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Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:08:00 +0700‘Nana’ released on bail, police look for accomplice
Actress Rybena “Nana” Intachai has been released on 1-million-baht bail as she continues to deny fraud charges, while police are looking for a suspected accomplice who is close to her.
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:45:00 +0700Eurovision members debate call to boycott Israel
GENEVA - Israel's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest will be debated at a two-day meeting of member broadcasters in Geneva starting on Thursday, following calls to exclude the country over its Gaza war tactics.
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:43:00 +0700Old ‘Ben Smith’ photos come back to haunt Thai VIPs
Leaked photos showing alleged money laundering mastermind Benjamin Mauerberger, alias “Ben Smith”, posing with several high-profile Thai political, police, military and business figures have stirred controversy and raised questions about ...
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:11:00 +0700Osaka expo's economic impact estimated at B618bn: think tank
The World Exposition in Osaka is estimated to have generated an economic ripple effect of 3.05 trillion yen (618 billion baht), sowing the seeds for economic growth while the benefits struggled to expand to a wide area beyond the venue, a report by a...
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:45:00 +0700Egyptian tourism megaproject imperils Sinai town
SAINT CATHERINE, Egypt - Atop one of Egypt’s Sinai mountains, near where the three Abrahamic faiths say God spoke with Moses, another unmistakable sound rings out: the incessant drilling of construction work.
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:45:00 +0700Poll shows majority in EU see ‘high risk’ of war with Russia
PARIS - A majority of citizens across nine European Union countries see a high risk of war breaking out between the bloc’s members and Russia, according to a survey by the polling group Cluster 17 published on Thursday in the French internation...
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:42:00 +0700Mekong River Eye a new landmark in Isan
NAKHON PHANOM - This northeastern provinge is preparing to celebrate the opening of the giant Mekong River Eye ferris wheel in mid-December.
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:29:00 +0700Top Korean court upholds jail terms for Pattaya barrel murders
The South Korean Supreme Court on Thursday upheld sentences for three men convicted of murdering a tourist from their country and putting the body in a barrel before dumping it in a reservoir near Pattaya in Thailand
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:45:00 +0700Israel identifies body of last Thai hostage in Gaza
Israel has identified the remains of the hostage it received from Hamas as Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak, the Israeli prime minister’s office said on Thursday.
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:07:00 +0700Drunk raccoon passes out in US liquor store
A raccoon entered a liquor store the other day and drank his fill: rum, moonshine, even peanut butter whiskey. Then it passed out on the floor of the bathroom.