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Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:45:00 +0700
Teen relatives held in killing of Kanchanaburi girl
KANCHANABURI - Police have arrested two teenaged relatives of a seven-year-old girl whose body was found in a rubber plantation in Kanchanaburi province, with both suspects reportedly confessing to causing her death before disposing of the body.

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:51:00 +0700
Economists pick France to win World Cup
⁠France will beat Spain to ⁠lift the World Cup trophy ​and five-times winners Brazil are expected to be the biggest flops, according to a Reuters survey of economists who said football was still harder to call than ​inflation.

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:45:00 +0700
Iranian footballers get visas but tensions persist
WASHINGTON - New attacks in the Middle East on Friday threatened to unravel an already fragile US-Iran ceasefire, even as American officials confirmed that Tehran’s football players had received visas for the World Cup.

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:44:00 +0700
Nationalism is a Bad Fit for Thailand
Of all the countries seemingly turning inward to cope with the doldrums besetting the globe, Thailand, in the opinion of this writer, is one that will not benefit from such a strategy. It could even find itself at a loss by seeking to counter turmoil...

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:17:00 +0700
Thousands use up monthly co-pay quota in first week
More than 21.2 million people have spent money under the “Thai Chuay Thai Plus” (Thais Help Thais) co-payment scheme, with 142,610 users exhausting their full monthly entitlement of 1,000 baht during the programme’s first week, the ...

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Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:45:00 +0700
Teen relatives held in killing of Kanchanaburi girl
KANCHANABURI - Police have arrested two teenaged relatives of a seven-year-old girl whose body was found in a rubber plantation in Kanchanaburi province, with both suspects reportedly confessing to causing her death before disposing of the body.

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:44:00 +0700
Nationalism is a Bad Fit for Thailand
Of all the countries seemingly turning inward to cope with the doldrums besetting the globe, Thailand, in the opinion of this writer, is one that will not benefit from such a strategy. It could even find itself at a loss by seeking to counter turmoil...

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:17:00 +0700
Thousands use up monthly co-pay quota in first week
More than 21.2 million people have spent money under the “Thai Chuay Thai Plus” (Thais Help Thais) co-payment scheme, with 142,610 users exhausting their full monthly entitlement of 1,000 baht during the programme’s first week, the ...

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:13:00 +0700
US crude stocks close to rock bottom
HOUSTON - In the prairie town that calls itself the ​pipeline crossroads of the world, 400 oil storage tanks sprawled across Cushing, Oklahoma, are ‌nearly empty, drained by refiners worldwide to plug a massive shortfall in global supplies cau...

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 10:30:00 +0700
Thaksin tax case tests coalition unity
The resurging calls for authorities to pursue former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra over the 2006 sale of Shin Corporation to Singapore’s Temasek Holdings have once again exposed the delicate fault lines within coalition politics, where lega...

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