Police search a backpack belonging to Pisal Sukjaitham after he was arrested in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai on Sunday. An official in charge of finance at the Social Development and Human Security Ministry was arrested on Sunday for allegedly stealing 13 million baht earmarked for disabled people affected…
Police display some of the methamphetamine pills seized in Songkhla during a press briefing on Sunday. (Photo: Assawin Pakkawan) SONGKHLA: Police seized a total of 882,000 methamphetamine pills and 5.6 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine in two separate actions in Hat Yai and Bang Klam districts last week, Provincial Police Region…
Cars and motorcyles kick off an anti-coup and anti-government rally at Asoke intersetion on Sunday. (Photo: Apichit Jinakul) More than 1,000 cars, motorcycles and other vehicles set off from Asoke intersection in heavy rain, the beginning of a "car mob" rally set to wind through the streets of the capital…
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong opposition trade union coalition, the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, said on Sunday it would disband, adding to several civil society organisations that have ceased operating in the financial hub this year.The organisation passed a motion last week to disband, HKCTU Co-President Joe Wong…
Wardens stand outside the closed Correctional Institution for Young Offenders in Muang district of Nakhon Si Thammarat on Sunday. (Photo: Nujaree Rakrun) NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: The Correctional Institute for Young Offenders in Muang district of this southern province has been sealed off after 130 more Covid-19 infections were found among…
The Federal Reserve is closely watched, but it may not make big changes at its upcoming policy meeting WASHINGTON - With the United States on the upswing from the Covid-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve is expected to weigh in next week on whether the economy is healthy enough to begin…
A majority of people do not want to see Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha take over from Gen Prawit Wongsuwon as leader of the Palang Pratharath Party (PPRP) or set up his own party for the next general election, according to the result of an opinion survey by the National…
SONGKHLA: A fire broke out at a motorcycle showroom belonging to N.A. Minibike Company in Hat Yai district on Sunday morning. There were no casualties, police said.The fire started at about 7am. The Nakhon Hat Yai Municipality dispatched seven fire engines to the showroom, a two-storey shophouse with two fronts,…
A majority of people do not want to see Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha take over Gen Prawit Wongsuwon as leader of the Palang Pratharath Party (PPRP) or set up his own party for the next general election, according to the result of an opinion survey by the National Institute…
Branagh's 'Belfast' boosts Oscars hopes with Toronto prize published : 19 Sep 2021 at 08:45 Kenneth Branagh's deeply personal dramedy "Belfast" captures the late-1960s outbreak of Northern Ireland's violent "Troubles" from the perspective of Buddy, a nine-year-old boy OTTAWA: "Belfast," Kenneth Branagh's black-and-white homage to the hometown he fled as…