Hope and heartbreak in rescue efforts for elephants in flooded Chiang Mai
Efforts to save elephants from their heavily flooded sanctuaries in Chiang Mai province continue today.
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Efforts to save elephants from their heavily flooded sanctuaries in Chiang Mai province continue today.
History and creativity are uniquely blended in the traditional clothes and styles of each Southeast Asian country. However, while there are still a few nations in the region that have kept their traditional manner of dressing and styles over the years, most have already adopted western garb, both formal and casual, for everyday wear.
Water in the Ping River at the Nawarat Bridge in Chiang Mai reached 5.25m at 5am this morning, the highest level for 50 years, submerging the downtown area again and making many roads impassable.
More than 1,000 defence volunteers and emergency teams have been sent to Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai to help local officials cope with the second round of flooding within a month, currently wreaking havoc in Mae Sai and several other districts in the two northern provinces.
Wanlop Rungkumjad has been nominated as Best Leading Actor at the 61st Golden Horse Awards, marking the first time a Thai actor has been nominated at this renowned Mandarin-language film event.
Residents of downtown Chiang Mai and outlying districts have been advised to prepare for worse flooding tonight and to move to safer ground, according to Chuchoke Aryupong, a water expert at Chiang Mai University.
Beirut, Lebanon - Israel's military said Thursday it had hit Hezbollah's intelligence headquarters in the Lebanese capital Beirut, as troops battled militants near the border and warplanes bombarded their strongholds around the country.
National park officials, boats and FWD trucks are rushing to an elephant conservation centre in Mae Taeng district of Chiang Mai to evacuate about 100 elephants and hundreds of other animals, as floodwater reaches two metres and is still rising.
Police arrested a suspected car thief, retrieved the car she allegedly stole and rescued a cat napping inside the car, at a hostel in the Lat Phrao area of Bangkok last night, about eight hours after the brand-new vehicle had been stolen from the parking lot of a shopping mall in the Ratchadapisek area yesterday afternoon.
It has been a great few days for Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra. But nothing provides better illusions than international prestige, and local popularity polls can help promote or simply destroy a politician.
School trips have been cast as “disasters waiting to happen” after 20 students and three teachers perished when their bus crashed and caught fire in Greater Bangkok on Tuesday.
The Land Transport Department (LTD) has impounded five coaches at a garage in Nakhon Ratchasima, which belong to the Shinbutr Tour Company, which owns the coach in which 20 schoolchildren and three teachers burned to death on Tuesday.
An armed man whose police has issued an arrest warrant is reportedly on a run in Intamara 29 alley.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has outlined Thailand’s vision for advancing regional cooperation and promoting the "Asian Century" agenda as it prepares to assume the chairmanship of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) in 2025.
The Narathiwat Provincial Court has issued a warrant for the arrest of General Pisan Wattanawongkiri, a Pheu Thai MP and former commander of the 4th Army Region, to stand trial on charges related to the Tak Bai massacre about two decades ago.
TIME has named Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and queer-rights activist Plaifah Kyoka Shodladd to the 2024 TIME100 Next list, highlighting emerging leaders who are shaping the future of the world.