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Bangkok: Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra declared more than $400 million in assets on Friday, her party said, including more than 200 designer handbags worth over $2 million and at least 75 luxury watches, valued at almost $5 million. The youngest daughter of telecom billionaire and ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Paetongtarn took office in September…
Representational image of man standing on top of a skyscraper view of the Bangkok city skyline. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Thailand may have to consider relocating its capital Bangkok because of rising sea levels, a senior official in the country’s climate change office said on May 15. Projections consistently show that low-lying Bangkok risks…
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The hot weather is expected to continue in the coming days. (File) Bangkok: Thai authorities issued an extreme heat warning for Bangkok on Wednesday, urging people to stay indoors for their own safety as temperatures soared. The mercury was forecast to hit 39C in the sprawling Thai capital, while the heat index rose above 52C,…
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The tourist is believed to have been injured after falling off the train. (Representative pic) A Canadian tourist in Thailand died on Wednesday after falling from a moving train en route to “Death Island”. According to The Independent, 24-year-old Ryan Joseph Ralph was travelling with his British girlfriend Shona Morgan, 22, when he fell from…
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The flight was forced into an early landing at Heathrow Airport. An EVA Air flight (BR67) from Bangkok to London was forced to make an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport on Friday after a passenger attempted suicide inside the airplane bathroom, according to The Metro. Cabin crew discovered the passenger during the plane’s descent when…
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Visitors head to the Siam Paragon Mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP The teenage boy who allegedly shot two people dead and wounded five others inside a major shopping mall in the center of Thailand’s capital used a mock handgun that had been modified to fire real bullets, police…
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