The Ministry of Energy yesterday (Oct 4) revealed its plan to make “Tuk-Tuk” a product champion for export after Thailand has exported them to three countries in Europe. It also plans to convert the existing 22,000 LPG-powered Tuk-Tuks in the country to run on electricity within five years. Full story: thaipbs.or.th By Thai PBS
Two people were injured in an explosion of a building in Southern Scotland, according to the British police. On Thurday, an explosion near the Scottish town of Glasgow left one male and one female injured, police said. Reportedly, the blast ocurred inside a building in Wishaw, southeast of Glasgow. According to the police, nearby buildings […]
Russian officials say at least 17 people have been killed after a train collided with a bus at a railway crossing east of Moscow. Regional police said the collision occurred at around 3:30 a.m. local time on October 6 near a train station close to the city of Vladimir. At least one child was among […]
BANGKOK — So much water is used for sex in Bangkok’s brothels that it is contributing to the gradual sinking of Bangkok, officials have warned. The capital’s massage parlors – a thin euphemism for commercial sex venues – are illegally pumping so much groundwater for bathing and rinsing they are adding to the subsidence that […]
Three men were killed and another severely injured when their car crashed into a power pole in Samut Prakan’s Bang Plee district early on Friday. Police said the accident happened at 3am on the road behind Wat Nam Daeng in Tambon Bang Plee Yai. Full story: The Nation By The Nation
NAKHON PHANOM – A gang of youths on motorcycles chased, stabbed and beat to death a man who was on his way home after watching the annual illuminated boat procession on the Mekong River on Thursday night. The parents and relatives of the victim condemned the attack as inhumane and asked police to urgently arrest […]
PHUKET: The defrocked monk now held on drug charges and suspected of hacking to death a 17-year-old monk’s assistant at Wat Baan Don in August will have his case file sent to the Public Prosecutor today (Oct 6), police have confirmed. The suspect, Khittisak Songkram, 38, was a monk at the temple at the time […]
Police raided two shopping malls in Pattaya on Thursday and arrested five vendors for allegedly selling fake brand-name watches and handbags. Acting on complaints from representatives of popular brands, police raided the two malls and seized 700 items, including suspected fake watches and bags imitating popular brands such as Rolex, Cartier and Gucci. Full story: […]
