Tropical depression Lionrock was moving from upper Laos to the upper Northeast of Thailand on Monday morning, bringing heavy to very heavy rain, the Meteorological Department said in its 11am forecast.

Thailand's leading joint-business group on Monday raised its 2021 economic forecast again to between 0% and 1% growth thanks to declining Covid-19 cases, more vaccinations and a resumption of businesses.

Former activist monk Buddha Isara on Monday offered advice for Phra Maha Sompong Talaputto, after the giggling monk told followers of his live Facebook show he was under pressure to leave the monkhood because of his unconventional teaching of dhamma...

MANILA: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's office on Monday congratulated journalist Maria Ressa for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, calling it "a victory for a Filipina" for which it was happy to see.

MADRID: Notorious former police chief Jose Manuel Villarejo, whose revelations have shaken Spain's political and business elite to the core, goes on trial this week for blackmail and corruption.

NARATHIWAT: A police pickup on patrol was damaged and a passing motorcyclist was injured when a bomb exploded in Bacho district on Sunday night.

CHON BURI: Pattaya police raided a karaoke bar in the small hours on Monday and arrested 27 customers and a bar attendant.

WASHINGTON: Global momentum is building on the climate crisis but action will be impossible without two nations, China and the United States, which together account for more than half of emissions -- and whose governments do not get along.

BEIJING: A key UN summit tasked with protecting biodiversity officially opens in China and online Monday, as countries meet to tackle pollution and prevent mass extinction weeks before the COP26 climate conference.

STOCKHOLM: The Nobel Economics Prize on Monday wraps up a Nobel season characterised by surprising picks, with a number of women in with a chance of scooping the traditionally male-dominated prize.