THE puzzling “snake medicine No. 7” which one of the six Vietnamese visitors, with two being American citizens, who died in a murder-suicide at a luxury hotel on Tuesday (July 16) had asked her guide to buy for her turned out to be a Thai supplement and not a poison as earlier suspected, Matichon
Month: July 2024
122 billion baht supplementary budget bill for digital wallet project sails through House
By Thai Newsroom Reporters LEGISLATION FOR the Pheu Thai-led government to acquire a sum of 122 billion baht in supplementary budget to partly finance the 450 billion baht digital wallet project today (July 17) smoothly sailed through the approval-in-principle stage in the House of Representatives. After a 10-hour floor debate on the highly contentious
Read moreVietnamese guide admits to getting ‘snake’ poison for murder-suicide at hotel
A VIETNAMESE guide questioned by police has admitted to supplying poison to Ms. Thi Nguyen Phuong Lan who was among the six Vietnamese visitors, with two being American citizens, who died in murder-suicide at a luxury downtown hotel yesterday (July 16), TV Channel 7 and Matichon newspaper said this evening.’ The guide, Mr. Phan
Read moreIcelandic man found dead at Samut Prakan hotel
AN ICELANDIC man was found dead at a hotel room in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan province today (July 17) in unclear circumstances with police assuming that the alcohol he drank triggered an underlying health condition, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon. At 11.30 a.m. police at Bang Kaew station were informed of
Read moreOne of six Vietnamese visitors poisoned the others and herself over investment: Police
POLICE have concluded that the six Vietnamese visitors, with two being American citizens, who died at a luxury downtown hotel yesterday (July 16) were poisoned by a woman in the group who died along with them over 10 million baht investment not yielding returns, Thai Rath and Naewna newspapers said this afternoon. Pol. Maj.
Read more5 questioned all night over fatal poisoning of six Vietnamese at luxury hotel
FIVE people were questioned all night last night over the fatal poisoning of six Vietnamese visitors, two of them American citizens, with one being a friend of a sister of one of the victims, Amarin TV and Naewna newspaper said this morning (July 17). Meanwhile it was mentioned at “World Forum International News” Thai-language
Read moreUS received intel of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump, CNN reports
By Reuters and published by CNA Washington – The United States received intelligence in recent weeks about an Iranian plot to assassinate former President Donald Trump, CNN said on Tuesday (July 16), and a US official said the Secret Service shared details of an increased threat with the Trump campaign. The White House declined
Read more6 fatally poisoned not shot dead at downtown Bangkok hotel
THE SIX people found dead at a popular hotel in Ratchaprasong area this evening (July 16) were poisoned and not shot dead as initially mentioned by the authorities but all of them are Vietnamese with two holding American citizenship, Amarin TV said. It was initially not clear how the six of them died but
Read moreUrgent: 6 people shot dead at downtown Bangkok hotel
SIX PEOPLE were shot dead at a popular hotel in Ratchaprasong area at 7.30 p.m. today (July 16) in what is initially believed to be murder but the true cause not yet determined, Naewna newspaper said. Four of the six people killed were Vietnamese and two American-Vietnamese. Pol. Lt. Gen. Thiti Sangsawang, head of
Read morePM mum on hearsay of Yingluck seeking royal pardon
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (July 16) declined to respond to rumours that the fugitive former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been seeking royal pardon so she could return home sooner or later from self-exile abroad. Srettha smiled and walked away when asked by reporters at Government House to comment
Read moreFighter purchase deal to be done under ‘offset policy’: PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (July 16) reconfirmed that a fighter purchase deal between Thailand and a manufacturing country would likely be done on the basis of an “offset policy.” In a press conference at Government House, the Pheu Thai-attached prime minister reiterated that the air force’s sought-after squadron of
Read moreRetirement lottery okayed by cabinet
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NATIONAL SAVINGS FUND’s project to run a retirement lottery was approved by the Pheu Thai-led cabinet of ministers today (July 16). Deputy Finance Minister Paopoom Rojanasakul confirmed today the National Savings Fund under care of the Ministry of Finance will operate the retirement lottery for registered members of the
Read morePowell says Federal Reserve is more confident inflation is slowing to its target
By AP and published by Yahoo!Finance Washington – Chair Jerome Powell said on Monday (July 15) that the Federal Reserve is becoming more convinced that inflation is headed back to its 2% target and said the Fed would cut rates before the pace of price increases actually reached that point. “We’ve had three better
Read moreYoung man fuming at job documents not being delivered
A YOUNG MAN is considering suing Thailand Post Co. Ltd.’s Bang Fang post office in Khon Kaen for not delivering important documents which led to him missing a job interview and might now be disqualified while the postal company is getting ready to give an explanation, Amarin TV said this afternoon (July 15). Mr.
Read moreF-16 or Gripen jets not final yet: Suthin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAILAND IS YET TO CHOOSE either to buy a squadron of Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 or Saab JAS 39E jet fighters, said Defence Minister Suthin Khlangsang today (July 15). Though the air force has already evaluated both rival jets and given more points to the Swedish-built JAS 39E Gripen
Read moreForeign gang held for robbing British cryptocurrency trader
BANGKOK’S Klong Tan police arrested three foreign men and two foreign women yesterday (July 14) on the charges of robbing a British cryptocurrency trader, Amarin TV said this afternoon. Rounded up were Mr.Abdullahi Ahmed Saney Mohamed from Denmark, Ms. Shafiq Sumya from UK, Mr.Ahmed Saeed Yasin from UK, Mr.Hussein Mohamed Hassan Sheikh from UK
Read moreOnline casino’s equipment seized while being shifted from Myawaddy to Poipet
A POLICE and military unit patrolling Mae Sot border area late last night (July 14) ran into a group of Myanmar smugglers moving an online casino’s computer equipment into the country from Myawaddy township with this likely being taken across the country to Cambodia’s Poipet border town across from Aranyaprathet, Amarin TV said this
Read moreSuspected shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
By Agencies and published by CNA Bethel Park, Pennsylvania – The portrait pieced together so far of the 20-year-old nursing home aide who allegedly tried to assassinate Donald Trump at an election rally reveals frustratingly little about why he would make such an attempt – or how he managed to come so close to
Read moreSpain beat England to win Euro 2024 with late Oyarzabal strike
By Reuters and published by CNA Berlin – Spain substitute Mikel Oyarzabal scored four minutes from time to give his side a deserved 2-1 Euro 2024 final victory over England on Sunday (July 14) and a record fourth European crown, as Gareth Southgate’s team lost in their second successive final. Oyarzabal finished off a
Read moreTourists without life jackets rescued near Phi Phi Le island
A SPEEDBOAT TAKING a group of tourists on a tour off Krabi rescued three other tourists who were struggling in the sea without the support of life jackets after their long-tail boat had capsized near Phi Phi Le island, Amarin TV said this afternoon (July 14). Speedboat crew members had to swim to the
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