CHIANG MAI: Officials of the Chiang Mai Zoo has taken its lone giant panda Lin Hui outdoors for a walk from 9am to 10am every day until next month thanks to the cool weather.

Authorities have arrested 18 suspects and seized 6.2 million speed pills, 1.7 tonnes of marijuana, 325 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine and 5.4 kilogrammes of heroin in seven operations.

Police arrested a drug courier and seized 550 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana from his pickup truck in Sakon Nakhon province early Thursday.

Central banks in Indonesia and the Philippines held their key interest rates steady to help entrench economic recoveries that are picking up pace as Southeast Asia’s worst Covid outbreaks recede.

Thailand is on course to surpass the goal of administering 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines this year, boosting its defence against the Omicron variant as the government weighs further easing of curbs on tourists.

DAPA, Philippines: Thousands of people in the Philippines fled their homes and beachfront resorts as super typhoon Rai slammed into the country Thursday, with a charity warning the storm could hit coastal communities "like a freight train".

PARIS: There are currently 488 media professionals imprisoned around the world, the highest number since Reporters Without Borders began counting more than 25 years ago, the NGO announced Thursday.

NEW YORK: Social media platform Reddit said Wednesday it has confidentially submitted a draft registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to go public on Wall Street.

The Food and Drug Administration has not yet approved the registration of saliva antigen test kits which involve putting tips of test strips directly in the mouth.

SYDNEY: Two children have died and several students were critically injured after falling from a height of 10m when strong winds lifted a jumping castle into the air at a primary school in Australia's Tasmania state, police said on Thursday.