BANGKOK, June 4 (Reuters) - The frontrunner to be Thailand's next prime minister joined a Pride parade in Bangkok, promising to pass a law that would allow same-sex marriage and gender identity rights.
'Long Legs, Private Beach' (2022) -- a Blazing Hot Day at the Beach in the Shade and the Glorious Tropical Waters, Railay, Krabi Province, Southern Thailand
The opposition won the Thailand's May 14 election by a big margin and is preparing to take the reins of government. It's anyone's guess as to whether the country's military is going to let this happen.
🧵Huge win for democratic forces in #Thailand against the military and its conservative allies as well as the Shinawatra clan. The generals rigged the rules for forming a government in their own favor. 1/ #democracy v. #autocracy
Censorship events tend to emerge during elections around the world. This weekend #Thailand and #Turkiye have elections.
If you're in these countries, please consider running OONI Probe to measure internet censorship and contribute measurements: https://ooni.org/install/ 🙏
#ClimateDiary May 2023
Record temperatures in #Thailand and #Vietnam - so hot people are advised not to leave house. #Wildfires and record hot temperatures in #Canada. Meanwhile many hundreds die in devastating #Floods in #Congo and #Rwanda - and here in #UK, too, farmers struggling with weather extremes - hail and rain affecting #apple blossom. All in a day’s news
Billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted in a coup as the prime minister of #Thailand in 2006, announces he’ll return home from self-imposed exile in July, days ahead of a national election his party is expected to win.
"Looking at historical data from 1959 to 2021, we found that 31% of Earth’s land surface has already experienced such statistically implausible #heat.
We must be very cautious about using the historical record in isolation to estimate the “maximum” #heatwave possible. Policymakers across the globe should prepare for exceptional heatwaves that would be deemed #implausible based on current records."
Thai PM frontrunner attends Pride parade, promising same-sex marriage, gender identity rights (www.openlynews.com)
BANGKOK, June 4 (Reuters) - The frontrunner to be Thailand's next prime minister joined a Pride parade in Bangkok, promising to pass a law that would allow same-sex marriage and gender identity rights.