AS MANY AS 25 schoolchildren and teachers died after their bus caught fire in front of the National Memorial on Vibhavadi Rangsit road at 12.25 p.m. today (Oct. 1) with 19 others who escaped being rushed to hospital, Amarin TV and Thai Rath newspaper said. This bus, the second of a convoy of three,
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Tunnel search ends with all three workers found dead
ALL three workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel, which is part of the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima section of the Sino-Thai high speed train project, died there with the bodies of the two Chinese workers found today (Aug. 30) after their Myanmar colleague’s body was brought out yesterday and have been taken for autopsy, TV Channel
Read moreChinese relative prays outside tunnel after one dead body brought out
AFTER the dead body of a Myanmar worker who was one of three trapped in a collapsed tunnel, which is part of the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima section of the Sino-Thai high speed train project, was brought out late this morning (Aug. 29) the relative of one of two Chinese workers still stuck there prayed outside
Read moreFrench movie giant Alain Delon dies aged 88
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News Paris – French actor Alain Delon, who melted the hearts of millions of film fans whether playing a murderer, hoodlum or hitman in his postwar heyday, has died, his three children said today (Aug. 18). He was 88. Delon had been in poor health since suffering a stroke
Read more1 Cambodian pilgrim killed, 27 hurt in minibus crash at border
A CAMBODIAN pilgrim was killed and 27 others injured after one of a convoy of hundred minibuses plunged down a cliff near a border checkpoint upon returning home from praying at a temple in Sisaket province at 5 p.m. yesterday (Aug. 4), TV Channel 7 said this morning. Seven seriously wounded Cambodians are being
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 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 morePolice fire on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya parliament, several dead
By Reuters and published by SwissInfo.ch Nairobi – Kenyan President William Ruto said on Tuesday (June 25) security was his “utmost priority” after protests against a bill to raise taxes descended into violence, with police firing on demonstrators trying to storm the legislature, killing at least five. In chaotic scenes in the capital Nairobi,
Read moreDonald Sutherland, star of ‘M*A*S*H’ and ‘The Hunger Games’, dead at 88
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News DONALD Sutherland, one of Canada’s most versatile and gifted actors, who charmed and enthralled audiences in movies such as “M*A*S*H,” “Klute,” “Ordinary People” and “The Hunger Games,” has died at the age of 88. The actor, whose lengthy career spanned from the 1960s into the 2020s, died on
Read moreUpdate: Policeman admits he killed a Myanmar man at hospital
A POLICEMAN has surrendered and confessed to killing a Myanmar man who was waiting to undergo surgery at Khon Kaen Hospital where his father was also recuperating from an illness and had complained of being disturbed by him, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (June 8). Pol. Maj. Gen. Anuwat Suvarnabhumi, commander of Khon Kaen
Read morePolice up reward to catch killer who gunned down Myanmar worker at hospital
POLICE increased the reward for information leading to the capture of a man who shot dead a young Myanmar worker at Khon Kaen Hospital to 50,000 baht while confident he will be arrested soon, Thai Rath newspaper said last evening (June 7). At 5.30 p.m. Pol. Maj. Gen. Noppakao Somanus, commander of Provincial Police
Read moreYoung, naked foreign tourist’s body found on Pattaya beach
THE BODY of a young, naked foreign man was found on Pattaya beach at noon today (June 2) with police working on identifying him while an autopsy is being performed to determine the cause of his death, Amarin TV said this evening. Upon being alerted of the naked body of a tourist found lying
Read moreBritish man dies as airplane makes emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport
A BRITISH MAN died and many other passengers got injured after a Singapore Airlines airplane they were travelling in from London to Singapore had to make an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport after running into a severe turbulence, Amarin TV said this evening (May 21). At 7.40 p.m. Mr. Kittiphong Kittikachorn, Suvarnabhumi Airport’s general
Read moreDeceased activist’s lawyer sets 4-day deadline to hand over video clips
THE LAWYER for woman activist Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom who died while holding a hunger strike during detention at a Bangkok prison said this afternoon (May 20) that he has received a report on her medical treatment at the Corrections Department hospital five days before she passed away but as video clips have not been
Read moreTwo more Thai hostages dead in Gaza
THE FOREIGN Ministry said this morning (May 17) that two more Thai hostages have died in Gaza with six more remaining in captivity, Naewna newspaper said. Mr. Nikorndej Phlangkur, the ministry’s spokesperson, said the Thai embassy in Tel Aviv had been informed by the Israeli government that its hostage situation assessment committee had considered
Read moreInquiry launched over accountability for fasting activist’s death
By Thai Newsroom Reporters MOVE FORWARD MP Rangsiman Rome has begun to inquire as to who exactly is to be held responsible for today’s (May 14) death of a young woman activist due to a hunger strike during detention in prison. Rangsiman said Netiporn Sanehsangkhom, also known as Bung Thaluwang, would not have died
Read morePoliceman, pregnant wife shot dead by oil smuggling gang
A POLICEMAN and his six-month pregnant wife were shot dead while trying to arrest members of an oil smuggling gang with two later rounded up while the third one is being chased, Amarin TV said this morning (May 13). Pol. Sgt. Maj. Sakon Banlu, 43, head of a platoon at Amnat Charoen provincial police,
Read moreActor Bernard Hill, of Titanic and Lord Of The Rings, has died at 79
By AP and published by CNA ACTOR Bernard Hill, who delivered a rousing cry before leading his people into battle in The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King and went down with the ship as the captain in Titanic, has died. Hill, 79, died on Sunday (May 5) morning, his agent
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 moreBig drug trafficker shot dead in clash with police
A MAJOR drug trafficker with three warrants issued for his arrest was shot dead in a clash with police at his house Nakhon Si Thammarat during which he flung a grenade at them, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Mar. 6). A Provincial Police Region 8 team found out that the unidentified drug dealer
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