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UN chief says world paying ‘horrific price’ for fossil fuels folly

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said developing nations were paying a “horrific price” for the world’s reliance on fossil fuels, as he toured parts of...

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Woman gives birth in truck stuck on flooded road in Rayong

A doctor and nurses from Klaeng district hospital in Thailand’s Rayong province helped a pregnant woman give birth to...

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Five dead after NZ boat reportedly collides with whale

Five people are dead after a boat flipped over in waters off of New Zealand’s South Island on Saturday, with “indications” the vessel capsized after colliding with...

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Thai Royal family send letters of condolence for the passing of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II

Their Majesties the King and Queen of Thailand have sent a message of condolence to Britain’s King Charles III,...

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Britain, facing economic crisis, pauses to mourn the queen

The death of Queen Elizabeth has stilled the business of state in Britain at a time when the government, Bank of...

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Tropical fish farms ordered to turn over their GMO fish to Thai Fisheries Department

The Thai Fisheries Department has ordered all commercial tropical fish breeders to turn over their genetically-modified (GMO) fish, such...

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56 provinces warned of waterway overflows following heavy rain

Thailand’s National Water Command Centre issued advice to people in 56 provinces today (Saturday), including Bangkok and its suburbs,...

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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes Papua, Indonesia, no tsunami warning -BMKG

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck the region of Papua in Indonesia on Saturday and has no potential to trigger a...

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Queen Elizabeth’s family rush to side of ailing monarch

Britain’s royal family rushed to be with Queen Elizabeth after doctors said they were concerned about the health of the 96-year-old monarch on Thursday and...

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About 100 elephants foraging for food outside Thap Lan National Park

Officials from Thailand’s Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and local administration organisations have been working on...

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Last international telco in Myanmar sold

Telecom giant Ooredoo has reportedly sold its Myanmar operations to a Singapore based company for US$576,000,000. The last of...

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Thailand’s Charter Court asks for more information on PM’s term case

The Constitutional Court is scheduled to meet again on September 14th, to discuss the 8-year term in office of...

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Three emergency workers injured in a textile warehouse fire

Three rescue volunteers were injured when the wall of a burning textile warehouse collapsed onto them as they were...

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Water expert’s advice on flooding – “Help yourself as much as possible.”

A water expert at Rangsit University’s Centre for Climate Change and Disasters, Dr. Seri Suparatit, has advised people living...

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Bill to end the rights of senators in the selection of Thailand’s prime minister ditched by parliament

The hopes of non-governmental organisations to strip senators of the right to select the prime minister after the next...

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Customs officials seize 8 tonnes of imported pork in Maha Sarakham

Thai customs officials seized about eight tonnes of frozen pork, worth about 1.6 million baht, from two trucks in...

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Thai medical organisations ask government to rethink cannabis legalisation

The Medical Council of Thailand, along with 16 other medical organisations and royal colleges, have signed a petition seeking...

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Thai TikToker builds following with tips on frugal living

A Thai TikToker‘s tips on grocery shopping on a budget of just 4,000 baht ($109) a month are attracting thousands of followers amid...

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S.Korea offers talks with N.Korea to discuss reunion of separated families

South Korea on Thursday offered talks with North Korea to discuss a reunion of families separated by the 1950-53...

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Luxury cars worth tens of millions of baht seized from Ponzi scheme boss in Chiang Mai

Technology Crime Suppression Division (TCSD) police in Thailand have seized luxury sports cars, Harley Davidson motorcycles and brand name...

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41 more Rohingya found on an island off Thailand’s Satun province

Thai authorities have found 41 more Rohingya, from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, on an island off the southern province of...

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Mysterious remains kept at a Thai morgue for eight years finally identified

The mother of a woman who went missing about eight years ago was recently informed by the Mirror Foundation...

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Thailand wins gold, three silver and bronze medals at Aerobic Gymnastics Asian Championship

Thailand’s Chawisa Inthakul won the gold medal in the dance event at the 7th Aerobic Gymnastics Asian Championship held...

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Ten Rohingya plucked from the sea off Satun province by a Thai trawler

Ten Rohingya, from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, were rescued from the sea off the southern border province of Satun by...

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Police crackdown on a gang selling of fake health products online

The Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD) and the Thai Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) have smashed a gang offering...

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Man arrested after he allegedly shot 3 students to death in Krabi

Three high-school students were shot dead in the Khao Phanom District of Thailand’s southern province of Krabi last night...

