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Heavy rain doused Bangkok yesterday afternoon, pouring an average of 100mm of rainwater on the capital for more than two hours. The deluge caused widespread flooding and a rush hour nightmare for commuters and motorists alike, Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang said today. Pathumwan, Phya Thai, Phra Nakorn, Pom Prab and Bangkok Noi districts were hit
Bhumjaithai party leader Anutin Charnvirakul maintains that his party will not relinquish the ministerial portfolios for transport, public health or tourism and sports to the Palang Pracharat party. In a Facebook post on Saturday night, he wrote “Ministries are meant for people to get to work, not for being traded. Period.” In the next post,
The Future Forward party aims to transform Thailand into a more livable society, where its people are not divided by hate politics, the military is democratic, with a decentralized bureaucracy and no monopolization by big business. This was the central message from Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit as he gave his vision speech at Thammasat University today (Saturday),
PHNOM PENH/HANOI (Reuters) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has accused Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of supporting genocide because of comments Lee made about Vietnam’s 1978 invasion of Cambodia which ended Pol Pot’s genocidal “killing fields” regime. In the remarks, which have stirred Cold War animosity and drawn a strong response from Vietnam,
“Marium”, a six-month-old baby dugong, a species of the same order as the manatee, was accidentally separated from and now misses her mom. She clings to an orange canoe with her arms and tags along as if it were her mother, according to Nantarika Chansue, a veterinarian of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University.
NASA said Friday it will open up the International Space Station to business ventures including space tourism as it seeks to financially disengage from the orbiting research lab. Price tag? Tens of millions of dollars for a round trip ticket and $35,000 a night. “NASA is opening the International Space Station to commercial opportunities and
The winner of the Democrat party’s 50th anniversary slogan contest in 1995 has returned the shield and 5,000 baht cash prize he was awarded in protest against what he described as the party‘s reneging on its promise not to support General Prayut Chan-o-cha’s bid for the premiership. Mr. Wara Chanmanee said today that he didn’t
While the Democrats have repeatedly insisted that the issue of the sharing of cabinet seats has already been settled, and warned of consequences if the promises are not kept, Palang Pracharat party leader Uttama Savanaya announced today that the issue is still alive and talks must continue between the parties concerned. “Talks must continue under
Bangkok city center and its suburbs were hit by strong winds and heavy rain on Friday afternoon (June 7), causing floods and traffic snarl-ups in Chatuchak Weekend Market, Ramkhamhaeng, Phaholyothin, Kasetsart, Prachacheun, Prachanukul, Ladphrao and Ratchadapisek.
Parliament came as no surprise. Everything had practically been stacked in his favour – from the electoral rules to role of the Senate. Now Prayut can claim political legitimacy for his second term in office, but the question is: Will he be able to handle the challenges lying ahead now that he will be at
Health officials have conducted fumigation operations in communities, schools and hospitals in Thailand’s central province of Ratchaburi after 14 Singaporean students and teachers on a study tour became ill from Chikungunya fever. Chikungunya fever is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which also spreads the Zika and Dengue viruses. Department of Disease Control (DDC) director-general
Thailand’s Office of the Narcotics Control Board and the Medical Science Department have warned against the use of illegal cannabis oil or drinks mixed with cannabis extracts because of their risks to health. NCB secretary-general Niyom Termsrisook said yesterday that claims, by some unscrupulous people, that their cannabis oil or drinks containing CBD or THC
Bangkok city center and its suburbs were hit by strong winds and heavy rain on Friday afternoon (June 7), causing floods and traffic snarl-ups in Chatuchak Weekend Market, Ramkhamhaeng, Phaholyothin, Kasetsart, Prachacheun, Prachanukul, Ladphrao and Ratchadapisek. The twitter account of Jor Sor 100 traffic radio was also inundated with images of flooded roads and damage
Democrat party leader Jurin Laksanavisit said today he believes the Palang Pracharat party will keep its promise over cabinet seats to be allocated to the Democrats, whereas Thepthai Senpong, a core party member, warned that the coalition government will be in big trouble if the promise is broken. In the meantime, Somsak Thepsutin, a key
It should not come as a surprise that General Prayut Chan-o-cha has been overwhelmingly voted as prime minister. It’s clear that all the rules and regulations were designed in his favour from the very beginning.
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (Reuters) – France will never forget the sacrifice of the Allied troops who liberated it from Nazi Germany, President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday, the 75th anniversary of the D-Day operation that helped bring World War Two to an end. U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May joined Macron at
