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PM Anutin Charnvirakul’s policy statement, to be delivered in parliament this week, spans 21 pages and is built on the key pillars of the economy, foreign affairs and security, social development, disaster management and the environment, public administration and legal reform.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today warned that the energy crisis could worsen if the conflict in the Middle East escalates, urging the Thai public to seriously conserve fuel.
Chiang Mai’s municipal area has the worst air pollution of any major city in the world today, according to the IQAir website.
US President Donald Trump made an expletive-filled threat Sunday to destroy Iran's civilian infrastructure, demanding Tehran bow to his demands for a deal to reopen the Gulf to shipping as oil prices surge.
Inspectors from the Department of Internal Trade (DIT) under the Ministry of Commerce have been conducting random inspections of outlets selling LPG cooking gas and gas-filling facilities to ensure they are not cheating customers by selling less gas than the tanks’ stated capacity.
A volunteer firefighter has been found dead near his cashew plantation, next to a community forest in Wang Chin district of the northern province of Phrae, after he was reported missing while working with other volunteers to contain a forest fire.
For the first time in more than half a century, astronauts will fly around the Moon on Monday, marking the high point of the Artemis 2's lunar mission.
Most respondents doubt the three technocrat ministers can steer the country through the current energy and economic crises, and most do not sympathise with the government of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, according to a NIDA poll.
Immigration Bureau is advising air travellers to take extra care after a rise in credit card thefts during flights, most of which occur on short-haul international sectors lasting no more than three hours.
Thailand’s aviation regulator expects airlines to adjust flight frequencies after the Songkran holiday in response to rising fuel costs, although domestic travel during the festive period remains unaffected.
At a time when travel feels uncertain—the result of conflicts in West Asia and rising fuel costs—Bangkok’s rail lines offer a quiet kind of freedom.
ASEAN foreign ministers are scheduled to meet online Friday to follow up their discussion on the situation in the Middle East and its impacts on regional economies, according to an information source.
The United States said Sunday it rescued a service member missing behind enemy lines since Iran downed a fighter jet, as President Donald Trump escalated pressure on Tehran with a new looming deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
A major Thai oil company has launched a campaign, inviting people to bring used cooking oil in exchange for diesel or gasohol, in a move aimed at easing the rising cost of living and promoting sustainable energy use.
A man was arrested in Sangkhla Buri district of Kanchanaburi for allegedly attempting to smuggle 1,260 litres of gasohol, cleverly concealed beneath a cargo of ice, across the border into Myanmar.
Three ministers of the Bhumjaithai party and one secretary-general will step down as party-list MPs, in order to concentrate on their executive responsibilities and to pave the way for other party-list candidates to become party-list MPs.
