AFTER TORRENTIAL rain battered Phuket today (Sep. 22) several parts of Patong beach got badly flooded with some residents using boats to go through flooded roads that had turned into a river, Naewna newspaper quoted Phuket Times online news service as saying. With floodwaters having risen to half-wheel level small vans could no longer
Day: September 22, 2023
Goldman Sachs, Estee Lauder, Microsoft and Google keen on investing in Thailand: Srettha
PRIME MINISTER-CUM-Finance Minister Srettha Thavisin said after holding talks with executives of some top American companies that Goldman Sachs, Estee Lauder, Microsoft and Google are interested in investing in this country, Matichon said today (Sep. 22). After a video call at 7 a.m. yesterday morning to address an Asian Business Council meeting in Thailand
Read moreCannabis network gives Health Minister a warning
A CANNABIS network today (Sep. 22) urged Public Health Minister Chonlanan Srikaew to clearly define what a planned draft bill on cannabis and hemp would mean in saying it is to be for medical and health purposes only because if traditional medical practitioners are cut out it could lead to conflicts, TV Channel 7
Read moreUS revives Cold War submarine spy programme to counter China
By Reuters and published by CNA ON A WINDSWEPT island 50 miles (80.5km) north of Seattle sits a US Navy monitoring station. For years, it was kept busy tracking whale movements and measuring rising sea temperatures. Last October, the Navy gave the unit a new name that better reflects its current mission: Theater Undersea
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