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Kramatorsk, Ukraine - Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday his forces would observe a surprise Easter truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin set to last until midnight on Sunday, even as air-raid sirens sounded in Kyiv.
Six Indians were arrested yesterday by Yan Nawa police at a rented house in Sukhumvit Soi 109, in Samut Prakan, for allegedly kidnapping two of their compatriots and demanding a ransom payment for their release.
Thailand has been inundated by cross-border smog for decades, but the government’s response has remained lukewarm.
The son of a local politician in Pathum Thani province, who was involved in a road rage incident which went viral on social media on Thursday, was charged with three offences and fined 2,000 baht for each.
A video clip about his visit to Thailand last week, posted by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s team, used the Thai song “Om Pra Mah Pood" as a background music. The song title’s approximate translation is “Swear on Buddha Before You Speak”, and is widely known for its message about dishonest and untrustworthy behaviour.
The Department of Special Investigation is to question 51 engineers who were involved in the construction of the collapsed SAO building.
About 20 gold traders have filed complaints against a gold trading company with the Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD), accusing it of cheating them out of about a billion baht in gold ingots and cash.
The latest figures released during the World Diabetes Congress held by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) in Bangkok this week show that 11.6 per cent of Thais , approximately 6.5 million Thai adults, are living with diabetes.
Beijing - While China’s leaders use their economic and political might to fight Donald Trump’s trade war “to the end”, its army of social media soldiers are embarking on a more humorous campaign online.
As Malaysia prepares to meet US officials next week, to negotiate over the imposition of tariffs, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim stated today that maintaining good relations with both superpowers, China and the US, is crucial for Malaysia and the region.
In the next week to ten days, police expect to be seeking arrest warrants for those suspected of being responsible for the collapse of the State Audit Office building on March 28th, according to Pol Lt Gen Somprasong Yentuam, assistant commissioner-general, today.
Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim has denied meddling in Thailand’s internal politics, despite his appointment of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra as chief advisor to the ASEAN chair.
Thailand welcomes the Pandemic Accord after over three years of negotiations among the members of the World Health Organization (WHO). As a strong supporter of this UN agency, Thailand hopes that the new landmark agreement, which was concluded this week, will be able to respond effectively to future pandemics.
Thailand is set to propose five measures to the United States in trade talks, scheduled for April 23rd in Washington DC, aimed at easing the full impacts of the 36% reciprocal tariffs imposed on Thai exports to the US market.
Two more bodies were extracted from the debris in Zone C of the collapsed SAO building yesterday evening, while Bang Sue police continue to interrogate witnesses, the injured, relatives of the dead, officials of the State Audit Office and representatives of the contractors.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has urged Myanmar's junta leader, and the government-in-exile, to extend the ceasefire and to end internal conflicts, to enable humanitarian efforts to assist people affected by the devastating earthquake last month, which killed thousands.
