Thailand’s popular resort island of Phuket will reopen to outsiders on Monday, to coincide with the third phase of...

An alternative legal mechanism must be put in place, in parallel with the Communicable Disease Act, if the current...

LONDON (Reuters) – Two scientific advisers to the British government have warned that COVID-19 is still spreading too fast...

After recording 11 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday and Friday, Thailand reported just one new infection and no fatalities...

HONG KONG (Reuters) – The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong said on Saturday it was “a sad...

ATLANTA (AP) — Demonstrators marched, stopped traffic and in some cases lashed out violently at police as protests erupted...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that he would withdraw funding from the World Health Organization, end...

Health investigators are still unable to locate where a 72-year old man visited and contracted COVID-19, because the man...

Thailand recorded two new COVID-19 cases and one death today (Monday), bringing cumulative infections to 3,042 and fatalities to...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was unflustered by an earthquake that struck the capital Wellington...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is looking to lift a state of emergency for Tokyo and remaining areas still facing...

Crowned Miss Thailand 2008, Dr Panprapa Yongtrakul returned to the spotlight last week as assistant spokeswoman of the Centre...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday further limited travel from the world’s coronavirus hotspots by denying entry...

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s most populous state on Monday deployed hundreds of crowd control staff to enforce social distancing...

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police fired tear gas and pepper spray to disperse thousands protesting on Sunday...

For the fourth day this month, Thailand recorded no new COVID-19 infections or coronavirus related fatalities.  CCSA assistant spokesperson...

Opposition Pheu Thai Party is gearing up to grill the Government in parliament over three executive decrees, which authorize...

Thailand’s National Security Council (NSC) has been assigned, by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, in his capacity as the CCSA...

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Newspaper vendor Man, 60, was speechless when she saw the headline that Beijing plans to...

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran on Saturday moved to open businesses, religious and cultural sites as it eases restrictions imposed...

Thailand recorded three new COVID-19 cases today (Saturday), but no new fatalities. Cumulative infections in the country to date...

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing politicians sought to allay worries about the impact of China’s proposed national...

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s most populous state said on Saturday it recorded just three new cases of the coronavirus...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China recorded no new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland for May 22, down from four...

A total of 80 bodies have been recovered after a Pakistani plane crashed with nearly 100 people on board in...

South America has become “a new epicentre” of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization said Friday, following...

Owners of traditional Thai massage parlours in Germany are cautiously preparing for life in the “new normal” now that...

Thailand recorded three new COVID-19 cases for the second consecutive day today (Monday), bringing the cumulative total 3,031, with...

Former deputy commerce minister Banyin Tangpakorn, and five other individuals, were indicted today in connection with the abduction and...

(AFP) – The annual policy making meeting of the World Health Organization which begins in Geneva today with the...

Thais woke up on Sunday to find malls open for the first time since March 22, as the government’s...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s economy slipped into recession for the first time in 4-1/2 years, GDP data showed on...

In New Zealand, no one is exempt from the strict coronavirus prevention measures – not even Prime Minister Jacinda...

The BTS skytrain system is to extend its operating hours to 10.30pm from Sunday night, to conform to the...

Although it is likely that struggling Thai Airways International will have to apply for a court-sanctioned rehabilitation programme, under...

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s last patient with the new coronavirus has recovered and left hospital, leaving the Southeast...

Thailand enjoys another day free from new COVID-19 infections and fatalities, the second time this week. A beaming CCSA...

After years of heavy losses, Thailand’s struggling national airline is making headlines with its last-ditch attempt to survive a...

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, in his capacity as head of the CCSA, has listed the business and leisure...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s total novel corornavirus cases rose to 85,940 on Saturday, taking it past China, where...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats powered a massive $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill through the House on Friday, an election-year...

ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government on Saturday approved a decree which will allow travel to and from abroad from...

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has taken China, South Korea, Hong Kong and Macau off its list of COVID-19...

On behalf of His Majesty the King, Privy Councilor General Surayud Chulanont presided over Thailand’s annual Royal Ploughing Ceremony,...

Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) is likely to decide on Friday on a full list of business...

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand businesses including malls, cinemas, cafes and gyms will reopen on Thursday after some of...

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong authorities arrested more than 200 people during pro-democracy protests, media reported on Monday,...

Thailand reported six new COVID-19 cases today, including the four previously unofficial cases reported in Phuket yesterday, bringing the...

BEIJING (Reuters) – Wuhan, the original epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak in China, reported on Monday its first...

