China’s Communist Party Congress to end with Xi set for third term
BEIJING: China’s five-yearly Communist Party Congress will end on Saturday (Oct 22), with President Xi Jinping likely to seal a norm-breaking third term in power. The closing ceremony at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People tops off a week of largely rubber-stamp meetings among 2,300 party delegates, who will approveContinue Reading
Buildings damaged in rain-ravaged Phuket
Phuket: A couple of two-storey buildings on rain-soaked terrain were damaged when one subsided and collapsed onto the other in Muang district late Thursday night.Continue Reading
‘Bua Noi’ may finally make ape escape
After three decades in captivity at a private zoo in Bangkok, the well-known gorilla, Bua Noi, may finally be granted a return “home” to where she was born in Germany, if the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s plan to repatriate her is a success.Continue Reading
All systems go as summit nears
With the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit just weeks away, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered all agencies concerned to ensure things on the ground will run smoothly.Continue Reading
Clean energy services roll out
The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) has rolled out four new services to assist all of its customers in the process of switching to the use of clean and sustainable energy.Continue Reading
PM wants swift purge of illegal guns
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered police to crack down on illegal firearms within three months and to strictly safeguard their weapon storage facilities in the wake of the theft of more than 150 guns by a police officer.Continue Reading
Director gets 385-year term for shoddy school lunches
The Criminal Court recently handed down a 385-year jail term to a former school director in Surat Thani after finding him guilty of malfeasance in connection with a school lunch programme.Continue Reading
Volunteers urged to boost vax drive
Health volunteers are being urged to help the government meet its goal to distribute 2 million coronavirus vaccine doses by the end of the year by actively encouraging the public to get boosted.Continue Reading
FDA on alert for deadly cough syrup
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received a warning from the World Health Organization (WHO) about four Indian-made cough syrups linked to the deaths of 165 children who died in The Gambia and Indonesia.Continue Reading
FDA recalls spicy noodles laced with toxic agent
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recalling Mie Sedaap’s Korean Spicy Chicken instant noodles due to reported contamination of the product caused by a pesticide.Continue Reading