Новости за 08.07.2021

A 39-year-old factory machinist was arrested on charges of illegally making, modifying and selling guns when police raided his room at a workers’ dormitory in Pak Kret district, Nonthaburi.

Residents living within a 2- to 5-kilometre radius of burnt-out Ming Dih Chemical Co in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan have been allowed to return home.

Thailand reported a record high of 75 Covid-19 fatalities over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported Thursday morning.

Another lockdown may be considered to slow the spread of Covid-19 if new cases continue to surge, National Security Council secretary-general Natthapol Nakpanich has said.

The Samui Plus model is aiming to attract 2,000 travellers in the first month of reopening as it banks on Phuket's success in order to ease rules which currently require tourists to stay in alternative local quarantines (ALQ) for the first seven days.

Chiang Mai has ranked 34th in the world where expats want to live and work remotely, according to the Work-from-Anywhere Index.

History buffs take note. A conservation group in Lop Buri is remembering King Narai of Ayutthaya on the occasion of the 333rd anniversary of his death this Sunday.

Ban Pang Ha village in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district is now open to visitors wanting to learn about sa paper.

Yellow, red and orange-brown are the colours of ripe dates available in Suan Inthaphalum Preecha, or the Date Plantation of Preecha, in Nonthaburi's Pak Kret district, a short drive from Bangkok.

The Larn Muang 2 on the ground floor of SookSiam at Iconsiam has been transformed into a free market space as part of the "Siam Ruam Jai, Thais Help Thais Fight Covid Together" campaign, which is running until July 21.

The Covid-19 pandemic has deprived us almost completely from the pleasures of fine dining for quite a while now.

After the coronavirus spread around the world in 2019, face masks became an essential item in people's lives. While a face mask symbolises safety and protection, it can reflect inequality in society and an ineffective government.

Although countries like Israel, the United Kingdom, and the United States have done particularly well getting Covid-19 vaccines into arms as fast as possible, vaccine hesitancy remains a serious hurdle. In the US, it has already derailed President Joe Biden's goal of administering at least one vaccine dose to 70% of the US population by July 4.

If the government does not wish to see a collapse of society, it must rethink its Covid-19 strategy. First, it must admit that the Covid-19 outbreak is not controllable after the outbreak has changed from the cluster level (individual based) to the community level (activity based).

Thailand's rich natural resources have been helping driving the country's economic growth for decades. Minerals -- from tin, gypsum, natural gas and coal, not to mention teeming forests -- have been exploited and minted many businessmen in the kingdom. Yet, there is something rarely tapped into, despite being relatively cheap and abundant, and that is sunshine. Solar energy is a natural resource...

The latest cyberattack, apparently emanating from Russia again, has hit at least 20 software firms affecting at least 1,000 businesses. It follows a cyberattack that left parts of the US without adequate gasoline supplies for several days, and one on the Irish public health system. There are undoubtedly many more attacks that go unreported, if only because the victims do not wish to advertise...

It's welcome news that the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has finally launched a probe into the mishandling of the infamous hit and run case involving Vorayuth Yoovidhya, scion of the Red Bull empire, which allowed the megarich culprit off the hook.