NARATHIWAT: Excise officials raided a warehouse in Tak Bai district of this southern border province on Saturday and seized a large quantity of untaxed cigarettes worth about 7 million baht.

Hong Kong could detail plans to end hotel quarantine for inbound travellers in a move designed to trumpet the financial hub’s revival, the Oriental Daily reported.

TAIPEI: A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the sparsely populated southeastern part of Taiwan on Sunday, the island's weather bureau said, causing damage including derailed train carriages, and sparking tsunami warnings.

The National Health Security Office (NHSO) has decided to revoke its contracts with nine private hospitals in Bangkok because they allegedly filed false claims for reimbursements for their services under the universal healthcare scheme.

Do Kwon, the wanted South Korean founder of the failed cryptocurrency Terra, denied Sunday he was on the run after the Singapore police said he was not in the city-state as had been believed.

CHON BURI: Police are looking for a group of four young men who were said to have beaten a 14-year-old boy to death in Bang Lamung district of this coastal province.

CHON BURI: Police have issued a warrant, approved by the Pattaya Court, for the arrests of three Chinese nationals following the death of a Kyrgyz woman in Pattaya on Friday, police said.

FUKUOKA: Thousands of people were in shelters in southwestern Japan on Sunday as powerful Typhoon Nanmadol churned towards the region, prompting authorities to urge nearly three million residents to evacuate.

The country registered 477 new coronavirus patients admitted to hospitals and 12 more Covid-19 related fatalities, the Ministry of Public Health announced on Sunday.

LONDON: Britain's new Queen Consort Camilla paid tribute Sunday to Queen Elizabeth II for carving her own role as a "solitary woman" in a world dominated by men.