The Bank of Thailand (BoT) will focus monetary policy efforts on shoring up sluggish growth in Southeast Asia'a second-largest economy, its chief said on Monday, even as surging global price pressures force its peers to raise interest rates.

JAKARTA: Indonesia's biggest tech firm soared in Jakarta trade Monday after a billion-dollar IPO that was the world's fifth-biggest this year, defying recent heavy weather for Asian tech stocks.

Russia will halt bond sales for the rest of the year and take legal action if sanctions force it into a default on its debt, according to the country’s finance minister.

Economic Crime Suppression Division (ECD) police have arrested a man accused of deceiving 25 people into investing in a non-existent jewelry business, defrauding them of around 10 million baht.

Passenger numbers at London's Heathrow Airport returned to the highest level since the pandemic began in March, driven by outbound leisure travel and the removal of all Covid restrictions.

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine: Austria's chancellor on Monday will become the first European leader to visit Moscow since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as Kyiv prepares for a huge Russian offensive in the country's east.

ISLAMABAD: Shehbaz Sharif was set to become Pakistan's new prime minister on Monday, but the country still faces months of political crisis with ousted premier Imran Khan vowing disruption from the wings.

There were 22,387 more confirmed Covid-19 cases and 105 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Monday morning.

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A man lying on the tracks was run over by a train and killed in Chawang district in the small hours of Monday.

SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk has decided not to take a seat on the board of Twitter, the CEO of the social media company said late on Sunday, in a reversal less than a week after announcing the Tesla chief would be appointed.