The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking expects inflation to run at 1.5-2.5% this year, and 3% in first half due to rising oil prices.

Foreign tourist arrivals could number more than 5 million this year, a private tourism group said on Wednesday, following a resumption of the country's quarantine waiver.

House Speaker Chuan Leekpai reaffirmed on Wednesday that parliament was still safe from Covid-19, with strict health measures in place, and would meet as normal.

Thailand has set a rice export target at 7 million tonnes this year, 14.6% higher than in 2021, the leading rice exporters body said on Wednesday.

Thailand’s leading joint business group on Wednesday said it has maintained its economic growth forecast at 3.0% to 4.5% this year, despite a rise in coronavirus infections driven by the Omicron variant.

PHUKET: Most of the tourists found infected with Covid-19 upon arrival are coming from Russia or Kazakhstan, provincial governor Narong Woonciew said on Wednesday.

BEIJING: The sporting action gets underway at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony of a Games overshadowed by diplomatic boycotts and concerns about human rights and Covid.

SURAT THANI: Police using teargas stormed a house and arrested a mentally unbalanced man who shot dead his elderly father at their home in Phunphin district on Tuesday, ending a 12-hour siege.

PARIS: Global warming is causing plants in the UK to burst into flower around a month earlier, with potentially profound consequences for crops and wildlife, according to research published on Wednesday that used nature observations going back to the...

PARIS: France began lifting coronavirus restrictions including mandatory outdoor mask-wearing Wednesday in a bid to ease citizens' daily lives, dividing opinion as the country only last month reported record Covid-19 infections.