NAKHON PHANOM: A border patrol police Borderunit seized 400 kilogrammes of premium-grade dried marijuana from two vehicles in That Phanom district of this northeastern border province on Saturday night and arrested both drivers.

Authorities worry large numbers of Thais in Malaysia may cross back illegally in light of a new nationwide lockdown in the neighbouring country.

KANCHANABURI: Two bombs exploded in Myanmar close to the border with this western province on Saturday night, local media reported.

SARABURI: A chicken processing plant belonging to CP Foods in Kaeng Khoi district of this central province has been closed after 245 of its workers were found to have Covid-19.

PARIS: The global rebound from the coronavirus pandemic is revving luxury carmakers' sales to never-before-seen heights, as order books at the likes of Lamborghini, Ferrari and Rolls-Royce burst with demand from the world's wealthy.

SONGKHLA: Thai authorities have found seven spots where illegal border crossings had taken place along an 85-kilometre span of border in Sadao district opposite Malaysia's Kedah and Perlis states, governor Jaruwat Kliangklao said on Saturday.

About three-quarters of the population feel anxious and hopeless about their lives during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the result of an opinion survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.

Health authorities reported 24 new Covid-19 fatalities on Sunday and another 4,528 cases, passing two grim milestones with the accumulated death toll now at 1,012 and the number of cases since the start of the pandemic at 154,307.

GOMA, DR Congo: The situation is "under control" following the eruption of a volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Felix Tshisekedi said on Saturday after his government mistakenly announced another volcano had erupted.

MONTREAL: Canadian health authorities announced Saturday they were pushing back the expiration date on nearly 50,000 doses of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine by one month.