From 1st October 2019 a VAT reverse charge will apply in the UK to supplies of construction services, meaning 100,000 to 150,000 businesses in the construction and building sectors will have to change their accounting systems. Draft regulations have been published for consultation setting out the details.
Millions of speed pills and 300kg crystal meth seized in Northern Thailand
About 9 million methamphetamine pills and 300 kilogrammes of crystal meth have been seized and a key drug suspect arrested in Thailand’s Chiang Dao district.
Suspected dealer Panatkit Soponphumipanya was arrested in the border area of Ban Pa Bong Ngam in tambon Mueang Na on Monday.
The drugs were in his possession.
Seventeen-year-old caught in Thailand with drugs worth US$3.12m
His arrest was announced on Friday at a news conference by Sirinya Sitdhichai, secretary-general of…
Trump’s nominee for US ambassador to South Korea supports ‘a pause’ in joint military exercises
US President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to South Korea expressed his support Thursday for Trump’s pledge to stop military exercises in the area, a concession some US lawmakers worried could weaken Washington’s alliance with Seoul against Pyongyang.
Harry Harris, a retired admiral and former commander of US Forces in the Pacific, said during his Senate confirmation hearing that the US should halt major military drills with South Korea in exchange for concrete steps…
CIS gross payment can be cancelled without considering effect on taxpayer
The UK’s HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) could cancel a company’s gross payment status for the purposes of the construction industry scheme (CIS) without considering whether it would have a seriously detrimental effect on the company, the Supreme Court has decided.
Thai government steps up efforts to crack down on fake news
By Gregory Morrissey
Thai authorities are stepping up a crackdown on false and misleading information targetting the government which is spreading quickly via social media platforms.
Concerns about “fake news” were heightened after a London-based Facebook user posted on the KonthaiUK Facebook site a photo and a message suggesting corruption in the government’s satellite project.
Computer crime warrant in Thailand out for London-based Facebook user ‘KhonthaiUk’ for…
‘Drowned’ man returns nearly a year after wrong body is given to his wife in Japan
Imagine you have cremated your husband’s body, which was found in a river in your city. You enter a period of mourning and then begin to remake your life. Now, imagine 11 months later, your supposedly dead husband walking through your front door.
That is what happened to a Japanese woman who in June 2017 was given the body of a man, believed to be her husband, who had been found dead in the Edo River in eastern Toyko.
According to local media, the handover occurred after police examined…
MEPs push for US ultimatum on the Privacy Shield
A committee of MEPs is pushing for an ultimatum to be served on the US government to strengthen the safeguards provided for in the EU-US Privacy Shield.
Malaysian top judges quit as Mahathir Mohamad’s new government cleans house
Malaysia’s top two judges are resigning, court officials said Wednesday, the latest senior public servants to leave their posts since the former government lost power.
Chief Justice Raus Sharif and appeal court president Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin are to step down on July 31, a judiciary statement said.
They are the latest senior officials to quit, or be forced from, their jobs since Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad won a shock election victory last month on a pledge to clean up a government…
US politicians on both sides of the aisle sceptical of Trump-Kim summit and what might follow
US Republican and Democratic leaders are not quite celebrating President Donald Trump’s historic meeting Tuesday with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, saying the initial agreement they struck won’t mean much unless the North completely denuclearises.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell called the meeting a “major first step,” in US-North Korea relations, but not a decisive one if North Korea does not follow through.
Trump’s vow to end military drills with…
Climate change losses will continue to grow, Lloyd’s warns
Potential economic losses from climate change and extreme weather events will continue to grow in the world’s largest cities, which are already facing an estimated annual average loss of $123 billion, according to a new report.