The army has regularly organised outdoor cinema events for new soldiers, a spokeswoman said on Friday, rebutting claims that it was copying an idea of Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) on Friday (Jul 8) ordered a recall of two Häagen-Dazs vanilla ice cream products due to the presence of ethylene oxide, a pesticide that is not authorised for use in food. The implicated products are from France. The first is the Häagen-Dazs Vanilla Pint with bestContinue Reading
NONTHABURI: A No 166 bus with faulty brakes rammed into eight other vehicles on Chaeng Watthana Road near the Pak Kret intersection on Friday, resulting in six injuries.Continue Reading
Ms Rio Kawai, a 29-year-old who works in social media marketing, said: “I am very shocked and saddened because there are very few gun incidents in Japan. “My heart is very painful and I do not want to believe it. I don’t want this to happen again.” Ms Misato Yamada,Continue Reading
Abe was killed on Friday by a gunman who opened fire at close range as the hugely influential politician delivered a campaign speech in the western region of Nara. Footage broadcast by NHK showed him standing on a stage when a man dressed in a grey shirt and brown trousersContinue Reading
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday (Jul 8) mourned slain former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe as a visionary leader who boosted relations between the two allies. Meeting his Japanese and South Korean counterparts jointly at a G20 meeting in Bali, Blinken called Abe “a leader withContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: One of the two suspects in the 2007 disappearance of Ms Felicia Teo Wei Ling has appealed to secure a discharge amounting to an acquittal for her murder. Court records show that lawyers for Ahmad Danial Mohamed Rafa’ee, 37, filed the appeal on Friday (Jul 8). He is representedContinue Reading
Kishida said no decision had been taken on what effect the attack might have on the scheduled vote, though there were no immediate calls for its postponement. Internationally, leaders were quick to offer support and express shock, with NATO’s chief condemning the “heinous” attack and Britain’s embattled Prime Minister BorisContinue Reading
PATTANI: Four separatist suspects were killed in clashes with security forces over the past three days in the southern border provinces of Yala and Narathiwat.Continue Reading
Thailand Post raised prices for domestic letter and parcel deliveries this week, the first such move by the state enterprise in 18 years, as the country’s inflation rate has accelerated to a 14-year high.Continue Reading