DRAMA swirled over a children’s go-kart race at Pattaya yesterday (Oct. 11) with the father of one of the contestants alleging that the winner’s vehicle engine had been modified with this being sternly refuted, Naewna newspaper said today. The TrueVisions –Toyota Junior Kart Championships 2026 (Round 3) for 8-9 years old children saw Payu
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Rescuers rappel down a slope to help cyclist in Phang Nga
A DRAMATIC rescue operation took place in Phang Nga province this morning (April 26) with skilled rescuers rappelling down a steep slope to pull up a cyclist participating in the “Tour of Andaman 2026” race after he plunged down the hillside, Naewna newspaper and FM91 radio said. At 9 a.m. the provincial Disaster Prevention
Read moreForeign racers’ motorbikes seized in Pattaya crackdown
PATTAYA police seized more than 10 motorcycles that foreign youths had zoomed into Soi VC to noisily race up down this alley to the annoyance of the local residents, Naewna newspaper said. At 4.50 p.m. a team of police officers set up checkpoints at the two ends of this alley to round up the
Read moreBiden drops US president re-election bid, backs Harris
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden has ended his re-election campaign after fellow Democrats lost faith in his mental acuity and ability to beat Donald Trump, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the party’s candidate. Biden, 81, in a post on X, said he would remain in his role as president and commander-in-chief
Read morePM aiming to build FI race track near U-Tapao airport by 2027
PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin said after visiting the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, or Imola Circuit, race track at Bologna, Italy, that Thailand should have a suitable race track of its own for Formula 1 tournament and one could be built near U-Tapao Airport by 2027 or 2028 at the latest, Naewna newspaper
Read more20-MPs faction backs Chalermchai for Democrat leader
By Thai Newsroom Reporters TWENTY OUT OF a total of 25 Democrat MPs have jointly resolved to endorse acting Democrat leader Chalermchai Sri-on as a new leader of the second largest opposition party, a veteran MP said today (Dec.7). In an extraordinary caucus scheduled for the approaching Saturday, Chalermchai will likely be named one
Read moreHow Mars became the prize for a new space race — and why China is hellbent on winning it
By Steffi Paladini, Space.com This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Steffi Paladini, Reader in Economics & Global Security, Birmingham City University LOOKING at its achievements over the past decade, nobody would doubt China is aiming to win the new
Read moreUS billionaires vie to make space the next business frontier
Later this year Jeff Bezos, the first person to have led a business from nothing to a trillion-dollar valuation, will step down from his job as head of Amazon. But as you’d expect from a tech multibillionaire, his eyes are on a potentially bigger prize: outer space. Bezos will be dedicating more time to a
Read moreMars is the latest arena in the US-China rivalry
By CNN Business Hong Kong (CNN Business)Two years after humans last landed a probe on Mars, both the United States and China are launching missions to the red planet this month and setting up a new arena for their growing rivalry. China’s Tianwen-1 blasted off around midday today (July 23) from Hainan Island in the
Read moreFEATURE: Southeast Asian navies in race for submarines
By Out-crowd THAILAND, Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore have stood out among all other countries in the Southeast Asian region in terms of upgraded naval firepower. They do not only have lengthy shores of the South China Sea and archipelagos but abundant natural resources such as oil, natural gas and minerals undersea. That obviously poses
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