AN early morning fire at a three-storey house in a luxury estate in Thawi Wattana district caused the structure to collapse killing at least three persons, one a resident and two volunteer firefighters, with many more of the latter trapped in the rubble, Sanook.com said today (April 3). Volunteer firefighters bravely went into the
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Myanmar protests: Two persons shot dead by soldiers, police
By Myanmar Now and Dw.com AT LEAST two people were killed and six were injured as police and soldiers used live ammunition while attacking peaceful protesters in Mandalay this afternoon (Feb. 20). Hundreds rallied at the Yadanarbon shipyard to support workers from the Inland Water Transport Department who were facing pressure from authorities to return
Read moreInside job likely in killing of army officer at camp
AN army officer was shot dead at a military camp in Nakhon Phanom with police believing it was an inside job with personal issues, possibly a love affair, rather than conflict at work leading to his death, Sanook.com reported today (Feb. 11). Lt Rung Chalerm, 34, was shot dead at 7.30 p.m. last evening within
Read moreCovid stranded American man found dead in hotel room
AN American man who had been stranded in Krabi since March last year due to the coronavirus pandemic was found dead in his hotel room today (Jan. 20) with alcohol poisoning suspected to have caused his death, Thai Rath newspaper reported this afternoon (Jan. 20, 2021). Pol. Maj. Boonsong Longwaree, an investigator at Krabi police
Read moreEx-provincial council member dies in car crash
A SEDAN driven by a former Provincial Administration Council member in Sukhothai province who was on his way to meet his girlfriend in the dead night burst into flames after slamming into a roadside tree killing him on the spot, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Dec. 30, 2020). Mr. Siraphop Limpapan, or Sor Jor Diao,
Read morePierre Cardin, ground-breaking fashion designer, dies at 98
By Martin Steinberg, CNBC PIERRE Cardin, who during his more than seven decades in fashion brought geometric shapes to haute couture and put his name on everything from clothing to furniture to perfume to pens, died Tuesday. He was 98. His death was announced by composer Laurent Petitgirard, perpetual secretary of the French Academy of
Read moreHospital director shot dead at his clinic in Phetchaburi city
A MAN who came in as a patient shot dead the director of King Mongkut Memorial Hospital (Phra Chom Klao Hospital) at his clinic in Phetchaburi city at 11 a.m. today (Dec. 19), Sanook.com reported. The killer, who had driven up in a white sedan, went into the clinic and was examined by Dr. Chumpol.
Read moreArgentines bid farewell to Maradona as nation mourns flawed hero
By Reuters staff and published by US News Buenos Aires: Argentines lined up in the streets of Buenos Aires today (Nov. 26) to say goodbye to soccer great Diego Maradona, whose casket lay in state at the Casa Rosada presidential palace draped in an Argentine flag and his famous no. 10 shirt. Maradona, Argentina’s favorite
Read moreFish dying in badly polluted Central Plain canal
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PART OF A MAJOR canal in a Central Plain area is being critically polluted with blackish, odorous water, killing fish raised in submerged cages. Authorities are yet to find out about the polluted water which has been allegedly released into a drainage waterway which is connected with Raphiphat canal in Nong
Read moreHunted drug runner shot dead in gunfight with police
A DRUG TRAFFICKER who had been on the run for three days after he shot and critically injured an undercover police officer in Nakhon Ratchasima province upon realizing he had fallen into a trap was shot dead in a gunfight with a police team today (August 1), Naewna newspaper reported. National Police Chief Pol. Gen.
Read moreDaughter shocked to find dad dead with unknown woman
A 70-YEAR-OLD man and a younger woman were found to have committed suicide together in a rented room in Chon Buri city this morning (June 26) and the man’s daughter told police she does not know who this woman is nor does she dare tell her mother what has happened, Sanook.com reported. Pol Capt Natthirut
Read moreThree Indian soldiers killed in clashes along border with China in the Himalayas
(CNN)Three Indian soldiers were killed during a “violent face-off” with Chinese troops along the countries’ de facto border in the Himalayas late Monday (June 15), the Indian army said in a statement. The incident occurred during a “deescalation process” underway in the Galwan Valley in the disputed Aksai Chin-Ladakh area, where a large troop build
Read moreTwo foreign men questioned in Ukrainian woman’s death on Koh Samui
THE discovery of the decomposed body of a young Ukrainian woman in a forest on Koh Samui has prompted police to call her her new British boyfriend and her former Ukrainian husband for questioning, Naewna newspaper reported this afternoon (June 8, 2020). The body of Olha Frolova, 32, was found by Uthen Ruangnon, 47, lying
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