BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittiphan said city officials are quickly draining water from main canals to prepare for more rain forecast for this Friday evening (July 5), TV Channel 7 said this afternoon. Although rain fell almost all over the city yesterday, with the highest amount of around 60 millimetres falling in Thewet area of
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UK’s Labour on course for huge election majority, exit poll shows
London – Keir Starmer will be Britain’s next prime minister with his Labour Party set to win a massive majority in a parliamentary election, an exit poll on Thursday (July 4) indicated, while Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives are forecast to suffer historic losses. Centre-left Labour was on course to capture 410 of the 650 seats
Read morePM visiting Phuket tomorrow amid concern of more mudslides
PRIME Minister Srettha Thavisin is getting ready to fly to Phuket tomorrow (July 5) after the National Water Resources Office warned that expected continuous rain on Sunday (July 7) could again trigger mudslides as occurred last Sunday (June 30) when torrential rain led to the entire island being flooded, TV Channel 7 said this
Read moreUS govt offers loan for Thai Air Force purchase of F-16 Block 70 jets
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT has offered to loan Thailand for a purchase of a squadron of Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 fighter jets, confirmed Defence Minister Suthin Khlangsang today (July 4). During a recent meeting with Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, US Ambassador to Thailand Robert F. Godec has offered
Read moreArtist gets 8 months for spray-painting temple wall
AN ARTIST from Khon Kaen who spray-painted an anarchist symbol and the number 112 on a wall of the Temple of Emerald Buddha then crossed it out in March last year was today (July 4) sentenced to eight months in jail without parole, Amarin TV said this afternoon. Mr. Sutthawee Soikham, or Bang Aern,
Read moreRoad rage brawl leads to killing at home
A ROAD RAGE brawl in Rayong led to a motorcyclist’s father being killed after the pickup truck driver with whom the former argued followed him home and fired a shot that hit the latter, Naewna newspaper said this morning (July 4). At 9 p.m. last night Pol. Lt. Col. Punnapat Sritraithan, deputy superintendent at
Read morePM shrugs off Navy Chief’s concern over delayed Chinese submarine purchase
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin today (July 3) shrugged off Navy Chief Adm Adung Pan-iam’s expressed concern over a sustained delay in the navy’s Chinese-built submarine purchase plan, pending a final cabinet approval. In the presence of reporters, Defence Minister Suthin Khlangsang verbally confirmed to the prime minister that he has
Read moreNo ratification of senators-designate until all allegations checked
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ALL 200 SENATORS-DESIGNATE will not be officially ratified until all formal petitions of alleged electoral riggings and other irregularities have been taken into account by the Election Commission, according to Election Commission Chair Itthiporn Boonprakhong. The chief commissioner declined to elaborate as to how long it could probably take his
Read moreRed Bull co-owners top Forbes list of Thailand’s 50 Richest
THE combined wealth of tycoons on the 2024 Forbes list of Thailand’s 50 Richest declined by nearly 12% or US$20 billion to $153 billion. The benchmark stock index fell by 15% since last year, in addition to a weaker baht which also affected net worths. As a result, 39 listees are less well-off this
Read moreArrest warrants out for two suspects in murder at Soi LaSalle
POLICE are hunting for two members of a gang of 23 bikers who provoked and then killed a man in Soi LaSalle moments after he drove out of a restaurant with his friend at 3 a.m. last Saturday (June 29), Naewna newspaper said this morning (July 3). Pol. Maj. Gen. Nophasin Pulsawat, deputy chief
Read moreRatification of all 200 senators-designate likely to be put off from tomorrow
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN OFFICIAL RATIFICATION of all 200 senators-designate will likely be postponed for a period of time from tomorrow (July 3) amidst allegations of vote-rigging and other irregularities. The Election Commission will likely put off the official ratification of the total 200 senators-designate plus 100 others in reserve earlier scheduled for
Read moreNavy Chief worried about govt delay over Chinese-built submarine purchase
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NAVY CHIEF ADM ADUNG Pan-iam today (July 2) expressed concern over a sustained delay in a final approval from the Pheu Thai-led government for the navy’s contentious plan to buy a Chinese-built submarine. Adm Adung was responding to news reports that Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin had been worried about some
Read moreTwo dead as tower crane collapses at On Nut construction site
A TOWER crane suddenly collapsed at a construction site in On Nut Soi 86 at 2.20 p.m. today (July 2) killing two persons and injuring three others, Naewna newspaper and Thai News Agency said. The tower crane, which can carry a 12-tonne load and stretches 70 metres while being 20 metres high, fell on
Read moreProtest over potash mining in Korat as PM, ministers arrive for meeting
A GROUP of Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) residents staged a protest over exploration and mining of potash deposits in their Northeastern province just as Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and ministers arrived for a mobile cabinet meeting at Rajabhat University, Naewna newspaper said today (July 2). Protesters from Non Thai, Non Sung and City districts affected
Read moreBiden warns Supreme Court ruling on immunity is ‘dangerous precedent’
By Reuters and published by US News & World Report Washington – US President Joe Biden on Monday (July 1) criticised the Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity that was seen as a win for his election rival, former President Donald Trump, calling it a dangerous precedent that did a disservice to the American
Read moreYoung Canadian goes missing at sea off Phang Nga
A BIG SEARCH was launched today (July 1) for a young Canadian man missing in southern coastal province Phang Nga who likely drowned while swimming in the sea, Naewna newspaper said. Phang Nga Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office together with Phuket Charity Foundation and some volunteers went out in a rubber boat to search
Read moreElection Commission pressed to put off ratification of all 200 senators-designate
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE ELECTION COMMISSION was today (July 1) pressed to indefinitely delay an official ratification of all 200 senators-designate, scheduled for upcoming Wednesday, otherwise a duty-negligence lawsuit would be filed in court against the polling agency. Kamrob Panyakaeo, an outvoted senatorial contestant, called on the Election Commission to not ratify the
Read moreAirport Link Ramkhamhaeng station reopens after fire guts 30 adjacent shops
A PREDAWN fire that gutted 30 shops at a plaza next to Airport Rail Link ‘s Ramkhamhaeng Station led to its closure from 4.30 onwards but it was reopened at 8.29 a.m., Naewna newspaper said today (July 1). Although this station is operating again, passengers have to climb stairs because the escalators are not
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