Swiss man who assaulted Thai doctor gets visa revoked
The Immigration Bureau has revoked the visa of the Swiss national who allegedly kicked a female Thai doctor, who sat on the staircase of his rented villa on Yamu Beach…
Over 10 million Thais with illness related to air pollution in 2023
More than 10 million Thais sought treatment for illnesses linked to air pollution in 2023, authorities said. The data from the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) come as…
German man gets Covid vaccine over 200 times
A 62-year-old man from Germany has, against medical advice, been vaccinated 217 times against Covid, doctors report. The bizarre case is documented in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. The shots…
Meta apologises for global outage of Facebook and Instagram
Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram were back up on Tuesday after a more than two-hour outage that was caused by a technical issue and impacted hundreds of thousands of users globally…
Press release from the AIME/MRO in Dubai day 1
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – 5 March 2024 – His Excellency Khalifa Al Zaffin, ExecutiveChairman of Dubai Aviation City Corporation and Dubai South, today opened MRO MiddleEast and Aircraft Interiors…
Russian women arrested for prostitution in Phuket
Patong police in Phuket Province detained two Russian women, ages 18 and 23, after an investigation revealed that they were secretly selling sex. Police officers searched the female visitors’ hotel…
British Airways returns to Thailand from London-Gatwick
British Airways (BA) will be resuming services to two key Asian capital cities, with Bangkok becoming available on the route map in October and Kuala Lumpur set to return in…
Train drivers kill 14 people as they watch cricket match in India
The drivers of a train that crashed in southern India in October, killing 14 people, were distracted watching a cricket match on a phone, India’s railways minister said. Dozens more…
3 day Bollywood billionaire wedding bash and A List celebs
Five hundred dishes, more than a thousand guests and a multi-million dollar budget – this is how the son of Asia’s richest man has reportedly celebrated his upcoming nuptials. Anant…
Thai banks to charge 1% for overseas withdrawals
From May 1st, Thai commercial banks will charge their customers a 1% Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) fee for making cash withdrawals abroad. A similar fee will also be levied on…