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Egypt opens grand museum in lavish, pharaonic ceremony
AFP, Published on 02/11/2025
» CAIRO - Egypt at last opened the $1 billion Grand Egyptian Museum on Saturday as performers dressed in white tunics embroidered with designs inspired by ancient frescoes, greeted guests.
Phuket expressway to be toll-free, tunnel smaller
Post Reporters, Published on 01/11/2025
» PHUKET - Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn has ordered a major revision of the Kathu-Patong expressway project, converting it from a tollway to a toll-free public highway, to reduce expenses for people living on the tourist island.
Serbia marks first anniversary of deadly train station collapse
AFP, Published on 01/11/2025
» NOVI SAD, Serbia - Thousands of people gathered in Serbia’s second-largest city Novi Sad on Saturday to commemorate the victims of a fatal railway station roof collapse, marking a year since the tragedy that sparked the biggest protests in decades.
Ex-minister sentenced to 3 years in B30m kickback case
Online Reporters, Published on 01/11/2025
» Former cabinet minister Witoon Nambutr has been sentenced to three years in prison for demanding a 30-million-baht bribe in exchange for securing a state construction project more than a decade ago.
Vietnam urban railway project on track with Japanese support
Kyodo News, Published on 01/11/2025
» HANOI — Construction of a 12-kilometre urban railway project connecting central Hanoi with a developing area on the city's outskirts has started, with Japanese know-how and yen loans likely to help the project progress.
Easing tensions bolster outlook
Business, Published on 01/11/2025
» Global investor sentiment has improved following an easing of US-China trade tensions after talks on Wednesday between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. The 10% reduction of the "fentanyl tariff" on Chinese goods is good news for Beijing as well as US consumers.
Rules changes to speed up state agency spending
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 01/11/2025
» The Comptroller-General's Department has reformed budget disbursement processes to expedite the injection of more than 4 trillion baht into the economy.
Hong Thai owner slams FDA for raids
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/11/2025
» The owner of Hong Thai herbal inhalants has called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to adopt a more constructive regulatory approach, urging the agency to support product development rather than rely solely on legal enforcement.
A lifelong volunteer
Life, Published on 30/10/2025
» From the day Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother was crowned in 1950, she was the greatest supporter of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej as his reign began in the same year. The Queen Mother always accompanied His Majesty on royal duties in many provinces across Thailand, near and far.
Guards held captive, vehicles torched in Narathiwat
News, Published on 29/10/2025
» NARATHIWAT - A large gang of insurgents held three security guards captive while they set fire to four parked vehicles at a road construction site in Cho-airong district early Wednesday morning.