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Empty hotel on Koh Samui ransacked, 70 million baht in valuables stolen

Police on Koh Samui, in Thailand’s southern province of Surat Thani, are holding three suspects in custody, on intrusion...

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Porsche to enter stock market before the end of 2022: VW

German auto group Volkswagen on Monday said it would go ahead this year with a highly anticipated stock market entry for its...

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Shelling forces Ukraine nuclear plant off grid as Zelensky warns of ‘disaster’

The last working reactor at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was disconnected from the grid after shelling caused a fire,...

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50 years on, Germany asks for forgiveness over 1972 Munich Games attacks

Germany’s president asked for forgiveness on Monday for his country’s failure to protect Israeli athletes and team memberswho were...

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Russia pockets $158 bn in energy exports after war: report

Russia has raked in a whopping 158 billion euros ($158 billion) in energy exports in the six months following its invasion of Ukraine, with the EU...

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Thousands evacuate as Typhoon Hinnamnor hits S.Korea

Thousands of South Koreans have evacuated as Typhoon Hinnamnor made landfall in the country’s south, authorities said on Tuesday, with heavy rain...

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Prawit insists he has no power to reshuffle Cabinet

Acting Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan on Monday dismissed speculation of a possible Cabinet reshuffle. “I am just a...

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Charter Court ruling on PM’s term will be a “breaking point” – UDD leader Jatuporn

A ruling from the Constitutional Court on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s 8-year term in office, whether it is in...

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1,280 hectares of rice fields in Nakhon Ratchasima flooded and damaged

More than 1,280 hectares of rice fields in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima have been damaged after being...

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Bangkok urged to promote bicycle communities

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is being urged to promote the creation of bicycle “communities” in the capital, to...

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Hamas authorities execute five Palestinians in Gaza

Gaza’s ruling Hamas Islamists executed five Palestinians on Sunday, two of them on charges of espionage for Israel that...

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Police chief in Chiang Rai removed following raid on Par Club

The police superintendent of Muang district police, in Thailand’s northern province of Chiang Rai, Pol Colonel Kittipong Sukwattanapun, has...

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Thai FDA insists public safety the priority if kratom is to be used in food and cosmetics

The Thai Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) will not compromise on public safety when allowing kratom (Mitragyna speciose) to...

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Fuel leak to delay first launch of NASA’s Artemis moon rocket for weeks

For the second time in a week, NASA on Saturday aborted an attempt to launch its giant, next-generation rocketship, citing a...

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Prawit plays down Cabinet reshuffle speculation

Acting Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan today dismissed speculation about an imminent Cabinet reshuffle. “Why should there be a Cabinet...

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Ex-park chief summoned to acknowledge charge of murdering Karen activist

Former Kaeng Krachan National Park chief Chaiwat Limlikhitaksorn and his three former subordinates have been summoned to the Department...

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Thailand’s acting PM gets qualified prime ministerial authority under new edict

Acting Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan now has full decision-making powers on matters concerning budget and staff, under a ministerial...

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About 360,000 fake brand name items seized by DSI officials

Officials from the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) have seized about 360,000 pirated brand name items, worth about 120...

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Over 135,000 hectares of land, including 42,560 hectares of rice fields in Thailand flooded

More than 135,000 hectares of land, including about 42,560 hectares of rice fields in the Nan, Chao Phraya, Pasak...

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Schoolboy needs surgery after being forced by teacher to stand and sit 200 times

A 15-year-old schoolboy is awaiting surgery, to treat serious muscle inflammation at the back of his left knee, after...

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Serena Williams puts off retirement with U.S. Open first round win

Serena Williams signalled she is not quite ready for retirement advancing to the second round of the U.S. Open on Monday with a scrappy 6-3 6-3 win over Danka Kovinic. The...

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Five seriously injured in blast at cooking gas filling factory

Five workers were seriously injured in an explosion at a cooking gas tank filling factory in Bang Sao Thong...

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EC – Next election may not be held according to amended charter if House is dissolved too soon

Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) will not have the legal authority to hold the next general election under the amended...

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Deputy head of Thailand’s corruption watchdog fired for being ‘unusually wealthy’

Deputy secretary-general of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), Prayad Puangchampa, was dismissed from service today (Monday), after he was...