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean officials scrambled on Monday to contain a new coronavirus outbreak that is threatening to...

Millions of people in France and Spain were set to embrace a relaxation of stay-at-home rules on Monday, but...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co reopened its Shanghai Disneyland park on Monday to a reduced number of visitors,...

BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported 17 new COVID-19 cases for May 10, rising from a day earlier and marking...

TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese government will consider lifting the state of emergency on many of the 34 prefectures...

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Children in some Australian states began returning to school on Monday after an extended break due...

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will negotiate with the State Railway of Thailand over the waiving of rental fees...

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will reform its disease prevention and control system to address weaknesses exposed by the coronavirus...

Thailand reported four new COVID-19 cases today, bringing accumulated infections to 3,004, and one more fatality. The death was...

GENEVA (XINHUA) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday that countries that lift restrictions and open their...

Britain plans to introduce a 14-day mandatory quarantine for most international arrivals, reports said Saturday, despite growing pressure on...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s most populous states held back from easing COVID-19 restrictions on Saturday even as some states...

Thailand’s Meteorological Department is warning people to be prepared for summer storms, expected between 10th and 13th May, bringing...

BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported one new coronavirus case for Friday, unchanged from the day before, data from the...

Former Constitutional Court president Nurak Mapraneet was named privy councillor on Monday (May 4), becoming the 17th since His...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States issued a new rule on Friday tightening visa guidelines for Chinese journalists, saying...

The United States on Friday accused China and Russia of stepping up cooperation to spread false narratives over the...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Hundreds of people queued outside liquor stores in New Delhi on Monday as the Indian...

ROME (Reuters) – Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 174 on Sunday, against 474 the day...

Thailand’s daily new COVID-19 infections rose from 3 yesterday to 18 today. They are all illegal immigrants being held...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to extend the country’s state of emergency on Monday...

SYDNEY/WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand and Australia are discussing the potential creation of a “travel bubble” between the two...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he now believes as many as 100,000 Americans could...

SYDNEY (IDN) – Today the global media reports daily about the race to develop a vaccine against COVID-19, but...

LONDON (Reuters) – The British government had a contingency plan for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s death as he battled...

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Global coronavirus cases surpassed 3.5 million on Monday, with deaths nearing a quarter of a million,...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday there was “a significant amount of evidence” that...

Officials of the CCSA, the City Administration and police today inspected two luxury shopping malls in Bangkok, to check...

Finance permanent secretary Prasong Poonthanate has criticized those engaging in sporadic and highly visible protests in an attempt to...

Saturday saw 6 new COVID-19 infections recorded in Thailand, but no fatalities. Two of them caught the disease from...

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A northeastern Chinese city of 10 million people struggling with currently the country’s biggest coronavirus cluster...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore will start easing some curbs put in place to contain the spread of the coronavirus...

As Nok Air, Thai AirAsia, Thai Lion Air and Thai VietJet have resumed domestic services from Lampang, Mae Sot,...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian authorities are rounding up undocumented migrants as part of efforts to contain the spread...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced an immediate ban on military-grade assault weapons in response to the...

The World Health Organization reiterated Friday that the new coronavirus was of natural origin after US President Donald Trump...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days...

The CCSA, chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, has decided to extend the current state of emergency, due to...

Opposition demands for the convening of a special parliamentary meeting, to debate the Thai government’s three executive decrees, related...

Thailand today reported 9 new COVID-19 infections, which is the lowest daily increase since January 27th, when eight cases...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to work on Monday more than three weeks after being hospitalised for the...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the global coronavirus pandemic began, now has no remaining cases...

168 Thai nationals, many of them students, who have been stuck in New Zealand during the coronavirus lockdown, will...

New York, which has ground to a halt to stop the coronavirus pandemic, may start reopening manufacturing and construction...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China reported three new confirmed coronavirus cases on April 26, down from 11 a day earlier,...

Thailand’s Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, has offered his condolences to the family of a 72-year old public health volunteer...

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) recently held a meeting with 20 airline operators to discuss compulsory operating...

Thailand’s Meteorological Department has warned people in most parts of the country to brace for summer storms, bringing with...

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain could hit the grim milestone of 20,000 COVID-19 deaths later on Saturday, when the daily...

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The Indian government allowed a limited reopening of shops in neighborhoods and residential areas from...

TOKYO (Reuters) – A key government official in charge of Japan’s economic response to the coronavirus outbreak called off...