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Tue, 28 Sep 2021 14:56:00 +0700Couple caught selling firearms online
A couple were arrested for selling firearms online and 18 guns, ammunition and other items seized during a police raid on a house in Bangkok’s Bang Khae district on Tuesday.
Tue, 28 Sep 2021 14:37:00 +0700Business group scales down tourism forecast, says 3m jobs lost
Foreign visitors to Thailand are expected at about 280,000 this year, down from half a million projected earlier, a private tourism group said on Tuesday, as the country suffers a prolonged coronavirus outbreak.
Tue, 28 Sep 2021 14:18:00 +0700World Bank cuts Thai GDP growth outlook to 1% this year
Thailand’s economy is forecast to grow 1% this year, down from the 2.2% projected in July, hit by a spike in Covid-19 cases and a delayed reopening to visitors, the World Bank said on Tuesday, as the country fights its biggest virus outbreak to dat...
Tue, 28 Sep 2021 13:45:00 +0700Hong Kong man on national security trial over protest chants
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong man who chanted protest slogans pleaded not guilty to inciting secession on Tuesday in the second national security case to come to trial as authorities wield the sweeping new law to snuff out dissent.
Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:35:00 +0700Flooding in 30 provinces, 6 dead
Storm Dianmu left six people dead in its wake, with two others missing, and caused flooding in 30 provinces since Sept 23.
Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:18:00 +0700Fugitive army ranger surrenders, faces murder charges
SONGKHLA: A fugitive army ranger has surrendered to face charges of shooting dead his wife and mother-in-law at their home in Saba Yoi district on Thursday night.
Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:15:00 +0700Supot to head National Security Council
Gen Supot Malaniyom, chief-of-staff of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, has been appointed secretary-general of the National Security Council (NSC) by royal command published in the Royal Gazette on Tuesday.
Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:08:00 +0700China's energy crunch triggers alarm, pleas for more coal
SHANGHAI: As a severe power crunch roils China's northeastern industrial heartland, senior officials face mounting pressure from alarmed citizens to ramp up coal imports thick and fast in order to keep lights on, factories open and even water supplie...
Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:45:00 +0700Unheard Lennon tape goes on sale in Denmark
COPENHAGEN: A 1970 tape of John Lennon singing a hitherto unheard song called "Radio Peace" and expressing frustration at his Beatles image to a group of Danish schoolboys goes under the hammer on Tuesday in Copenhagen.
Tue, 28 Sep 2021 11:09:00 +0700Khon Kaen's Mancha Khiri hard-hit by flood
KHON KAEN: Mountain runoff flooded many areas of Mancha Khiri district on Tuesday after hours of heavy rain overnight, with more flooding expected in the general area over the next few days.