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…
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…
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…
Big trouble in Bangkok as 20 transgender Filipinos fight with 4 local counterparts
One of the Thais was injured in the fight, according to a friend of a victim, who added that the two factions had quarrelled in the past, although this was…
Father and baby killed as car reverses wrong way on motorway in Chonburi
Police are seeking for the driver who turned in reverse in front of a Malaysian family’s BMW car, killing a Malaysian father and his 3-month-old infant. His wife and 5-year-old…
Angry British man pays compensation to Thai lady
A Thai woman accepted an apology with compensation from a British man who smashed a glass next to her because a dog next to her was barking. Amavalee Tongfak, 37,…