By CNBC GOLD scaled an all-time peak today (Aug 5), after topping the $2,000 mark in the previous session, spurred on by a weaker dollar, falling US Treasury yields and expectations of more stimulus measures to revive a pandemic-ravaged economy. Spot gold was up 1% at $2,039.06 per ounce. US gold futures rose 1.7% to
Read moreDay: August 5, 2020
PM to hear out students at an arranged arena
AMID a string of demonstrations since the middle of last month Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said today (Aug 5) that he is arranging an arena for students to air their views and will find the time to personally go listen to them, INN News reported this afternoon. Speaking after laying a wreath at HM King
Read moreForeign divers searching for Koh Samui ferry disaster victims
FOREIGN DIVING instructors based on Koh Tao are today (August 5) helping search for three missing persons in the sinking of a ferry off Koh Samui last Saturday night, Amarin TV reported. Racha 4 garbage ferry, which had been leased to carry three 10-wheel trucks and a pickup truck, was crossing over from the island
Read morePolice arrest drug trafficking family, seize 200m baht assets
IN COORDINATED raids across four provinces Narcotics Suppression Bureau police arrested a drug trafficking family and seized 200 million baht worth of assets from them, INN News and Sanook.com reported this morning (August 5, 2020). Arrested were the couple, Mr. Sawang and Mrs. Wanphen, and also his two sons on drug trafficking charges after raids
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