Biden and Xi centre stage as G20 gathers in Indonesia
Over the last three years, rivalry between China and the United States has intensified sharply. Leaders from the world’s 20 largest economies arrive on the Indonesian island Bali on Monday…
Prayut, Hun Sen pledge to step up crackdown on cross-border scams
This photo released by Cambodia’s Government shows Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) speaking to Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha (R) during a meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom…
Elon Musk sells Tesla shares worth $3.95 bln days after Twitter deal
Tesla founder Elon Musk attends Offshore Northern Seas 2022 in Stavanger, Norway Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) top boss Elon Musk has sold $3.95 billion worth of shares in the electric-vehicle maker,…
Truss phone was hacked by suspected Putin agents when she was foreign minister, the Daily Mail reports
Liz Truss at a party rally earlier in October, 2022 Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s personal phone was hacked by suspected agents working for Russian President Vladimir Putin when…
Scammer posing as senior cop to lure victims out of B150m nabbed
Chonwicha Pansamut, 32, a call centre scammer posing as a senior police officer to dupe victims, is arrested in Wang Noi district, Ayutthaya. A phone scam gang member who masqueraded…
Govt to recapitalise Thai Airways with B10bn
Thai Airways International planes at Suvarnabhumi airport. The government will need to raise 10 billion baht to recapitalise financially ailing Thai Airways International (THAI) to keep its shareholding in the…
Sunak looks set to become next UK PM after Johnson quits race
Britain’s Conservative MP Rishi Sunak leaves his home address in London Rishi Sunak looked set to become Britain’s next prime minister after his rival Boris Johnson quit the race, admitting…
UK’s Johnson, Sunak meet amid private battle for Tory leadership
Britain’s former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Conservative MP, Rishi Sunak leaves his home in London on October 22, 2022. Former prime minister Boris Johnson on Saturday returned to Britain from…
Businessman killed in crash with turning truck
The BMW sedan was totally destroyed in the crash with a trailer truck making a U-turn on Highway 31 in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district on Thursday night. The driver…
One of 6 foreign suspects in Samui extortion case arrested
Andrey Nizhegorodtsev, 37, a Kazakhstan national, one of six foreign men accused of extortion by a Russian business couple on Koh Samui, after his arrest in Chon Buri. One of…