European and US stocks climb as Russia starts returning some troops to base
By Chloe Taylor, CNBC London – European stocks were higher today (Feb. 15) after Russia announced it had begun returning some troops to deployment bases, tentatively raising hopes of de-escalation on the borders of Ukraine. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index climbed 1.2% during afternoon trade, with healthcare stocks adding 2% to lead gains as […]
Read More2-year-old boy drowns at Pattaya pool villa on Valentine’s night
A PHOTOGRAPHER and his wife are heartbroken after their two-year-old son drowned in the swimming pool of a villa in Pattaya they had rented for a photo shoot on Valentine’s night, Sanook.com said this evening (Feb. 15). Sawang Boriboon Thammasathan Foundation’s rescue unit quickly got to the villa in Soi Pratumnak 4, Pattaya City, at […]
Read MoreNYC man charged in brutal mugging of Thai model has extensive arrest record
By Tamar Lapin, Joe Marino and Melissa Klein, New York Post A NEW YORK CITY man has been busted for the horrifying November attack on an aspiring Thai model on a Herald Square subway platform, police said on Saturday. Kevin Douglas, 40, was charged on Thursday with second-degree robbery, third-degree robbery and second-degree assault, […]
Read MoreBTS Green Line project extension no breaking point for coalition govt: Anutin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER / BHUMJAITHAI Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul denied today (Feb.15) the controversial extension of the BTS Green Line concession might finally be a breaking point for the Palang Pracharath-led coalition government. Anutin categorically dismissed speculation that the coalition government would fall apart in the face of the planned […]
Read MoreOmicron sub-lineage BA.2 now surging ahead in Thailand
PUBLIC Health Ministry officials said today (Feb. 15) that infection by Omicron’s sub-lineage BA.2 is now increasing in many countries and it will likely turn into the main sub-variant in Thailand in one to two months’ time, TV Channel 7 said. However Dr. Supakit Sirilak, head of the Department of Medical Sciences, said while BA.2 […]
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