SONGKHLA: A volunteer ranger who was seriously injured when a passenger train rammed into his car at an unmanned rail crossing in Bang Klam district on Friday evening was pronounced dead on Saturday.

SAMUT SAKHON: Coronavirus infections in this province remained high, with 1,372 new cases and 10 more deaths reported on Saturday.

CHON BURI: Nine Covid-19 deaths and 1,417 new infections were reported on Saturday in this dark red-zoned eastern province, whose daily caseload has surpassed 1,000 for eight consecutive days.

NEW YORK: Two Myanmar citizens living in New York plotted over the past month to attack and potentially kill the country’s ambassador to the United Nations who resides in Westchester County, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said Friday.

Thailand has moved into the third-lowest tier in the world for internet freedom, down two steps from the year before, according to Comparitech, a website that focuses on improving cybersecurity and privacy online.

The government looks set to extend the rice price guarantees in the 2021-22 season, pledging to splurge 88 billion baht for the annual scheme operating for the third consecutive year.

CIMB Thai Bank (CIMBT) expects the economy to contract this year if the government is unable to get Covid-19 infections under control in the third quarter.

The Covid-19 situation continued to deteriorate, with record 212 deaths and 21,838 cases reported over the past 24 hours, according to the Public Health Ministry.

NEW YORK: An avatar of Ariana Grande will appear in the popular video game Fortnite and perform some of the pop superstar's greatest hits over the weekend, in an event highlighted by game maker Epic Games to showcase their new strategy.

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is expected to cut the policy interest rate at one of its three remaining meetings scheduled for this year to help the struggling economy amid a worsening pandemic, says Asia Plus Securities (ASPS).