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'My heart sank': Surging scams roil US job hunters
AFP, Published on 06/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - After a series of interviews, Nicole Becker was ecstatic to receive a job offer from a sportswear brand. But like many Americans navigating a tough job market, she was soon confronted with a sobering reality -- the recruiter was a scammer.
Hamas agrees to release Israeli hostages but sets conditions
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/10/2025
» GAZA — Hamas agreed to release the last of the hostages from its 2023 attack on Israel but said the rest of a US peace plan would be subject to negotiation, a stance that offered uncertain hopes for an end to the conflict in Gaza.
Grasberg disaster exposes copper market fragilities
Published on 02/10/2025
» The copper market is long accustomed to unexpected supply hits but the catastrophic events at Freeport-McMoRan’s Grasberg mine in Indonesia are unprecedented in terms of scale and potential impact.
500 kg of meth seized on ship in Phuket
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 26/09/2025
» PHUKET - Authorities have confiscated 500 kilogrammes of methamphetamine pills hidden in a diving ship anchored in Chalong Bay, police said on Friday.
Monitor lizard climbs over wall into restaurant
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 25/09/2025
» A large monitor lizard scaled a wall and jumped into a restaurant, causing customers to scatter in panic, before the owner eventually called rescue workers to capture and remove it.
14 killed by lake burst in Taiwan as Typhoon Ragasa wreaks havoc
AFP, Published on 24/09/2025
» HONG KONG — Fierce winds, pounding rain and high seas battered Hong Kong on Wednesday as Super Typhoon Ragasa headed into southern China after causing a lake burst that killed at least 14 people in Taiwan.
Fifteen-vehicle pileup blocks Phuket underpass
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 23/09/2025
» PHUKET - A 15-vehicle pileup blocked traffic in a major underpass in Muang district on Tuesday. One person reportedly suffered minor injuries.
Alert sounds over surge in flu, RSV, dengue fever cases
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/09/2025
» The Public Health Ministry has voiced alarm over a rise in respiratory illnesses as well as a jump in fatalities from increasing influenza and dengue fever cases.
Rojas, McLaughlin-Levrone go for gold at world champs
AFP, Published on 17/09/2025
» TOKYO - Charismatic Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas and American star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone go for gold in the triple jump and 400 metres flat in Thursday's action at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
Gold traders oppose tax on transactions
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 17/09/2025
» Gold traders voiced opposition to Thai authorities' discussion of imposing a tax on physical gold and online transactions, saying such efforts to rein in baht appreciation would cause the country to lose its status as a gold trading hub.