Cigarette butts are still littering the beach at Cha-am but lesser than previously, officials of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources said. The survey of Cha-am beach was conducted during October 16-17 after a pilot project of smoking ban was first introduced here before the planned inposition of smoking ban on 20 beaches next […]
An earth dam in Lop Buri’s Khok Samrong district collapsed early on Wednesday, causing a massive amount of water to inundate farmland downstream and threaten many villages. The chief of the Tambon Phaniad Administrative Organisation said the dam collapsed at 4am after the water in the 400-rai (64-hectare) reservoir had filled to full capacity following […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Police have identified a man who reported a fake bomb threat at the US embassy in Moscow, a source in the city’s emergency services told TASS, adding that the man had three criminal records. On October 16, police received an anonymous telephone call saying that an explosive device had been planted on […]
Pakistani police and medics say a bomb attack on the outskirts of Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta has killed at least six people, including members of the country’s security forces and civilians, and wounded more than 20 others. Officials said the blast took place on the Quetta-Sibbi Road early on October 18 and hit a […]
PHUKET: A local surfer at Phuket’s Nai Harn Beach was forced to come to the rescue yesterday (Oct 17) to safely bringing back to shore a Chinese tourist in distress and the local official tasked as part of the “emergency beach safety team” who was trying to rescue him. The surfer, who The Phuket News […]
KRABI — Rangers warned tourists Wednesday not to swim at certain beaches on Koh Hong and surrounding islands after several Chinese tourists were stung by poisonous jellyfish. The three tourists were stung Tuesday after clouds of poisonous purple jellyfish appeared just off the shores of Koh Hong and Koh Lao Lading in the Than Bok […]
Park rangers and veterinarians are on Wednesday morning trying to rescue a 10-year-old wild elephant after it was swept away and trapped in strong current of a canal at Thung Saleng Luang national park in Nern Maplang district of Phitsanulok province. The elephant was stranded in the Klong Chompoo canal since yesterday and until today […]
A Thai woman was arrested on Wednesday for stealing 6,000 euros (about Bt234,000) in cash from a 74-year-old German tourist inside his Pattaya hotel room. Pattaya police arrested Ad Soison, 40, from Kalasin, at her apartment room in Moo 12 in Tambon Nongplue in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung district. Full story: The Nation By The […]
