finding his first franchise in Rising Pune Supergiants who forked out Rs 14.5 crore for his services – more than seven times his base price. Stokes, 25, has played 77 Twenty20 matches in which he has scored 1272 runs at an average of 22.71.

Moto2, Moto3 Teams Test At Valencia

Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS riders Franco Morbidelli and A lex MA rquez got their 2017 Moto2 campaigns off to a flying start during a successful two-day test at the Valencia circuit in Spain. Morbidelli’s focus was on acquainting himself with the 2017 specification Kalex Moto2 machine, which he was testing for the first time.

Zakir Naik’s NGO money trails leads ED to Dawood

MUMBAI: Was the controversial preacher a part of the hawala racket being masterminded from Karachi? Security agencies monitoring Karachi-based businessmen close to D-Company and a `terror outfit masquerading as charitable and social organisation’ for funding Mumbai-based IRF. Three days after controversial preacher Zakir Naik’s chief financial officer Aamir Gazdar was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate for alleged money laundering, the trail has led the sleuths to Pakistan and the D-Company.

Shearing record bid today in Southland

Another World shearing record attempt has been given the all-clear to go ahead in Southland today with Leon Samuels tackling a record of 603 strongwool ewes in eight hours. The green-light was given at a late-Sunday pre-record wool-weigh where the wool from 10 sample sheep shorn under the supervision of World Sheep Shearing Records Society judges weighed 33kg, comfortably over the minimum average of 3kg per sheep.

Exit polls see Ecuador leftist ahead, runoff unclear

Lenin Moreno, candidate of the ruling PAIS Alliance Party, shows a ballot paper before casting his vote at a polling station during the presidential election in Quito, Ecuador February 19, 2017. People stand in line while waiting to cast their votes during the presidential election at a school-turned-polling station in Guayaquil, Ecuador February 19, 2017.

Beijing likely to steer clear of Kim killing

Wading into the killing of Kim Jong-nam would only antagonise North Korea, at a time when its missile programme is the leading concern, experts say Beijing will maintain its distance from the murky saga of the murder of the estranged elder brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, in a bid to avoid further complicating its relations with its volatile neighbour, diplomatic sources and Chinese observers said. It is not known whether the head of the reclusive state was involved in the killing of Kim Jong-nam, but even if the younger Kim was linked to the death, Beijing was expected to stay silent as any accusations would only drive Pyongyang further into isolation.

Hunt for injured Sarach’s replacement gains steam

Bangkok Glass midfielder Chitpanya Tisud and Bangkok United’s Alexander Sieghart may get call-ups to the national team as Thailand coach Kiatisak Senamuang is looking to fill a void left by Sarach Yooyen’s absence due to injury. Muang Thong United midfielder Sarach suffered a broken ankle after a nasty challenge from Sukhothai’s Pichit Jaibun during a Thai League 1 match on Friday night.

Springsteen & the E Street Band ready to boost Christchurch

Vbase is ready to welcome 30,000 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band fans to AMI Stadium tomorrow night, 21 February for their first and only South Island concert. Vbase General Manager Darren Burden says the concert will not only boost spirits, it will also add at least $10 million into the local economy.

Forevermark Hits 2,000-Store Milestone

Forevermark has opened its 2,000th retail location worldwide, less than a decade after the De Beers-owned diamond brand was born. “Opening our 2,000th global retail door around eight years after launching the brand is an amazing achievement,” said Stephen Lussier, Forevermark’s chief executive officer.

McCully to visit Cook Islands

Foreign Minister Murray McCully will travel to the Cook Islands this week to undertake a range of meetings, including with Prime Minister Henry Puna and his Cabinet. “My discussions with Prime Minister Puna and his Cabinet will cover a range of matters including New Zealand’s support to the Cook Island’s tourism sector, which accounts for over 60% of national GDP,” Mr McCully says.

No love lost for Bibi in Australia

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem last September. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Australia this week was supposed to be a positive, official trip to further cement Australia’s bipartisan support for Israel.

Akhilesh, Prateek my two eyes: Mulayam’s 2nd wife

SAIFAI : Trying to close the chapter on a prolonged family feud for control over the Samajwadi Party, Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Yadav clan presented a picture of unity on Sunday. Speaking to reporters after the vote in their native village Saifai, the Yadavs came out with perfectly in-sync sound bytes to dispel any notion of fight within the family.

BlueScope profit jumps, to buyback shares

BlueScope Steel’s first-half profit has jumped 79.5 per cent, prompting the steelmaker to lift its dividend and announce a $150 million share buyback. Net profit of $359.1 million for the six months to December 31 was $159 million higher than the same period a year earlier.

Blast in Somalia kills 34 in Mogadishu marketplace

Somalia’s new president visited victims wounded by the Mogadishu car bomb that on Sunday killed 34. President Mohamed Abdulahi Mohamed offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those who planned the blast. The explosion hit a busy marketplace in the western part of the capital, said police Capt.

Four North Korean suspects fled Malaysia after airport Kim Jong Nam’s murder

Four North Korean suspects in the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fled Malaysia on the day he was attacked at Kuala Lumpur airport and apparently killed by a fast-acting poison, police said Sunday. A North Korean man, a Vietnamese woman and an Indonesian woman have been arrested already in connection with the death of Kim Jong Nam last Monday, which has triggered a diplomatic spat between Malaysia and Pyongyang.