RESIDENTS of Tunbridge Wells spent £4.2million on cocaine in six months using a “Deliveroo for drugs”, a court has heard. The Albanian gang were said to have a “24/7 call centre” in London to service the Kent town. The case comes as Tory MP Michael Gove admitted taking the drug and a Brussels report warned […]
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Dating websites and applications have profoundly changed the way couples meet and interact. Traditionally, we were more likely to date people who lived in the same community or shared the same interests, or people linked to our group of friends.
Future Park and Zpell together with the Vintage Car Club of Thailand are hosting the 43rd Glossy Heritage Awards. Held under the theme "The Aesthetics In Aerodynamics", more than 100 vintage cars will be on display from June 12-16 on the ground floor of Future Park and ZPELL on Phahon Yothin Road.
Siri House, a multi-concept lifestyle space set in a 1950s house on Soi Somkid, will be showing The Gospel According To André, a documentary film by director Kate Novack, on Tuesday, June 11.
There’s fresh evidence that there aren’t really all that many inflexible supporters of Bernie Sanders–or any other Democratic candidate–for 2020, which means fears of general election defections or abstentions may be overstated.
All the best, most interesting, and unquestionably coolest fights the UFC needs to book following their latest PPV card in Chicago, Illinois.
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Recent months have seen positive strides in LGBTI rights across Asia-Pacific. There has been incremental progress toward civil unions in Thailand, while Taiwan made history last month to become the first Asian country to legalise same-sex marriage, and late last year India rescinded colonial-era laws criminalising homosexuality in a major human-rights victory. There are still countries in the...
Rape always brings with it devastation -- to the victims, their families and even the public that learns of such crimes. The condemnation is loud, a cry for harsh punishment up to the penalty of death -- a solution many believe can put an end to rape.
Apart from giving rise to keyboard warriors and other nuisances, the digital age also has a good side. One thing I love most about today's world is that it has given me easy access to tons of photographs from the distant past. And that, at least to me, is almost like time travel.
Future Forward's proposed charter reforms to move their nation forward as the Thai people want will fail, but at least they are getting important issues into public debate; that in itself is good (BP, June 8).
As the head of Beijing's strategic nuclear forces and its fastest rising general, Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe had a reputation for "doing more and saying less". It was a methodical, determined approach that made him a clear favourite of President Xi Jinping, placing him at the heart of China's remarkable military revolution and its efforts to dominate the region.
With the number of elderly in Thailand increasing, business leaders from various companies such as Siam Cement Group (SCG) and Dusit Thani Plc are looking to ventures in fields related to the ageing population, while existing operators such as Yanhee International Hospital are extending their services to jump on the bandwagon.
Global trade has been hobbled, not only because of the Sino-US trade spat, but also because the US has prioritised reducing its trade deficits with countries around the world. India is the latest victim.
Caught in the crossfire between a trade spat of the world's superpowers and marred by lacklustre confidence at home, Thailand's economy faces an uphill task to resuscitate growth in the second half.
SET-listed Gunkul Engineering Plc is in talks with CP Group to join in the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of power lines after a CP-led consortium won the bid for a high-speed railway linking three airports.
Bata Thailand Co, the local arm of the global footwear company, is rebranding its image to become more modernised in a move to lure younger customers.
The National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) has approved investment plans of the Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) and the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) worth a combined 15.4 billion baht.
The Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) is toying with the idea of building an "Air Purification Tower", modelled on a similar project in the northern part of China, to solve urban air pollution.
The government is setting up panels to receive complaints about unusually expensive treatments, to make private hospitals' medical treatment fees more accountable.
Last week, the Social Security Office (SSO) came up with a fresh plan to increase contributions of members into the Social Security Fund (SSF) to shore it up ahead of the huge outflow of pension payments expected in the near future.
Despite his political triumph in becoming the country's 30th prime minister, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha on June 5 experienced a challenge he has not encountered before in more than five years of his regime rule.
In the corridors of power, as female politicians in opposite camps were wrangling over what-you-should-wear for their first day in the parliament, some 350 kilometres from Bangkok, 61-year-old peasant Sinuan Pasang was thrown into jail for trying to protect her land.