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The lingering effects of the El Niño weather phenomenon are taking a heavy toll on northern farmers, as a prolonged dry spell is leaving rice crops in Lampang province’s Thoen district withering away.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul hosted the Thai women’s national volleyball team at Government House, following their historic victory at the 2026 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship, which secured their long-sought qualification for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow will visit Malaysia this Sunday to discuss the wave of unrest in Thailand’s southernmost provinces, as violence continued early this morning with a village headman’s assistant shot dead in Narathiwat province.
A 14-year-old student who opened fire at a school in Kamphaeng Phet province yesterday used a 9mm Glock handgun stolen from his father and had been suspended after doctors diagnosed him with depression, investigators have said.
The House of Representatives overwhelming voted 414:2 today to kill the Senate’s version of the Clean Air Management Bill, which was allegedly watered down to favour of the business sector and to centralise the management mechanism.
