Tropical storm to hit Thailand on Thursday
Rescuers help out at flooded Bang Wang Phrom village in Wang Thong district of Phitsanulok province on Tuesday. The Meteorological Department says Typhoon Noru, currently threatening Vietnam after pounding the…
Sterling swallows bitter pill, dollar advances on hawkish Fed speak
The pound languished near a record low on Wednesday on lingering concerns over Britain’s radical tax cuts to spur growth, while the dollar edged up after Treasury yields surged overnight.…
Suicide space flight at hypersonic speed
An illustration of NASA’s DART spacecraft and the Italian Space Agency’s (ASI) LICIACube prior to impact at the Didymos binary system. Hurtling through the solar system at hypersonic speed on…
Hurricane Ian prompts NASA to roll moon rocket off launchpad
NASA’s next-generation moon rocket stands on launch complex 39B as it is prepared for launch in Florida NASA’s next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) with the Orion crew…
U.S. VP Harris set to visit Korean DMZ after Kim’s missile test
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris holds a bilateral meeting with South Korea’s Prime Minister Han Duck-soo (not pictured) in Tokyo, Japan September 27, 2022. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will…
Daughter of Thailand’s exiled ex-PM Thaksin leads opinion poll
Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was deposed in a bloodless 2006 coup, poses with his daughter Paetongtarn during her graduation day at a Bangkok university July 10, 2008.…
The Bank of Thailand will deliver another 25 basis-point rate hike on Wednesday
Modest rate hike comes even as inflation is at 14-year high. The Bank of Thailand will deliver another 25 basis-point rate hike on Wednesday, its second in a row, even…
School director found dead in submerged car
The female director of a school was found dead in a car submerged in an irrigation canal in Tha Muang district on Saturday, police said. Pol Capt Narong Khamsunthorn, an…
Insurgent killed in firefight with soldiers
A suspected insurgent wanted under court warrants for three security-related cases was killed in a firefight with an army special operations unit in Muang district of this southern border province…
Philippines evacuates coasts, cancels sea trips as supertyphoon nears
Philippine authorities started evacuating people from coastal areas on Sunday and hundreds were unable to travel by sea as the main island Luzon, including Manila, braces for a category 3…