NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: The body of a 17-year-old boy swept away by strong waves on Saturday was found and brought ashore in Khanom district of this southern province on Sunday.

The CentralWorld shopping centre has cancelled in-person attendance at its New Year countdown party to avoid further spread of Omicron variant, although the event will still be broadcast live across the country.

JOHANNESBURG: South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died Sunday at the age of 90, was the moral compass of his beloved "Rainbow Nation", never afraid to speak truth to power, whatever its creed or colour.

PRACHIN BURI: A six-wheel lorry taking workers to an industrial estate ploughed into a herd of buffalo on a road in Si Mahaphot district on Sunday morning, killing five of them, police said.

CHIANG MAI: A patrol from the 3rd Cavalry Company of the Pha Muang Force arrested 18 Myanmar nationals who illegally crossed the border into Fang district of this northern province on Sunday morning, police said.

PARIS: The climate crisis has put the end of oil onto the agenda, but achieving that is a colossal task given the world economy's deep dependence on petroleum.

Most people still see no-one suitable for the post of prime minister, according to the result of a survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

HONG KONG - Three years of democracy protests followed by a pandemic have devastated Hong Kong retailers who had grown used to relying on cash from mainland Chinese tourists.

SAMUT PRAKAN: A man was killed after ramming his motorcycle into the rear of a car in Phra Pradaeng district on Saturday night, police said.

CHON BURI: Pattaya police arrested 18 gamblers in a raid on a condominium room on Saturday afternoon.