Major clean-up exercise in Mae Sai district underway
Residents, volunteers and local officials have joined forces today for a major clean-up of roads in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai, which has been suffering the worst flooding in about 30 years.
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Residents, volunteers and local officials have joined forces today for a major clean-up of roads in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai, which has been suffering the worst flooding in about 30 years.
The polls have opened in the by-election in Phitsanulok province’s Constituency 1, to replace Padipat Suntiphada of the now-defunct Move Forward party, who was stripped of his MP status by the Constitutional Court.
The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, which made history when its crew conducted the first ever spacewalk by non-government astronauts, is returning to Earth on Sunday.
Rescue volunteers from the Ruamkatanyu Foundation made their way along a muddy road Friday night to deliver food and drinking water to more than 100 H’mong students and their teachers, stranded in their hilltop school in Doi Thoed Thai in Mae Fah Luang district of Chiang Rai.
Myanmar's junta chief made a rare request Saturday for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people who have endured three years of war.
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Russia on Friday accused six British diplomats of spying and said it decided to expel them. The U.K. said the "completely baseless" move came weeks ago and was linked to its action in May to revoke the credentials of an attaché at the Russian Embassy and limit Moscow's diplomatic activities in London.
A combined force of military, police and park officials have arrested 30 ethnic Karen, for allegedly encroaching on Srinagarindra National Park in Si Sawat district of Kanchanaburi province, to build a settlement.
Pyinmana, Myanmar - Hundreds of villagers in Myanmar waded or swam through chin-high waters, fleeing severe floods around remote capital Naypyidaw on Friday, as Vietnam began clearing up after Typhoon Yagi.
The employment situation in Thailand remains unclear. While official figures show low unemployment at 1.07 per cent in the second quarter this year, the jobless number rose to 430,000, according to state-owned think-tank National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC).
Office workers volunteered to pack relief bags after work. Big corporations acted as donation centres, and donated items were cascading in. Free transport was provided. Professional rescuers worked tirelessly, assisted by strong men and women. State and private buildings were offered as shelters.
A helicopter from the Department of Public Disaster Prevention and Mitigation successfully rescued an elderly couple on Thursday, who were marooned in their flooded house in the Mai Loong Khun community in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province.
After failing to appear for their trials, the Narathiwat Court issued arrest warrants today for six of the seven people allegedly responsible for a deadly crackdown on Thai-Muslim protesters, which led to the infamous "Tak Bai massacre" twenty years ago.
Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira has revealed that 14.2 million vulnerable and disabled Thais will receive their 10,000 baht cash benefit from the digital wallet scheme on September 25, funded by the 140 billion baht supplementary budget for the 2024 fiscal year.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and several of her minsters will fly to Chiang Rai province on Friday to visit flood victims. The provincial governor has been instructed not to organise any reception event for her, because she does not want any resources diverted from helping the victims.