The government aims to develop Thailand into a high-income economy through foreign investment and a raft of projects that will improve people’s quality of life, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Friday.
The cost of handling toxic chemicals left after a warehouse fire in Phachi district of Ayutthaya and chemical contamination in the surrounding areas is estimated to be as high as 70 million baht, the government said on Friday.
Police have arrested a former bank manager and a village head from Wang Thong district in Phitsanulok in connection with a fraud that caused a total of 40 million baht in damages.
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Pheu Thai Party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Friday that the Bank of Thailand’s independence was an “obstacle” in resolving economic problems, the latest salvo in an ongoing row over interest rates.
PARIS - Police entered France’s prestigious Sciences Po university on Friday and removed student activists who had occupied its buildings in protest against Israel’s conduct in its war against Hamas in Gaza.
JAKARTA - The Indonesian government will permanently relocate almost 10,000 residents after a series of explosive eruptions of the Ruang volcano has raised concerns about the dangers of residing on the island in future, a minister said on Friday.
The government is keen to bring retired football stars from Liverpool and Manchester United to play in Thailand, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Friday.
BEIJING - China launched an unmanned spacecraft on Friday to collect samples of soil from the far side of the Moon, state-run media reported, marking the world's first attempt at such an endeavour.
A Chinese man who had entered Thailand illegally from Myanmar was arrested as he tried to cross the border into Cambodia, where he intended to work at a call centre scam operation in Poipet, police say.
The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) has apologised to the family of a man who died after stepping onto a wooden tube well cover and falling to his death in Lat Phrao district of Bangkok on Friday.
PHUKET: A Briton was arrested after a small amount of cocaine was found inside his passport at Phuket airport on Thursday.
ANKARA - Turkey's trade halt with Israel will continue until a permanent ceasefire in Gaza is secured as well as unhindered humanitarian aid flow to the region, Turkish Trade Minister Omer Bolat said on Friday.
A man died after falling into a 15-metre-deep tube well on a road divider in Bangkok's Lat Phrao district on Friday.
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HAWAII - The defence ministers from Japan, the United States, Australia and the Philippines on Thursday pledged to maintain the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific region, where concerns are growing over China's increasing assertiveness.
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has downplayed the decision by Jullapong Thaveesri to resign as head of the Department of Industrial Works amid mounting pressure following a series of incidents involving hazardous materials, which have drawn criticism from the government leader.
A man died after falling into a 15-metre-deep tube well on a road divider in Bangkok's Lat Phrao district on Friday.
Fuel consumption in the first quarter of this year dropped 2.6 % to 156.7 million litres per day (MLD) due to the retirement period of capped price policy, according to the Department of Energy Business (DOEB).
Thailand's headline consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.19% in April from a year earlier, versus a 0.47% year-on-year drop the previous month, the Commerce Ministry said on Friday.
Thai scientists have found sediment in Antarctica contaminated with fossil-fuel combustion, which has put state agencies on alert to find measures that would limit such activity in the world’s cleanest environment.
HONG KONG: TikTok is bringing back many of the world's most popular recording artists - including Taylor Swift, BTS and Drake - under a new licensing deal with Universal Music Group (UMG), even as the hit short video platform faces a sell-or-ban ultimatum from the United States government.
A French businesswoman reportedly left about 100 million baht worth of assets to her Thai maid after she died on Koh Samui on Monday.
B.Grimm Power Plc (BGRIM) announced an investment of roughly US$3.39 million to acquire a 40% shareholding in ThreeEightSix Holdings Ltd, an independent power producer, aiming to penetrate the clean energy market in the Middle East.
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