THE Thai army tightened security at Chong Chom border crossing in Surin province after provocation by Cambodian soldiers with armoured personnel carriers deployed to control the area, Naewna and Amarin TV said this evening (April 2). ACM Praphas Sonjaidee, the Thai air force’s assistant commander-in-chief and director of the Joint Information Centre for the
Day: April 2, 2026
Diesel price hiked yet again, bus fares too rise
FOR the second day in a row the Oil Fuel Fund committee resolved to reduce the subsidy for diesel this time by 3.51 baht/litre to 14.27 baht/litre, resulting in an increase in the retail price at petrol pumps by 3.50 baht/litre to 47.74 baht/litre tomorrow, PPTVHD36 said this evening (April 2). In an announcement
Read moreLabour groups protest high fuel prices at Govt House
REPRESENTATIVES of two large labour union groups and various civil society networks marched to Government House today (April 2) to demand lower fuel prices and action on costly consumer goods plus to stop supporting capitalists, TV Channel 7 said. Led by Mr. Sawit Kaewwan, president of Thai Labour Solidarity Confederation (TLSC), along with the
Read moreNASA launches first crewed lunar mission in half a century
By Reuters and published by CNA CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday (Apr 1) on NASA’s Artemis II mission, a high-stakes 10-day trip around the moon that marks the United States’ boldest step yet toward returning humans to the lunar surface this decade before China’s first crewed landing.
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