Frédéric Mitterrand, France’s culture minister, was under pressure to resign after it emerged that he had admitted to paying “young boys” for sexual acts while on holiday in Thailand. The revelations in his 2005 autobiography “The Bad Life” have come back to haunt Mr Mitterrand after he emerged as one of the most vociferous defenders […]
The UK is leading the pack at this year’s International Emmy awards with nine nominations, including best drama for Spooks. Julie Walters is up for best actress for A Short Stay In Switzerland, as a terminally ill woman who ends her own life in a Zurich clinic. The script for the one-off BBC drama was […]
Rumored having a fling after their joint performance at MTV Video Music Awards last month, they are said having a getaway to Thailand and have been photographed together in London. Speculation that Katy Perry and Russell Brand are dating is escalating yet again after both of them tweeted about holidaying in Thailand. The story, which […]
(Hong Kong) — U.S. health experts are praising the government of Thailand for helping conduct controversial trials for the only vaccine so far to show progress in stopping the virus that causes AIDS. The trials conducted by Thai health authorities, the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research involved […]
Thailand will wait to see whether Indonesia would issue tsunami warning before deciding whether to issue the warning. Indonesia’s Sumatra island was hit by powerful 7.9-Ritcher-scale quake on Wednesday, destroying large buildings and starting fires in Padang city. Thai director of geological and environmental division, Apichart Surinkham said that in case tsunami happens following the […]
BANGKOK (Xinhua) – Thailand is going to dispatch a medical team and medical supplies to the Philippines, which has been hard hit by the tropical storm “Ketsana”, killing at least 240 persons, according to local media on Tuesday. The humanitarian assistance’s plan will be approved by the government soon, said Rewat Visarutvej, director-general of Thailand’s […]
The government has set aside 50 million baht in emergency funding for every province which is hit by typhoon Ketsana, which is now heading towards Thailand, Interior Minister Chavarat Charnvirakul said on Tuesday. The death toll from Ketsana in the Philippines has soared to at least 240 people, and more than 170,000 people in Vietnam […]
The ultimate weapon against AIDS would be a vaccine to prevent infection with the HIV virus. Until now, though, every test of experimental vaccines has failed. But results from the largest-ever vaccine trial gave new hope to scientists that, in principle, a vaccine could work someday. Researchers said a vaccine tested in more than 16,000 […]
