A FIRE raged fiercely at a garbage dump in northern Nan province for over an hour after erupting at 6 p.m. this evening (May 13) with arson suspected, Matichon newspaper said. Firemen had difficulty putting out the blaze because it had spread to a big pile of dumped foam boxes and other articles. Moreover
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Army boosts election day security in southernmost provinces
AFTER insurgents mounted over 30 arson attacks all night till Friday morning in the three southernmost province followed by a bombing, Fourth Army Region Commander Lt.Gen Santi Sakuntanaga today (May 13) ordered strict security during tomorrow’s general election across these three provinces as well as four districts of Songkhla province, Naewna newspaper said this
Read moreBody of murdered mixed-race teen’s girlfriend found buried in forest
AFTER searching for a week a hundred-strong team of policemen, villagers and rescuers today (May 13) found the body of murdered half Thai and British teenager’s girlfriend buried in a Lampang forest a little further away from the spot he was beaten to death, Sanook.com said. Policemen from Sop Prap and Ko Kha stations
Read morePita looks to becoming PM for two straight terms
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD LEADER PITA Limjaroenrat yesterday (May 12) publicly said he is looking to run the country as prime minister for two straight terms following Sunday’s general election. Addressing an estimated 50,000 Move Forward supporters, mostly Gen Yers and Gen Zers, in the premises of a Bangkok stadium, Pita called
Read moreRussia acknowledges retreat north of Bakhmut, Wagner boss calls it a ‘rout’
By Reuters and published by Cyprus Mail Kyiv/Kostiantynivka, Ukraine – Moscow acknowledged on Friday (May 12) that its forces had fallen back north of Ukraine’s battlefield city of Bakhmut after a new Ukrainian offensive, in a retreat that the head of Russia’s Wagner private army called a rout. The setback for Russia, which follows
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