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Eight people were killed and 32 others injured when a freight train slammed into a public bus and multiple other vehicles on a railway crossing in Bangkok on Saturday afternoon, near the Makkasan Airport Rail Link station, sparking a horrific blaze.
The Democrat Party candidate running in the Bangkok gubernatorial election, Anucha Burapachaisri, has announced that he wants to transform Bangkok into a “City of Angels and more” and “a city of the future for new generations of Thai people.”
Peace talks between Thailand and the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) are expected to resume around the end of next month, said the newly-appointed Thai top peace negotiator.
The identities of the eight people killed in the freight train and bus collision in Bangkok have not yet been officially verified, prompting Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt to urge anyone whose family members may have boarded a route 206 bus and have not returned home to contact authorities.
A motorcycle taxi rider who witnessed the fatal train-bus collision in the heart of Bangkok yesterday described the scene as deeply traumatic, saying several accidents had previously occurred at the railway crossing, though never on such a devastating scale.
Minister Attached to the Prime Minister’s Office, Supamas Isarabhakdi, has ordered the Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB) to launch an urgent investigation into substandard solar rooftop installations, following reports of equipment melting, fire hazards and financial damage exceeding 500,000 baht.
Thailand has asked Iran to help secure the safe passage of about eight Thai-flagged ships stranded at either end of the Strait of Hormuz.
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt explained today that he has not yet officially stepped down, confirming he will see out his current term before flying abroad to attend his son’s graduation and returning to launch a campaign for a second term.
The Commerce Ministry has warned the general public, especially those who prefer to shop online, to be on the alert for fake or counterfeit products offered on digital platforms.
Riparian households in six provinces, including Bangkok, are advised to brace for high tides from tomorrow through next Sunday, which may result in overflows and flooding.
Local shrimp farmers in Bangkok’s Bang Khun Thian district are facing severe financial losses as the invasive blackchin tilapia population explodes, decimating their yields and forcing them to pivot to catching the pest species just to survive.
Right now, football fans would, under normal circumstances, be speculating about how well Lamine Yamal will perform in the upcoming World Cup and whether Germany, France, Argentina or Spain is the best team. Instead, dominating the 2026 World Cup talk are the names of a country not likely to win, and a political leader who famously refers to the sport as soccer and whose personal history with the “beautiful game” is non-existent.
The Thai private sector’s damning report on the ten most corrupt state agencies has sent a shockwave through the government bureaucracy, prompting immediate reactions, from Deputy Prime Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn to the director-general of the Pollution Control Department (PCD), who has demanded to see evidence of the alleged bribe taking.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul yesterday pledged to overhaul outdated regulations and to "walk hand-in-hand" with the private sector, asserting that the government is ready to act as a facilitator rather than a regulator to ensure Thailand’s competitiveness on the global stage.
According to local media, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and his cabinet have invited over 35 high-level executives from 10 key industrial sectors to Government House.
