California police search shooter’s home seeking motive for Asian dance hall massacre
By Agencies – published by CNA and Denver Post Monterey Park, California – California police, seeking to learn the motive behind one of the state’s worst mass shootings, on Monday (Jan. 23) searched the home of the elderly gunman who killed 10 people in a Los Angeles area dance hall on Saturday before fatally […]
Read MoreSuspect in California mass shooting is dead; motive unclear
By AP and published by US News & World Report Monterey Park, Calif. – Authorities searched for a motive for the gunman who killed 10 people at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club during Lunar New Year celebrations, slayings that sent a wave of fear through Asian American communities in the region and cast […]
Read More10 killed in shooting near Los Angeles during Lunar New Year event
By Andrew Dalton – AP, and published by Yahoo!News Monterey Park, Calif. – A gunman killed 10 people and wounded 10 others at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club following a Lunar New Year celebration, setting off a manhunt for the suspect in the fifth mass killing in the US this month. Capt. Andrew […]
Read MoreKorat gold shops quiet amid sluggish demand this Chinese New Year
DESPITE CHINESE New Year usually heralding a bounce in trade of gold jewellery with people buying precious ornaments for their loved ones, this time round demand is low in Nakhon Ratchasima, or Korat, leading to gold shops remaining rather quiet, INN News said today (Jan. 21). At this northeastern city’s economic centre stretching along […]
Read MoreDrop in New Year weekend traffic accidents: Police chief
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS during the New Year weekend dropped compared to the previous year with police this evening (Jan. 1) focusing on the exodus back to Bangkok from the provinces, INN News said. National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittiprapas thanked policemen for having taken good care of road safety during the New Year festival […]
Read MoreFalling bullet hits man during New Year celebration
A THAI MAN celebrating the New Year by drinking with friends outdoors in a Samut Prakan alley was suddenly hit in the knee by a falling bullet and had to be rushed to the hospital, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Jan. 1) Just five minutes past midnight Pol. Lt. Witthaya Namthong, deputy inspector at […]
Read MoreNew Year revellers throng Central World to welcome 2023
LARGE crowds of both Thai and foreign revellers packed Ratchadamri road in front of Central World shopping complex for the New Year countdown celebration that started in the evening, Thai Rath newspaper said. The event, entitled “Central World Bangkok Countdown 2023 Times Square of Asia” was organised by this shopping complex together with Tourism Authority […]
Read MoreWorld readies for New Year parties after Covid-19 hiatus
By Agencies and published by CNA Sydney – Australia is gearing up to celebrate its first restriction-free New Year’s Eve after two years of Covid disruptions, with more than a million revellers expected to flock to Sydney’s harbourfront and watch an elaborate fireworks display. Sydney is one of the world’s first major cities to […]
Read More48 dead on 2nd of seven dangerous days
ON THE second of seven dangerous days yesterday (Dec. 30) there were 366 accidents that killed 48 people and injured 363 others with speeding being the biggest cause of these road crashes, TV Channel 7 said today (Dec. 31). The Road Safety Centre said this took the total for the first two of seven […]
Read MoreChadchart: New Year countdown events can be held as usual
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt confirmed that New Year countdown events could continue as usual in all 50 districts of the metropolis but the focus is on safety and orderliness especially at four key gathering points – Central World, Icon Siam, Asiatique, and the forecourt of Siam Paragon, Amarin TV said last evening (Dec. 24). Bangkok […]
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