DE FACTO Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra said this afternoon (July 14) he is concerned about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump being injured during an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania while also mentioning that he too survived attempts on his life when he was prime minister, Naewna newspaper said. Thaksin added
Month: July 2024
Trump shot in ear at campaign rally after major security lapse
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Butler, Pennsylvania – Donald Trump was shot in the ear during a campaign rally on Saturday (July 13) after a major security lapse, an attack that will likely reshape this year’s presidential race and fuel long-standing fears that the campaign could descend into political violence. In the moments
Read moreTrump is safe, Secret Service says after shots ring out at rally
By Reuters and published by SwissInfo.ch Butler, Pennsylvania – Donald Trump was safe, the US Secret Service said on Saturday (July 13) after multiple shots rang out at a rally by the Republican presidential candidate in Pennsylvania as video showed Trump grimacing and raising his right hand to his right. “The Secret Service has
Read more#SaveLaoKip drive with Thai baht and other foreign currencies not accepted stuns Thais
ATTRACTING a lot of attention in Thailand is Laos’ #SaveLaoKip campaign to protect their currency with Laotian shopkeepers no longer accepting both Thai baht and other foreign currencies but if necessary they will give the foreigners a lower rate than that officially set, Naewna newspaper said this evening (July 13). YouTube channel “Time to
Read moreDecomposed body of a woman found, suspected to be kidnapped Chinese student
A DECOMPOSED body of a woman has been found at a garbage dump in Chachoengsao province with police checking whether this is a missing Chinese student who was earlier kidnapped for ransom in Bang Rak area of Bangkok,TV Channel 7 and Thai Rath newspaper said this afternoon (July 13). The missing Chinese woman was
Read moreThai, Indian ministers hold key talks in Delhi
THAI Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa held talks with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar in New Delhi during an official visit yesterday (July 12) which covered political, defence and security, trade and investment, physical and financial connectivity, tourism and people to people domains. In a social media post, Jaishankar said that as maritime
Read moreKorean couple commit suicide in Phuket after business failure
A KOREAN couple who ran a cosmetics and beauty products store in Phuket’s Karon subdistrict were today (July 12) found hanged at their shophouse in what police believe was a suicide after their business collapsed, Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Col. Ekasak Kwanwan, an inspector at Karon police station, rushed to the three-story shophouse
Read more99-year land lease to foreigners, digital wallet scheme will harm the country: Jatuporn
A FORMER MP/Red Shirt leader Jatuporn Prompan warned that allowing foreigners to lease land for 99 years because they have so requested would only benefit real estate companies that are unable to sell 1.3 million condo units, TV Channel 7 said today (July 12). Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin recently moved to relax property regulations
Read moreOnly 43 billion baht in Central Fund to finance digital wallet project
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO MORE THAN A SUM OF 43 billion baht will be withdrawn from the government’s Central Fund for the current fiscal year to partly finance the digital wallet project, confirmed Prime Minister’s Office Minister Jakapong Sangmanee today (July 12). Jakapong contended that not as much as 100 billion baht to
Read moreCertain party ‘offering hidden payoffs in bid to recruit senators’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NEWLY-ELECTED SENATOR Premsak Piayura alleged today (July 12) a certain political party was quietly attempting to “recruit” a number of his colleagues to covertly get under their umbrella. Without naming names, Premsak said many among the total 200 newly-elected senators who are constitutionally obliged to be practically independent of political
Read moreBiden mixes up Harris, Trump names as calls to end his campaign grow
By Reuters and published by CNA Washington – United States President Joe Biden mixed up the names of his vice president, Kamala Harris, and his Republican rival Donald Trump on Thursday (July 11) as more of the 81-year-old incumbent’s Democratic colleagues call on him to end his re-election bid. Biden faces growing doubts from
Read morePheu Thai has no policy to oust own MPs: Paetongtarn
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI LEADER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra bluntly commented yesterday (July 11) that her ruling party has had no policy to expel any MPs of their own. Paetongtarn, daughter of de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, was apparently referring to Pheu Thai MP Chalerm Yubamrung who has openly dared the party’s
Read moreOfficials puzzled how missing young man survived in the jungle for a week
THE BIG WEEK-LONG search for a Thai tourist missing on Phu Soi Dao mountain at Phu Soi Dao National Park, Uttaradit, ended this morning (July 11) when the young man walked out of the jungle on his own and is still in good health with officials puzzled by his miraculous survival, TV Channel 7
Read moreDigital wallet project could probably turn from crisis to catastrophe: Pita
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD MP PITA Limjaroenrat today (July 11) cautioned that the much-heralded, long-delayed digital wallet project could probably be aggravated from a crisis to a catastrophe. During today’s House floor interpellations, the former Move Forward leader said the Pheu Thai-initiated populist handout campaign might probably turn the sustained financial crisis
Read moreExplosion at gas-filling factory with many workers trapped within
A GAS-FILLING factory in Suphan Buri exploded at 2 p.m. today (July 11) with many employees trapped within as fire continued to rage, TV Channel 7 and Amarin TV said. Police have cordoned off the area near the factory in Derm Bang Nang Buat district while rescuers have arrived to help the victims as
Read moreTAT flags politics as a threat to the future of Thai tourism
THE Tourism Authority of Thailand has publicly recognised global geopolitics as a threat to the future of tourism in the post-Covid era. Officially posted by the TAT Governor Mrs. Thapanee Kiatphaibool on her Facebook page on July 8, 2024, the official recognition of this threat paves the way for it to be openly discussed
Read moreGovt funding for digital wallet project to be cut by 10%
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE TOTAL FUNDING FOR the Pheu Thai-initiated digital wallet project may be cut by 10% to better cope with the government’s budget constraints, said Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat today (July 10). The total amount of funding for the populist handout campaign may be slashed from 500 billion baht as
Read morePheu Thai dared to oust Chalerm
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PHEU THAI MP CHALERM Yubamrung today (July 10) dared the ruling party to expel him following the resignation of his son/former MP Wan Yubamrung from a minor post in government. The frustrated Chalerm told reporters that he can no longer stay with the Pheu Thai under de facto party boss
Read moreImpeachment case against PM put off again
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT today (July 10) rescheduled deliberation on an impeachment lawsuit against Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for later this month. The Constitutional Court rescheduled it for July 24 to handle the impeachment case filed by 40 senators against the Pheu Thai-attached prime minister for allegedly severely breaching the constitution
Read moreMarijuana protesters go on hunger strike to push for enquiry
A NETWORK opposing the Pheu Thai-led government’s move to relist marijuana as a narcotic stepped up their protest with some members going on a hunger strike to push for an enquiry before any action is taken, Naewna newspaper said today (July 10). At 10 a.m. the Network Writing the Future of Cannabis, led by
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