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The Thai Chamber of Commerce has urged agencies concerned to try to prevent the baht currency from fluctuating so extremely and to keep its value at an appropriate level, in line with the domestic and external economic situations.
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Sunday that expands the most populous US state's ban on plastic grocery bags.
After being hit by flash floods less than a week ago, communities around Phayao University in Mueang district of Phayao province, including several student hostels, were caught off-guard late Saturday night when overflows from Mae Ka Luang and Huai Kiang watercourses inundated the communities following heavy rainfall.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has appointed a team of policy advisers comprising five strategists loyal to her father, former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
Amid the many natural disasters that have struck Thailand over recent decades, one community stands out for robustly defending its inhabitants against floods, fires and landslides: Koh Khan in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Cha-uat district.
Retired Pol Lt Gen Kamronwit Thoopkrajang won the re-run election for mayor of the Pathum Thani Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO) on Sunday, attracting 187,397 votes against his closest rival, Charn Puangpetch, who received 119,889, according to the unofficial vote count at 8.30pm.
The majority of people in Bangkok are confident that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s flood prevention system will save the capital from flooding this year, according to NIDA Poll.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has ordered officials to dispose of flood-related mud and garbage in Chiang Rai province quickly, as cleaning equipment and other relief supplies are being flown into the province.
The government’s proposed “retirement lottery” has won overwhelming public support, with 99.05% of poll respondents giving the idea the thumbs-up, according to Deputy Finance Minister Paopoom Rojanasakul today.
Commerce Ministry's Internal Trade Department has sought cooperation from businesses by freezing the prices of their goods, ahead of the possible increase in the minimum wage, and has ordered the opening of more outlets in 11 provinces to sell vegetables.
Washington, United States - There's no place like home for Joe Biden -- which is why the US president is bringing the leaders of Australia, Japan and India to his beloved Delaware hometown for a farewell summit on Saturday.
Thailand’s tallest waterfall, Thi Lo Su in the Umphang district of the western province of Tak, has been closed to visitors temporarily, after a flash flood and mudslides swept into a nearby camping ground following torrential rainfall.
A group of about 10 armed men, believed to be insurgents, raided the office of the Hala Bala Wildlife Sanctuary in Waeng district of Thailand’s southernmost province of Narathiwat on Saturday night, torched the lodgings and stole 10 shotguns.
The recent flooding in Mueang and Mae Sai districts has left about 68,000 tonnes of garbage to be disposed of by the two municipalities, according to Surin Worakijthamrong, deputy director-general of the Pollution Control Department.
The government’s policy for an increase in the national minimum wage, to 400 baht a day, has hit another snag yesterday, as the tripartite wage committee meeting today was short of the two-thirds of its members to make a quorum and had to be postponed.
