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Mon, 18 Jul 2022 14:22:54 +0700
Severe Covid cases and fatalities are rising
The number of the Covid-19 patients who depend on ventilators and coronavirus-related deaths are both rising, the Department of Disease Control reported on Monday.

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 06:32:00 +0700
Start in the right place to create change
My newsfeed recently showed me an article I first read several years ago. Rereading it reminded me that even with so much change recently, so much remains the same.

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 04:30:00 +0700
Minnows to aid PPRP at poll
All eyes are on two small parties which are expected to help the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) secure party-list seats and counteract a new method of calculating the seats seen to favour small parties at the expense of big ones.

Sat, 16 Jul 2022 13:56:00 +0700
Shrimps and whales keep crypto afloat
The shrimps of the crypto world have joined the whales in a glorious last stand to banish the bleak bitcoin winter.

Sat, 16 Jul 2022 12:48:00 +0700
2,025 new Covid cases, 20 more deaths
The country registered 20 more Covid-19 fatalities and 2,025 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Saturday morning.

Sat, 16 Jul 2022 08:11:00 +0700
'Robin Hood: Man in underpants'
Police recently arrested a serial phone thief who targeted branches of the Banana IT store chain in many provinces. CCTV footage caused interest in the felon to surge as in each case it showed a man wearing nothing but underpants committing the crime...

Sat, 16 Jul 2022 08:00:00 +0700
Temple yields trove of buried treasure
About 130 stone sculptures over a century old have been excavated after a road near a wall of the Emerald Buddha temple was dug up to build a water drainage system. They are now being exhibited on the grounds of the royal temple.

Sat, 16 Jul 2022 06:00:00 +0700
Ministry urges 10-day isolation
The Public Health Ministry has urged people infected with Covid-19 who are self-isolating at home to comply with the 10-day quarantine period after reports that some people with the virus have not done so, putting others at risk.

Sat, 16 Jul 2022 04:33:00 +0700
Crypto bankruptcy adds to Thai woes
The collapsing value of Thai digital assets has been exacerbated by the bankruptcy of US-based Celsius Network, following months of rapidly deteriorating sentiment in the global and domestic cryptocurrency markets and a series of insolvencies among h...

Sat, 16 Jul 2022 04:00:00 +0700
Govt set to dangle land bait
Academics, the private sector and non-governmental organisations have expressed mixed reactions to the government's plan to allow foreigners to hold land ownership of one rai for residential purposes.



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