Clean-up operations ramp up in Chiang Mai as floodwaters recede
Residents and businesses in downtown Chiang Mai have started to clean their properties and assess the extent of the damage today as floodwaters recede.
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Residents and businesses in downtown Chiang Mai have started to clean their properties and assess the extent of the damage today as floodwaters recede.
The prime minister admitted today that she regrets that her performance at the Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) summit in Qatar has been criticised.
The Kesa Komon Bridge in Bangkok’s Dusit district will remain closed for at least five more days for major repairs, after the approach road to the bridge collapsed Sunday night, leaving a sinkhole about three metres deep, ten metres long and five metres wide, due to the construction of a dam in the Prem Prachakon Canal.
A close ally of detained Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi died of leukaemia on Monday, a party source told AFP, days after being released from junta custody on health grounds.
The only partial opening of five of the six downstream sluice gates on the Ping River and garbage mounting up in front of the gates have been blamed for the slow discharge of water from the swollen river and the subsequent flooding of areas of Chiang Mai province.
Tourism and Sports Minister Sorawong Thienthong has ruled out the possibility of a revival of the “Rao Tiew Duay Kan” (We Travel Together) co-payment scheme, to boost tourism in northern provinces during the fourth quarter of this year and to offset the impacts on tourism-related businesses of the prolonged flooding
A Dubai businessman flew into Bangkok and donated about 5 million baht to support Khao Kheow Open Zoo and “Moo Deng”, a pygmy hippo that is currently enjoying worldwide fame.
Assoc Prof Nantana Nantavaropas has made headlines after accusing many of her fellow Senate members of collaborating with a political party to dominate the Upper House.
A 71-year-old woman died in a hospital in Chiang Mai after the boat, which had been sent to rescue her and two others, capsized in deep floodwater.
One year has passed since the Hamas attack on Israel, yet six Thai hostages remain captive. Their families are losing hope as the war drags on with no end in sight.
Jerusalem, Undefined - The Israeli military said Monday that at least four projectiles were fired from the Gaza Strip just minutes after the country began to formally commemorate last year's October 7 attacks.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will attend the ASEAN-related summits later this week in Laos on behalf of President Joe Biden, according to an informed source.
Riverside residents in Nonthaburi are being advised to move their belongings to higher ground and to reinforce the sandbag floodwalls surrounding their houses and communities, in preparation for flooding.
Beirut, Lebanon - Palestinian militant group Hamas said an Israeli strike killed one of its commanders in a refugee camp in north Lebanon Saturday, the first time the area had been hit since the start of the Gaza war.
About 30 people are stranded in a housing estate in Mueang district of Chiang Mai and have not eaten all day.