Bridge project ‘threatens rare dolphins’
The last pod of 14 Irrawaddy dolphins found recently in Songkhla Lake in Songkhla province. The cabinet’s recent decision to approve the construction of a 4.48-billion-baht bridge across the Songkhla…
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…
“Tono’s Mekong swim” raises over 60 million baht
Thai actor Phakin Khamwilaisak, better known as “Tono”, has raised over 60 million baht with his charity swim across the Mekong River off Nakhon Phanom yesterday to raise funds for…
U.S. judge: Passengers in fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes are ‘crime victims’
The first Boeing 737 MAX 7 is unveiled in Renton, Washington, U.S. February 5, 2018. A U.S. judge in Texas ruled on Friday that people killed in two Boeing (BA.N)…
Trump ordered to testify in Capitol assault probe
The panel accused former president Donald Trump of being “central” in a plot to overturn the 2020 election. Lawmakers probing the 2021 attack on the US Capitol subpoenaed former president…
Russians explain why they moved to Thailand
Two Russians who fled to Thailand talk of their and their compatriots’ struggles to seek more peaceful pastures. Within 30 minutes of hearing Putin announce a partial mobilisation of Russian…
Thai doctor named recipient of Thailand’s first Public Diplomacy Award
A Thai otolaryngologist who has spent more than 30 years helping patients across 10 countries has been chosen as the recipient of Thailand’s first-ever Public Diplomacy Award. Dr. Soontorn Antarasena…
Apec protest risk worries govt
A dancer performs a classical Khon dance at Suvarnabhumi airport on Tuesday as part of a public relations campaign ahead of the upcoming Apec summit next month The government has…
Over 1,000 cannabis clinics have opened this year
Rungrueng: Treatments popular Over 1,000 clinics offering cannabis-based treatments have opened since the start of the year, promising better public access to the medicinal plant, according to the Public Health…
First case of highly infectious BQ.1 variant found in Thailand
Fauci: New strains ‘pretty troublesome’ The first case of Omicron’s highly transmissible and immune-evasive descendant called BQ.1 has been detected in Thailand, according to the Centre for Medical Genomics at…