The Bank of Thailand is calling on the Ministry of Finance to control gold trading after a surge in transactions helped drive up the value of the baht, governor Vitai Ratanakorn said on Thursday.

SAMUT PRAKAN - An overpass collapsed onto two vehicles, killing one of the occupants, after being struck by a dump truck on Thursday morning, causing heavy traffic congestion along Bang Na-Trat Road.

The body of one of two Thai soldiers killed in a recent clashes along the Thai-Cambodian border has been found, but troops have been unable to retrieve it amid fears of a possible ambush.

ADELAIDE, Australia - A pumped-up Australia ripped through England’s fragile batting Thursday to leave the tourists staring down the barrel of a third Test defeat with their Ashes campaign on the brink, barring a miracle.

Police on Thursday summoned seven young Cambodians involved in a public disturbance in Chon Buri province, in which a ping pong bomb was used in an attempt to provoke a fight with Thai people.

Cambodia is increasingly firing rockets and shells at Thai civilian areas along its border with Thailand and the Thai military has vowed to do its best to stop it.

While governments and military officers trade accusations, civilians along the Thai-Cambodian border are paying the real price of conflict.

China is sending a special envoy to Thailand and Cambodia to renew its attempts to restore peace between the two Southeast Asian nations.

LOS ANGELES - The son of Hollywood director Rob Reiner made his first appearance in court Wednesday, charged with stabbing his parents to death in their Los Angeles home.

SYDNEY - Australia’s prime minister vowed to stamp out extremism Thursday as the nation mourned the youngest victim of the Bondi Beach shooting, a 10-year-old girl remembered as “our little ray of sunshine”.