PATHUM THANI: The floodwater that has inundated many areas in Rangsit began receding on Friday as large pumps helped drain the overflowing Rangsit Prayoonsak canal into the Chao Phraya River.

A businessman wanted by police after his estranged wife's lover was shot dead in a spa tub at a resort in Khon Kaen on Wednesday night has been arrested in Lampang province.

Thailand has expressed its "deepest sorrow" at death of Queen Elizabeth II and government offices will fly the national flag at half-mast for three working days as a mark of respect.

SINGAPORE: India’s decision to curb rice exports is expected to lift world prices and trigger a rally in wheat and corn markets, deepening concerns over food inflation.

SET-listed Gulf Energy Development (Gulf) on Friday said it has invested US$409 million in a 49% stake in Jackson Generation, a 1,200-megawatt natural gas-fired power project in Illinois, its first expansion into the United States.

Fourteen US companies including Amazon.com Inc and Visa Inc each pledged to provide at least 500,000 digital training and education opportunities for women and girls in the Indo-Pacific region as part of a Biden administration initiative.

Thailand’s goal of becoming Southeast Asia’s leading trading centre for digital assets has suffered a setback, following moves by regulators to tighten rules in the wake of trading irregularities and the collapse of a major acquisition involving ...

There were 20 more Covid-19 fatalities and 1,191 new patients admitted to hospitals on Thursday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Friday.

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LONDON: While Charles automatically became king the moment his mother Queen Elizabeth II died, the coronation will not come until later as this deeply symbolic ceremony takes time to organise.