Chiang Mai’s smog world’s worst again
2023-04-18
Chiang Mai had the world’s worst air pollution again yesterday morning, with an air quality index level of 180, according to the air-pollution monitoring website IQAir.Continue Reading
‘No alliance’ with coup makers
2023-04-18
Paetongtarn “Ung Ing” Shinawatra, a Pheu Thai Party prime ministerial candidate, said the party would not work with anyone involved in the two previous coups.Continue Reading
EC defends inspection trip to Africa
2023-04-18
The Election Commission (EC) said it was necessary for all of its members to travel abroad over the Songkran holiday period to prepare advance voting for the May 14 election, especially in three African countries where many Thai citizens reside.Continue Reading
Commentary: More food safety monitoring needed in Malaysia – not just for pufferfish
2023-04-18
Some in Malaysia are urging authorities to step up enforcement after the tragic deaths of an elderly couple who ate pufferfish. There are other food safety issues deserving of more attention as well, says health journalist Loh Foon Fong.Continue Reading
Songkran ushers in new variant
2023-04-18
Health authorities have raised concern about the rising Covid-19 caseloads in the wake of the Songkran festival, though they insist the situation remains under control.Continue Reading
China ramps up construction on new Antarctic station: Report
2023-04-18
WASHINGTON: China is increasing its Antarctic footprint according to new satellite imagery collected by a Washington-based think tank that shows construction has resumed for the first time since 2018 on the country’s fifth station in the southern polar region. Beijing has sought to develop new shipping routes in the ArcticContinue Reading
PM grilled on power bills
2023-04-18
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday said the government is stepping up efforts to find new sources of alternative energy following complaints about electricity bills going up during the summer months.Continue Reading
Ex-DPM Amnuay dies, 90
2023-04-18
Former deputy prime minister Amnuay Viravan passed away yesterday at the age of 90.Continue Reading
Cyclone Ilsa: Stranded Indonesian fishermen rescued after six days without food
2023-04-18
Australia says 11 Indonesians shipwrecked after a storm are found but nine others are feared dead.Continue Reading
Fire kills 21 in a Beijing hospital: Report
2023-04-18
BEIJING: Twenty-one people were killed after a fire broke out in the east wing of the inpatient department of a hospital in China’s capital Beijing, the Beijing Daily reported on Tuesday (Apr 18). The fire broke out at about 12:57pm and was extinguished at about 13.33pm after an emergency teamContinue Reading