Asian stocks tumbled to their lowest since November 2020 as signs Russia’s attack on Ukraine is intensifying further roiled financial markets.

Summer storms are forecast for the Northeast from Sunday, moving to other areas including Greater Bangkok during the week.

A summary of the latest developments in Russia's war on Ukraine:

A close friend of drowned TV actress Nida “Tangmo" Patcharaveerapong has lashed out at the late star's manager, accusing her of twisting the facts surrounding her death.

HELSINKI: It's one of the few remaining routes from Russia to the EU - trains to Finland are packed with Russians fearful that now is their last chance to escape the impact of Western sanctions.

There were 54 more Covid-19 fatalities and 23,834 new cases reported during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Friday morning.

SONGKHLA: A couple were caught with eight illegal migrants from Myanmar in their pickup near the Malaysian border in Sadao district in the early hours of Friday.

TOKYO: Japan's government plans to amend traffic laws to allow level four autonomous vehicles to drive on some roads and will ask lawmakers to approve the change as early as this month.

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh directed the Health Ministry to begin the process of moving the country to the course of living with Covid-19 and treating it as endemic even as cases surge.

ISTANBUL: Russian troops attacked Europe's largest nuclear power plant on Friday, setting part of the Ukrainian facility ablaze in an assault the country's leader branded "nuclear terror" and said could endanger the continent.