There were 11,754 new Covid-19 cases and 123 more fatalities recorded during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Friday morning.

SURAT THANI: A large and healthy-looking whale shark was seen and videoed at the popular Kong Hin Chumphon diving site off Koh Tao in Koh Phangan district on Thursday, to the delight and excitement of divers.

SYDNEY: Australia will begin reopening its borders next month, the prime minister said on Friday, 18 months after citizens were banned from travelling overseas without permission and foreign arrivals largely banned.

Flooding caused by Storm Dianmu remains in 18 provinces in the North, Northeast and Central Plains, with 10 provinces facing rising flood levels, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Friday.

MANILA: Newly retired boxing icon Manny Pacquiao was the first to file his candidacy for the presidency of the Philippines at the start of registration for thousands of political posts in what is expected to be a hotly contested election in May next ...

NARATHIWAT: A defence volunteer and three civilians, one a young child, were hurt when gunmen opened fire and threw a bomb at a checkpoint in Sungai Padi district on Thursday night.

The Energy Ministry will use the State Oil Fund to keep the retail price of biodiesel B10 from going above 30 baht per litre.

SYDNEY: A long-planned round of Australia-EU free trade talks have been postponed, a European official confirmed Friday, after fury over Canberra's decision to cancel a major French submarine contract.

The Public Health Ministry on Thursday expressed concerns over the spread of Covid-19 in the southern region that is contributing to high daily caseloads nationwide despite a downward trend in infections.

Economic inequality is expected to widen after the outbreak is controlled because lower-income earners will likely continue to suffer from the impact of the pandemic during an uneven recovery, says Bank of Thailand governor Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput...