By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRESSURE SUSTAINABLY BUILT on Dejpon Chansiri, the Thai owner of English Championship football club Sheffield Wednesday, is more or less diminishing now that German manager Danny Rohl has decidedly offered to stay with the Owls despite the fifty-fifty chances of their being relegated from the second tier of the English
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As the global Arms Bazaar booms, Travel & Tourism pays the price
ON APRIL 23, 2024, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published its annual World Military Expenditure report for 2023. It showed that the Arms Bazaar raked in $2,443 billion, the highest level ever. The figure was up 6.8% over 2022, up for the 9th consecutive year and the steepest year-on-year rise since 2009.
Read morePheu Thai told to stop pressing House Speaker to step down
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI, core of the current coalition government, was today (May 1) suggested to stop pressing House Speaker Wan Muhamad Noor Matha to step down so he could otherwise be replaced by a Pheu Thai MP. Without elaborating or naming names, Mook Sulaiman, secretary to Wan Noor, advised that
Read more70 million baht Bitcoin mining rig seized in Samut Sakhon raid
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BITCOIN MINING activity was today (May 1) found illegally operating at a disguised factory in Samut Sakhon, police said. Seized in the police raid on the abandoned, unnamed ice-making factory in Tajin area of the capital district of Samut Sakhon were 690 computers and 17 mainframes allegedly used for
Read moreTourist in row with tuk tuk driver taken to court
A BRITISH tourist who was videotaped by a tuk tuk dash cam assaulting the driver in a row over the fare in Phuket was apprehended in Krabi last evening and taken to the district court today (May 1), Amarin TV said. The attack took place at around 4 a.m. last Friday (Apr. 26) with
Read moreBritish tourist in hot water over video clips critical of Thailand
TOURIST Police summoned a British tourist and gave him a warning to stop posting video clips critical of Thailand on social media or else be prosecuted, Naewna newspaper said today (May 1). Pol. Lt. Col. Suwit Boonyaphen, attached to Mae Hong Son Tourist Police, said video clips posted by the British tourist, only identified
Read moreEx-police chief’s spouse ‘seeks British nationality to escape money-laundering charges’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NIPAPAN SUKWIMON, spouse of former police chief Pol. Gen. Torsak Sukwimon, has quietly applied for British nationality in an alleged effort to escape money-laundering charges, said a famed lawyer today (Apr. 30). Also known as “Madame Kookkai”, the spouse of the former police chief who has been suspended from duty
Read moreCourt overruling sought against ban on senatorial candidates’ self-introduction on social media
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE COURT was today (Apr. 30) petitioned to consider overruling the Election Commission’s contentious prohibition on the self-introduction of any would-be senatorial candidates on all media platforms. Former senators Panat Tasneeyanond filed the petition with the Central Administrative Court in pursuit of a court waiver of the Election
Read moreExpected new foreign minister Maris close to Thaksin
WITH Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin having forwarded the appointment of Mr. Maris Sangiampong to His Majesty the King for royal endorsement, a background check shows he is close to de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, Naewna newspaper said today (Apr. 30). Maris had been appointed the ambassador to a few countries during the
Read moreAgain in Phuket: Foreigner attacks tuk tuk driver in row over fare
TWO Facebook users shared a dash cam video clip showing a foreign man attacking a Phuket tuk tuk driver in a dispute over the fare for a ride from Patong to Karon beach on Apr. 26, 2024, Naewna newspaper said. The tuk tuk driver, only identified as Abdulloh, had asked for 400 baht for
Read moreHopes rise for possible Gaza truce deal
By AFP and published by CNA Jerusalem – Hopes rose on Monday (Apr. 29) for a long-sought-after truce and hostage release deal after almost seven months of war in Gaza between Palestinian Hamas militants and Israel. Washington’s top diplomat said he was “hopeful” Hamas would accept the offer, which his British counterpart said could
Read moreFrench businesswoman found shot dead at luxury villa on Koh Samui
A FRENCH businesswoman was found lying dead by the swimming pool of her luxury villa on Koh Samui with a gunshot piercing her temple and a.45 caliber automatic handgun by her side plus a bullet casing of the same size on the floor with this believed to be a suicide, Amarin TV said today
Read moreCoffee maker full of cockroaches shocks consumers
A LOT of people got worried after seeing photos of a coffee maker full of cockroaches inside that a technician shared but now regrets doing so because of fear arising over this incident, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Apr. 29). The technician said upon sharing the shocking photos that a customer brought the unit
Read moreAnon gets 2 years and 20 days in jail in lese majeste case
PROMINENT activist lawyer Anon Nampha has been sentenced to two years and 20 days in jail for violating Section 112 of the Criminal Code, known as the lese majeste law, the Emergency Decree, the Communicable Diseases Act and the Advertising Control Act over using an amplifier, Naewna newspaper said today (Apr. 29) This case
Read moreG7 holds ‘strategic’ talks in climate hotspot Italy
By AFP and published by CNA Turin, Italy – G7 ministers meet for environment and climate change talks in Turin today (Apr. 29), with experts urging the highly industrialised countries to use their political clout, wealth and technologies to end fossil fuel use. The Group of Seven meeting in the northern Italian city is
Read moreMinister fuming at chemicals leaking at Ayutthaya factory three times in a row
INDUSTRY Minister Ms. Pimpatra Wichaikul is furious at chemicals leaking at a factory in Ayutthaya province for the third time in a row last night (Apr. 27) and ordered the Department of Industrial Works to quickly resolve this problem and make sure it doesn’t happen again, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Apr. 28). She
Read moreParnpree decides to quit as foreign minister in wake of new cabinet lineup
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT APPEARED to be a quiet protest, Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara has decided to resign as foreign minister with immediate effect as of today (Apr. 28) in the wake of a new cabinet lineup. Parnpree confirmed he has already written a letter of resignation as foreign minister personally addressed to Prime
Read moreDrunk cabbie hits and kills policeman
AN INTOXICATED taxi driver hit a traffic policeman who was flagging down a car at a charity run at 6 a.m. this morning (Apr. 28) and he later died at the hospital, Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Assada Chamniansri, 54, attached to Bang Khen police station, was on duty directing traffic at the mini
Read moreUS and China talk past each other on most issues, but at least they’re still talking
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Beijing – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up his just-concluded latest visit to China with a stop at a Beijing record store where he bought albums by Taylor Swift and Chinese rocker Dou Wei in a symbolic nod to cross-cultural exchanges and understanding he had been
Read moreRainy season expected to start 1-2 weeks later than usual
AS SWELTERING summer drags on in Thailand, the Meteorological Department today (Apr. 27) warned that the longed-for start of the rainy season will be delayed by one to two weeks this year with the onset being the fourth week of May and will last till the end of October, Naewna newspaper said. The total
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