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Former Thai MP Sira Jenjaka sentenced to 16 months in prison

Former Palang Pracharath MP Sira Jenjaka was sentenced to 16 months in prison without suspension today (Monday), after Don...

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Thailand’s new police chief announced

The National Police Policy Committee Meeting has voted unanimously to appoint Police General Damrongsak Kittipraphat as the next National...

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Efforts underway to return three historic artefacts to Thailand from USA

The US Department of Homeland Security has been negotiating with the Denver Art Museum for the return of three...

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Huge relief operation under way as Pakistan flood death toll rises

A huge relief operation was under way Monday and international aid began trickling in as Pakistan struggled to deal with monsoon flooding that has affected more than 33...

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Dollar hits 20-year high as Fed flags higher rates for longer

SINGAPORE, Aug 29 (Reuters) – The U.S dollar surged to a 20–year high against a basket of currencies on Monday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signalled...

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Tomato flu not yet in Thailand, but being monitored

While no cases have yet been reported in the country, Thailand is closely monitoring the tomato flu situation in...

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First Thai team, led by Thanathorn, completes Mont-Blanc trail run

Progressive Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit and his two running mates have become the first team from Thailand to complete...

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Serena Williams readies farewell as US Open begins

Serena Williams will take centre stage as the US Open gets under way on Monday with the 23-time Grand Slam winner...

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5 waterfalls in and around Khao Yai closed to tourists until end of September

Five waterfalls in Khao Yai National Park, in Thailand’s north-eastern provinces of Nakhon Ratchasima and adjacent Nakhon Nayok, have...

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Race to discharge more water through Pasak Jolasid and Chao Phraya dams

Thailand’s Royal Irrigation Department is racing against time to discharge more water through the Pasak Jolasid Dam in Lop...

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Thailand’s Kratom Plant Act announced in Royal Gazette

The law on kratom trees (Mitragyna speciosa), which seeks to decriminalise kratom leaves and remove them from the list...

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Moscow film festival opens with praise of soldiers in Donbas

MOSCOW (AP) — The 44th Moscow International Film Festival opened Friday with reduced foreign representation amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict....

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Los Angeles residents protest ‘Fast and Furious’ street races

A Los Angeles neighborhood featured in the “Fast and Furious” movies held protests against the filming of the franchise’s latest installment Friday, claiming the...

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UN session on high seas biodiversity ends without agreement

UN member states ended two weeks of negotiations Friday without a treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, an agreement that would have addressed growing environmental and...

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Ukraine nuclear plant back online as inspection prepared

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, occupied by Moscow’s troops, came back online Friday, the state operator said after Kyiv claimed it was cut from the...

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Raid on Trump home sparked by recovery of top secret info

The stunning FBI raid on Donald Trump’s palatial Florida home was triggered by a review of 15 boxes of records...

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Walk-A-Tif: The ‘Thai-Saudi Bridge’ Exhibition

This year seems to be a golden year for Thailand and Saudi Arabia relations, after the 2 countries agreed...

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Incendiary device found in 7-11 in Narathiwat province neutralised

Staff at a convenience store in the southern border province of Narathiwat narrowly escaped injury from an improvised incendiary...

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Thailand reports sixth confirmed monkeypox case

A Thai woman, returning from Qatar, has become the sixth confirmed monkeypox case in Thailand, according to Dr. Opart...

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THG Chairman banned from holding an executive post for 42 months

Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has agreed to bar Thonburi Healthcare Group (THG) Chairman and CEO Dr. Boon...

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Ukraine narrowly escapes nuclear catastrophe as plant loses power, Zelenskiy says

KYIV, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the world narrowly avoided a radiation disaster as electricity to Ukraine‘s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was cut for hours due...

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Thai parliament passes anti-torture and enforced disappearance law

The draft Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act, with its 34 sections, was finally passed on...

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U.S. suspends 26 Chinese flights in response to China flight cancellations

WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) – The U.S. government said on Thursday it will suspend 26 China-bound flights from the United States by four Chinese carriers in response to the Chinese government’s decision...

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Russia blames Ukraine for nationalist’s car bombing death

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top counterintelligence agency on Monday blamed Ukrainian spy services for organizing the killing of the...

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Household electricity users to get discounts from September to December

Thailand’s Committee on Energy Policy Administration (CEPA) agreed today (Monday) to help shoulder the burden on household electricity consumers...

