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Day: August 15, 2024

Local News

Background of Paetongtarn’s husband Pitaka Suksawat

  WITH de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s daughter/party leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra being named prime minister at tomorrow’s (Aug. 16) special House session, the spotlight is now on her husband Pitaka Suksawat, Sanook.com said today. Before the two of them got married in 2019, Pitaka had earned a bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of […]

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Local News

Big lot of fake brand name goods seized

  A RAID on a warehouse in Bangkok’s Taweewattana district netted a large amount of knock-off brand name products worth over 20 million baht, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon (Aug. 15). Fake brand name products seized in this raid include 5,067 “luxury” watches, 1,150 bottles of perfumes, 800 mobile phones, 770 headphones, 6,720 mobile […]

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Local News

Thaksin’s daughter to be named PM in tomorrow’s House session

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a last-minute twist of a decision, de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s daughter/Pheu Thai leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra is being named prime minister in tomorrow’s (Aug. 16) special House session. Most members of the executive board of the Pheu Thai as core of the current […]

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Business

Chinese fruits and vegetables flood Korat market

  A FRESH market in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) is overflowing with Chinese fruits and vegetables with vendors saying the quality is good, the colours beautiful, and they are cheaper than what Thailand produces, Amarin TV said yesterday (Aug. 14). A reporter of this TV channel went to investigate the fruits and vegetables being sold at […]

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Health

WHO again declares mpox a global public health emergency 

  By Reuters and published by CNA THE World Health Organization on Wednesday (Aug. 14) declared mpox (previously known as monkeypox) a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the viral infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread to neighbouring countries. An emergency committee […]

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