The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine has issued new penalty guidelines imposing licence suspensions or revocation on cannabis businesses that fail to file required reports or otherwise violate the rules.

Energy Minister Akanat Promphan said on Monday households have been unfairly charged for the cost of public street lighting for decades, and he plans to change that.

LONDON - Embattled British Prime Minister Keir Starmer could set out plans to step down as soon as Monday, UK media has reported, the same day his likely successor is expected to be sworn in as a member of parliament.

Australia reported a second case of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in Western Australia on Monday (June 22), after confirming its first over the weekend, as the government vowed to rein in the spread of the virus. - REUTERS

HONG KONG - Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia X has lowered fares by 5% since June 15, with the airline reviewing its pricing week by week and adding back capacity as jet ​fuel prices drop, the company's ⁠CEO, Bo Lingam, said on Monday.

Worries about fertiliser supply have eased after Thailand-bound cargo ships were allowed passage through the Strait of Hormuz, but the government is still seeking additional  sources of supply, the commerce minister said on Monday.

Thailand's exports ​posted double-digit ​growth ‌in May but at a slower pace ​than April, ⁠a Commerce Ministry official said ‌on Monday.

LOS ANGELES - Lionel Messi and World Cup holders Argentina face Austria in Dallas on Monday with the Argentine great needing one more goal to rewrite the record books.

Malaysia plans to increase shrimp production to replace Thai imports as talks on marine product sanitation issues remain stalled. 

MANILA - Three people ​were killed and five ‌injured in a school shooting in the central Philippines, police said on Monday.