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Man pilloried online for ramming car into students on zebra crossing

A motorist has come under heavy criticism on social media today (Monday) after he allegedly rammed his car into...

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Over 93% do not want Thai PM to remain in office after 8 years – Survey

More than 93% of respondents say that they object to the prime minister remaining in office after eight years,...

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Thai rapper ‘Milli’ wows the US again

Thai rapper Danupha “Milli” Khanatheerakul has created another buzz with her recent performance at the “Head in the Clouds...

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Ranger killed and another injured in insurgent attack in Narathiwat province

A para-military ranger was killed and another injured when a road checkpoint in Janae district in the southern province...

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House Speaker to submit petition concerning PM’s term to Constitutional Court on Monday

Chuan Leekpai, President of Thailand’s National Assembly and House Speaker, is expected to submit the opposition parties’ petition to...

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CCSA to decide next month whether to lift emergency decree

Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) will meet in September to consider whether the state of emergency, put...

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South Korea, U.S. begin military drills amid N.Korea backlash

SEOUL, Aug 22 (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States began their annual joint military drills on Monday with a resumption of field training, officials...

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At least 21 killed in Somalia hotel siege, many hostages freed

MOGADISHU, Aug 21 (Reuters) – Security forces have ended a siege by al Qaeda-linked militants at a hotel in Somalia‘s capital in which more than 20 people were killed and...

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Couple stabbed to death at mall in Pathum Thani

A couple were stabbed to death at a shopping mall in Thailand’s Pathum Thani province this afternoon (Saturday), following...

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Enforcement of Thailand’s new safety belt law pending edict from police

Thailand’s Land Traffic Act B.E. 2565 (2022AD), which mandates that all passengers in private and public transport vehicles, except...

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Thai speleologist relates his cave exploration experiences

Rueangrit Promdam has a passion for caves and all forms of life therein. That is why, several years ago,...

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Background to the Forex-3D swindle

Forex-3D is the name of the foreign exchange futures investment scheme created by a forex brokerage company, “RMS Familia”....

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Seven students injured as bridge collapses into a lake

Seven students sustained injuries when a steel bridge over a man-made lake, on which they and a dozen others...

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Putin to allow inspectors to visit Russia-occupied nuclear plant

Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed that independent inspectors can travel to the Moscow-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the French presidency said Friday, as fears grow...

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Warning of heavy rain until Monday in Thai 40 provinces

Thailand’s Meteorological Department issued a bulletin today (Saturday) warning people living in 40 provinces across the country, including Bangkok...

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Muay Thai boxing king Buakaw too strong for Japanese MMA challenger

Thailand’s top Muay Thai boxer Buakaw Banchamek proved too strong for his Japanese challenger and MMA heartthrob Kota Miura...

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China sentences tycoon Xiao Jianhua to 13 years, fines his company $8.1 bln

BEIJING, Aug 19 (Reuters) – A Shanghai court on Friday sentenced Chinese-Canadian billionaire Xiao Jianhua, not seen in public since 2017, to 13 years in jail...

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Thai actress and mother held on remand in alleged Ponzi scheme scandal

Actress Savika Chaiyadej, aka “Pinky”, and her mother Sarinya were among 19 people indicted on criminal charges today (Thursday)...

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Free vaccination service at Bang Sue Grand Station extended until end of September

Thailand’s largest vaccination centre, at Bangkok’s Bang Sue Grand Station, will continue to provide a free COVID-19 inoculation service...

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Man held for questioning after undocumented migrant workers die in road accident

Police in Thailand’s southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat are holding a Thai man for questioning, to try to...

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Activist’s bid to seek charter court ruling on PM’s term in office rejected

Thailand’s ombudsman has rejected a petition, filed by political activist Srisuwan Janya demanding that the ombudsman seek a ruling...

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U.N. expert concludes ‘forced labour’ has taken place in Xinjiang

BEIJING, Aug 18 (Reuters) – It is “reasonable to conclude” that forced labour of members of minority groups has...

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Man found dead in a bombed-out convenience store in Narathiwat province

The body of a man was found yesterday (Wednesday) in one of more than a dozen of 7-Eleven and...

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Public consent required for pilot 4am extension of Khao San pub hours

Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports will propose its pilot project, to allow pubs and bars in Bangkok’s Khao...

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Legendary Thai actor Sombat Metanee dies at 85

One of Thailand’s best known former actors and directors, Sombat Metanee, died today at the age of 85. According...

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