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Pope Francis has landed in Bangkok for his three-day visit to Thailand. The papal plane touched down at the Don Muang military airport shortly after 12 pm. He was welcomed on the tarmac by President of Privy Council Gen Surayud Chulanont and greeted by senior members of the Catholic church and hundreds of Catholic faithfuls.
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The last band of anti-government protesters trapped inside a besieged Hong Kong university were weighing a narrowing range of options early on Wednesday as police outside appeared ready to simply wait them out. Reuters witnesses said fewer than 100 protesters remained inside the Hong Kong Polytechnic University after more than 1,000
The board of Metropolitan Rapid Transit, owner of MRT lines in Bangkok and its suburbs, has agreed to reduce fares for travel, during off-peak hours and on public holidays, on the Blue and Purple lines for a three-month promotional period starting on Christmas Day, December 25th. Mr. Saravuth Songsirilai, director-general of the Highways Department and
The Royal Forest Department has ordered a fact-finding investigation into how 11 healthy, decades-old Yang Na trees, along a road in Takua Thung district of the southern province of Phang-nga, were said to be dying and were cut down by officials from the Forest Industry Organization, with approval of the department’s chief. The chief, Mr.
The third phase of the “Chim-Shop-Chai” (Eat-Shop-Spend) program has a special quota of 500,000 reserved for elderly people, in addition to the already fully subscribed quota for 1.5 million for people of all ages. Mr. Lawan Saengsanit, director of the Fiscal Policy Office, said today that the Finance Ministry has not set a time frame,
Three traffic police officers were injured this evening (Tuesday), one of them seriously, in the roadside detonation of a device, believed to have been planted by southern insurgents, in the Ruesoh district of Thailand’s southern border province of Narathiwat. The three injured were part of a team of six traffic officers, deployed to a road
Tens of thousands of people are expected to converge on the National Stadium on Rama I Road tomorrow evening to attend Holy Mass to be celebrated by Pope Francis who is scheduled to arrive in Bangkok at 12.30 pm today for a three-day visit. It will be one of the highlights of his visit to
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Dozens of Hong Kong protesters staged a dramatic escape from a university campus sealed off by police on Monday by shimmying down plastic hosing from a bridge and fleeing on waiting motorbikes as the police fired projectiles. Many more anti-government protesters remained trapped inside the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and
Another historic and highly-politicised case climaxes on Wednesday this week with a Constitution Court ruling on charges that Future Forward leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit still owned shares in a company doing a media business when he registered as a candidate for the March election. Here are facts about the case, which will determine the immediate
Since last Tuesday, Venice has been facing the worst flooding in its history. It is being caused by, what is known locally as, “acqua alta”, or unusually high tides, which peaked at 1.87 metres. The images show scenes of devastation. At least one person has died after being electrocuted as the flood waters engulf power