By Agencies and published by CNA Brussels – Ukraine’s allies announced delivery of new air defences and recommitted to providing robust, enduring military assistance at a meeting at Nato headquarters on Wednesday (Oct. 12), saying Russian missile strikes two days ago only further united them. US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, sitting next to his
Month: October 2022
Beware of life-threatening disease when walking through muddy water
THE widely-followed Panda Lab Doctor Facebook page warned people walking through muddy water amid the current heavy flooding in many parts of the country that they risk getting Melioidosis, also called Whitmore’s disease, a life-threatening infection, Sanook.com said today (Oct. 12). Mr. Pakphum Dejhassadin, a medical technologist who runs the popular Panda Lab Doctor page,
Read moreSigns appear in Hat Yai mourning all parties in this govt over drug problem
AFTER the mass killing of 36 small children and adults at Nong Bua Lamphu province last week, two large signs appeared at Hat Yai city in southern Songkhla province slamming all political parties in the government over the widespread narcotics problem, Amarin TV said today (Oct. 12). Both billboards say, “Hat Yai people are sad
Read more‘KhonthaiUK” trio get 1 year jail for defaming Prayut, Prawit
THREE defendants who shared information found to have defamed Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan about the planned purchase of a satellite worth 91.2 billion baht with this material posted on KhonthaiUK Facebook page were sentenced to one year imprisonment, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Oct. 12). Found guilty
Read moreThaksin: No secret deal with Thammanat on party hopping
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PRIME MINISTER Thaksin Shinawatra has categorically denied that Thammanat Prompao has already made a secret deal with him about a probable return of the renegade MP and a dozen others to the Pheu Thai Party. During a Care Clubhouse live podcast tonight (Oct. 11), Thaksin said there has been
Read moreFormer 5-star hotel chef held for snatching gold alloy chain
A JOBLESS five-star hotel chef was arrested today (Oct. 11) after snatching a gold alloy chain and three amulets from an elderly woman in Phang Nga province three days ago, Matichon newspaper said. Mrs. Sanya Yokchua, 74, was sitting at a coffee shop in front of her house at Thai Mueang district of this
Read moreMet radar detects low pressure cell heading in Noru’s path
THE Thai Meteorological Department’s radar has detected a low pressure cell in the Pacific Ocean that is heading from east to west in the same direction of Typhoon Noru that brought torrential rain to parts of Thailand a few days ago and is keeping an eye on it, Matichon newspaper said this evening (Oct.
Read moreSecurity beefed up for Apec with Putin participating
THAI military and police are now fully ready to maintain tight security during the 29th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit being held in Bangkok during November 16-19, 2022 with Russian President Vladimir Putin being among the leaders confirming participation, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (Oct. 11). However Chinese President Xi Jinping has still to
Read moreSammit Group to stay put with Palang Pracharath Party: Suriya
By Thai Newsroom Reporters INDUSTRY MINISTER-CUM-SAMMIT Group co-leader Suriya Juangroongruangkit today (Oct. 11) reassured that his faction of MPs inside the ruling Palang Pracharath Party is not going anywhere as close as the Pheu Thai Party. Suriya confirmed his Sammit Group will definitely stay put with the Palang Pracharath Party, headed by Prime Minister
Read moreUkraine’s Defence ministry vows revenge for Russian missile strikes
By Reuters and published by Yahoo! News and Swissinfo.ch Kyiv – Ukraine’s Defence Ministry said it would seek revenge for Russian missile strikes that hit cities across Ukraine on Monday morning. “There is sacrifice amongst people and destruction,” the ministry said on its Facebook page. “The enemy will be punished for the pain and death
Read moreMove Forward Party gets most cash donations from taxpayers
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MOVE FORWARD PARTY has been given most donations in cash from taxpayers’ refunds last year, says an official report. According to the report issued today (Oct. 10) by the Fund for Development of Political Parties under care of the Election Commission, a total of 62,634 people who have paid personal
Read moreThammanat dumps Thai Economic Party, tipped to return to Pheu Thai
By Thai Newsroom Reporters RENEGADE MP THAMMANAT Prompao is apparently leading another exodus of a dozen-plus MPs from one party of which he has already resigned as top leader to another. Thammanat and the 13 MPs under his command have practically deserted the Thai Economic Party, automatically resulting in the dissolution of the party’s
Read morePolice spokesman who laughed during massacre interview dismissed
THE Provincial Police Region 4’s spokesman was today (Oct. 10) dismissed from his duty after suddenly laughing during a telephone interview on the mass killing at the child care centre in Nong Bua Lamphu province, Amarin TV said this afternoon. Pol. Lt. Gen. Yanyong Wech-osoth, commander of this regional police force, ordered the dismissal of
Read moreChadchart tells hit-and-run driver who killed street-sweeper to surrender
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt today (Oct. 10) urged a hit-and-run driver who killed a female street-sweeper on Saturday to surrender warning that a hunt for him continues, Sanook.com said. Ms. Somsri Yimchalam, who was employed as a street-sweeper by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s (BMA) Cleaning and Parks Department, died after being hit by a vehicle while
Read moreMost Isaan people prefer Thaksin’s daughter as PM: NIDA Poll
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOST ISAAN PEOPLE have been found to prefer Paetongtarn “Oong-ing” Shinawatra, daughter of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, as head of a post-election government, according to an opinion poll. The National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) poll, conducted earlier this month among a total of 2,000 people in 20 northeastern
Read morePolice: CNN team didn’t intend to intrude child care centre
TOP Thai police said this evening (Oct. 9) that the two CNN journalists whose coverage of the mass killing at the child care centre in Nong Bua Lamphu province was criticised by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand did not intend to intrude with the door being opened and the officials present allowing them to
Read moreFlash mob protest against Prayut on Skytrain
A FLASH MOB demonstration against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha took place on the BTS Skytrain this afternoon (Oct. 9) with the protesters dressed in black and some wearing black sunglasses intermittently travelling through five stations, getting off at each one of them then catching the next train, and doing the same on their return
Read more2 CNN journalists’ visas revoked over child care centre massacre coverage
AFTER the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand criticised a CNN team over its coverage of the mass killing at the child care centre in Nong Bua Lamphu province that left 36 small children and adults dead, the Thai Immigration police revoked the tourist visas of two CNN journalists who are now being questioned, Matichon
Read moreBusinessman shot dead outside Khon Kaen Airport
A MOBILE PHONE businessman was shot dead on the road at the entrance of Khon Kaen Airport before dawn today (Oct. 9) after having driven there in his car to hold talks with two other men who had come in a separate car, Matichon newspaper said. He was identified as Mr. Phanom Thipratanamongkol, 40,
Read morePutin tightens infrastructure security after blast on bridge
By AP and published by Mercury News Kyiv, Ukraine – An explosion on Saturday caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia, damaging an important supply artery for the Kremlin’s faltering war effort in southern Ukraine and hitting a towering symbol of Russian power in the region. Nobody immediately
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