• House finally passes budget bill

    The bill calls for a 9.3% rise in spending from fiscal 2023, with a budget deficit to 693 billion baht, down 0.3% from the previous year.Its passage followed a three-day debate, with 298 lawmakers in favour and 166 against, with one abstention and one absent.Pending Senate approval and royal endorsement next week, long-awaited disbursement of state investment funds is expected to begin in early April.Rapid disbursement in the remaining months of the fiscal year is seen as crucial to efforts of...

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  • PHEVs pollute more than billed, but EPA just gave them a pass

    A new European study finds that plug-in hybrids pollute more than advertised, while in the U.S. the EPA appears ready to give them more emissions leeway. The European Commission study showed that new plug-in hybrids registered in 2021 averaged emissions of 139.5 grams of CO2 per kilometer, which was 3.5 times higher than what Europe's WLTP

  • US House passes bill to avoid government shutdown

    The US House of Representatives has passed a government funding bill with more support from Democrats than the majority Republicans, leading to a fresh threat by a hardline conservative lawmaker to oust the Speaker. The House’s 286-134 vote sends the $US1.2 trillion ($A1.8 trillion) bill to the Democratic-majority Senate, which has hours to act ahead […]

  • House passes final spending bills over Republican opposition

    The House of Representatives passed the remainder of its annual appropriations bills on Friday, marking the first step toward avoiding a shutdown just hours before federal funding is set to lapse for a slew of government agencies. Lawmakers passed the $1.2 trillion spending bill in a 286-134 vote, overcoming the two-thirds threshold needed to advance The House passed the remainder of its annual appropriations bills on Friday, marking the first step toward avoiding a shutdown just hours before...

  • Ribas-Namajunas clash headlines UFC Fight Night

    Expect an electrifying battle between the eighth-ranked flyweight Amanda Ribas against former strawweight champion Rose Namajunas.

  • Kentucky Is About to Pass the Cruelest Criminal-Justice Bill in America

    Paige Oamek, Rohan Montgomery The state is making it easier to kill homeless people on private property—and that’s just one part of one of the most draconian crime bills in recent history.

  • Thailand’s House of Representatives passes marriage equality bill

    Same-sex couples in Thailand may soon have the same legal rights to marry as those in heterosexual relationships, thanks to a bill that was passed in the country’s parliament on […]

  • Thailand lawmakers overwhelmingly pass bill to legalize homosexual 'marriage'

    Thailand's Senate is expected to pass the bill, which would then go to the king for approval.

  • Thailand poised to legalise same-sex marriage after parliament passes bill

    Lawmakers overwhelmingly vote to make country the first in south-east Asia to recognise same-sex unionsLawmakers in Thailand’s lower house of parliament have overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill that would make the country the first in south-east Asia to legalise equal rights for marriage partners of any gender.Four hundred of 415 lawmakers present voted for the bill on Wednesday and footage from inside parliament showed people standing and applauding afterwards. Continue reading

  • Dowson delivers injury latest ahead of Saints' clash with Saracens

    Furbank suffered a calf injury in England's final Guinness Six Nations game, away to France. He was unable to feature for Saints at Bristol Bears last Friday night and remains a big doubt for this week's clash at cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens. Saints boss Dowson said: "He's okay, slow progress, so he's touch and go for the weekend. "We'll hopefully know more as the week goes on but as it's a short turnaround again, it's a bit of a push for Furbs." George Hendy started at full-back for...

  • Trump says Facebook Should Also be Banned if TikTok Bill Passes

    Reiterating his opposition to Congressional efforts to ban TikTok, the former president argues that Facebook should also be banned.