Mariupol fighters in Russian hands; both sides claim wins
By AP, published US News & World Report, plus BBC Kyiv, Ukraine – Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters, including wounded men carried out on stretchers, left the vast steel plant in Mariupol where they mounted a dogged last stand and turned themselves over to Russian hands, signalling the beginning of the end of a siege that […]
Read MoreAbhisit backs calls to end senators’ role in picking post-election PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER PREMIER ABHISIT Vejjajiva has joined ranks with pro-democracy groups in repeating calls for an end to the role of all unelected senators in voting for head of a post-election government. Delivering a speech via a zoom conferencing system to Thammasat University’s Faculty of Law, the former premier advised today (May […]
Read MoreHeavy rush-hour rain triggers traffic snarl-ups in Bangkok
TRAFFIC came to a standstill in parts of Bangkok and its surrounding provinces this evening (May 17) after heavy rain lashed this zone during the rush hour leading to flooding in many areas, Thai Rath newspaper said. The situation is particularly bad today because it is the first day of the new school year with […]
Read MoreBangkok’s daily Covid tally drops below 1,000, Phasi Charoen worst hit
WITH the national Covid tally dropping to 3,893 cases and 38 deaths today (May 17), Bangkok likewise saw its count plunge to 865 with Phasi Charoen topping the 10 worst-hit districts, Amarin TV said. The additional 3,893 cases took the nationwide cumulative confirmed total since Jan. 1 to 2,159,542. Another 7,323 patients were cured […]
Read More20m baht damage at flooded Korat pottery market
HEAVY rain last evening led to forest runoffs gushing into well-known Baan Dan Kwian pottery market in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) province causing minimum 20 million baht damage, Naewna newspaper said this morning (May 17). The floodwater flowing swiftly at this village, famed for producing ceramics and pottery decorative ware and ornamental vessels, reached a […]
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