Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered the Commerce Ministry to keep a close watch on the rising price of antigen test kits (ATKs), to prevent buyers being taken advantage of, deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul said.

There were 7,526 new Covid-19 cases and 19 more coronavirus-related fatalities recorded during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Friday morning.

The suspension of the Test & Go no-quarantine programme for air travellers has been extended indefinitely, but three provinces will be added to the sandbox scheme that currently applies only to Phuket.

PATTANI: Four rangers were injured by a roadside bomb explosion on Friday morning, police said.

LAS VEGAS: The CES tech show has its share of gadgets that may be cluttering a shelf soon, but among them are also objects and ideas aimed at fighting waste.

Bangkok deputy governor Sakoltee Phattiyakul has confirmed his intention to run for city governor at the election expected in June.

The Thai baht slipped for a second session on Friday to its lowest in two weeks, leading declines along with the Philippine peso as pressures from an increasingly hawkish United States Federal Reserve weighed on risk-sensitive Asian markets.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A field hospital closed only 12 days ago was reopened on Friday following a sharp rise in the number of Covid-19 cases detected in the province.

LAS VEGAS: German carmaker BMW has unveiled the world's first "colour-changing" car at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

A crime assessment by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) indicates that cybercrime activities will spike this year as people increasingly rely on the internet due to the pandemic.