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Warren, United States - With music blasting and flags flying, supporters of Donald Trump celebrated his barnstorming first 100 days back in office as they gathered in Michigan in a party-like atmosphere to see the US president speak.
The Bank of Thailand’s Monetary Policy Committee voted 5 to 2 today to cut the policy rate by 25 basis points, to 1.75%, with immediate effect, Sakkapop Panyanukul, secretary of the committee, announced after its meeting.
The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Office decided today to hold an inquiry, scheduled for June 13, to find out if the prison term imposed on former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra had been enforced.
A male motorist succumbed to his injuries in hospital after a cement block reportedly fell from an elevated expressway construction site on Rama II Road onto his pickup’s windscreen in Samut Sakhon province yesterday.
About six months after recovering from the worst flooding in three decades, the Mae Sai border district of Chiang Rai province was struck by another flash flood today.
Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat assured the public today that disbursement of the 10,000 baht benefit, under the third phase of the “digital wallet” scheme, will be in either May or June as scheduled.
Prachin Buri Governor Veera Dee-on made an abrupt U-turn, rescinding his order appointing a Chinese national as his official advisor, after the appointment was exposed by the US-based investigative website “CSI LA”, renowned for exposing irregularities in government agencies and among politicians.
Thailand’s GDP growth this year may drop to 1.5-1.8% and export growth may shrink to zero, year on year, losing its competitiveness to Vietnam, if the country is hit with the full 36% reciprocal tariff by the US for more than six months, or faces a higher tariff than Vietnam, according to the worst-case scenario forecast by Krungsri Research.
A senior executive and seven engineers from Italian-Thai Development Plc reported to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) today for questioning, regarding their roles and responsibilities in the construction of the State Audit Office building, which collapsed on March 28th as a result of tremors from the devastating earthquake in Myanmar
The lèse-majesté charge against an American lecturer at a Phitsanuloke university has attracted political attention, with the House Committee on the Military now seeking an explanation from the army.
A motorist was injured when a cement block fell from the Rama 2 elevated expressway construction site onto his pickup truck.
The Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Office is due to deliver a ruling on Wednesday, in response to a petition by former Democrat MP Charnchai Issarasena Na Ayudhya for an enquiry into the Corrections Department’s handling the imprisonment of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Thailand’s justice system is under siege from a surge in “justice warriors”, reflecting a deepening public mistrust in its ability to protect the vulnerable, experts warn.
Lights flickered back to life in Spain and Portugal early Tuesday after a massive blackout hit the Iberian peninsula stranding passengers in trains and hundreds of elevators while millions saw phone and internet coverage die.
Thailand may be excluded from a list of ten countries mostly likely to face the imposition of high reciprocal tariffs by the United States, Commerce Minister Pichai Naripthaphan said today, quoting a source in the US private sector.
Violence continued today in Thailand’s southernmost province of Yala, leaving two border patrol police officers dead and another injured.
