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City Hall identifies 247 'high-risk' flood areas
News, Published on 07/10/2016
» Almost 250 areas in Bangkok are particularly vulnerable to flooding, according to City Hall as it deploys manpower and equipment to mitigate future inundations.
Beyond the bullets and bombs
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 27/09/2016
» The morning breeze was cool on our faces as we cruised past a gleaming mosque. Traffic was light and the town was quiet and peaceful, except around the fresh market occupied by women in hijab. Local shops selling bak kut teh and dim sum were opening their doors. It was a typical, lazy Sunday morning in Yala -- known to the rest of Thailand as the land of insurgency and unrest.
Rising to the Zika threat
News, Editorial, Published on 13/09/2016
» It is actually good news that new and improved diagnostic tools have become available to detect and thus fight the Zika virus. This insidious disease, once again caused by mosquito bites, is not fatal, as are its "cousins" dengue and malaria. But the terrible consequences include a heart-breaking brain disorder passed from pregnant women to their babies, as well as the risk of other knock-on illnesses and crippling syndromes.
Kiatisak says Japan beatable
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 04/09/2016
» Thailand coach Kiatisak Senamuang has picked Chonburi midfielder Adul Lasoh as a possible replacement for Sarach Yooyen, who will miss Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against Japan due to suspension.
Japanese footballers wary of 'crafty' Thailand
Published on 03/09/2016
» Japan must approach Thailand with caution and be wary of their crafty tactics in Tuesday's Group B match in the final round of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup, says Afshin Ghotbi, the former manager of Buriram United.
Widespread blasts fail to spook all travellers
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 13/08/2016
» A series of explosions in Thailand's southern popular tourist destinations, such as Phuket and Hua Hin, has not put off some foreign travellers from visiting Thailand again.
Blonde, bruised and stalked by shark
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 01/07/2016
» They're hyping this one as "the best shark film since Jaws". Seriously? The muddy psychological waters of the 1970s -- the collective fear and anxiety lurking in the Vietnam War years channelled into a shark -- has given way to the lone, existentialist despair of the iPhone generation of the 2010s. In the Steven Spielberg film, we're swept into the hunters' dark obsession, the exorcism of the demon within and without; in The Shallows we have something much less complicated: survival. And it helps that the person struggling to survive despite being stranded just 200 hundred yards from shore is played by Blake Lively -- blond, bruised, brave, sun-tanned and bikini-clad.
'Super bacteria' found in Rio's Olympic venues, top beaches
Published on 13/06/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Scientists have found dangerous drug-resistant "super bacteria" off beaches in Rio de Janeiro that will host Olympic swimming events and in a lagoon where rowing and canoe athletes will compete when the Games start on Aug 5.
Gunmen run wild in Rio tourist spots ahead of Olympics
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Pulling in at one of Rio's swishest buildings, the driver of the blue luxury car turns on the blinkers, pauses for the security gate to open -- and suddenly is staring into the barrel of a gun.
IMF, World Bank focus on Brexit, tax evasion
AFP, Published on 15/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - The IMF and World Bank focused Thursday on Britain's possible EU pullout and widespread tax evasion as key threats to the global economy as they opened their Spring Meetings.