Trump's top team: firebrands and stalwarts
Washington, United States - US President-elect Donald Trump is handing top roles for his future White House to a mix of political allies, firebrands and a few relatively conventional figures.
International news with relevance to Thai and regional readers
Washington, United States - US President-elect Donald Trump is handing top roles for his future White House to a mix of political allies, firebrands and a few relatively conventional figures.
Zhuhai, China - A driver rammed his car into a crowd at a sports centre in southern China, killing 35 people and severely injuring 43 in one of the deadliest attacks in contemporary Chinese history.
Tokyo, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday faces a parliament vote expected to keep him in the job, but with a fragile grip on power after a disastrous general election.
Durrës, Albania - A ship carrying possibly toxic industrial waste unloaded on Friday at an Albanian port, after being refused entry to Thailand and spending months at sea, authorities said.
US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday made the first appointment of his new administration -- naming a chief of staff -- with other key jobs set to be filled in the "days and weeks ahead," according to his team.
The remains of four Thai nationals, killed in a recent rocket attack in northern Israel, will return to Thailand tomorrow.
The pride of the Italian Navy ‘Amerigo Vespucci’, often described as the “most beautiful ship in the world”, is now docked in Phuket in Thailand until Sunday and is open for the public to visit.
World leaders raced to praise Donald Trump as he claimed a stunning US election victory over Kamala Harris, while financial markets also rose.
The Ministry of Commerce has reported that the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and the latter’s allies has boosted Thailand’s canned tuna exports to the Middle East this year.
The Thai embassy in Tel Aviv has submitted a protest note to Israeli authorities over the practice, by some Israeli employers, of sending their employees to work in high-risk areas and thus exposing them to potentially lethal danger, said Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa today.
Four Thai nationals were killed and another injured yesterday in a rocket attack on Metula, a small town in northern Israel near the Lebanese border, according to Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa in his “X” post on Friday.
