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TAT forecasts record level of arrivals from India
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 16/07/2025
» Despite the recent crash of an Air India aircraft, Indian arrivals remain robust against the sluggish short-haul markets trend, as the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) anticipates a record level of 2.4 million arrivals from the market this year.
A Celestial Triumph
Life, Published on 15/07/2025
» The Bangkok Combined Choir and Orchestra (BCCO) delivered a performance of transcendent beauty late last month, presenting Haydn's The Creation for the very first time in the choir's 70-year history -- to a full house.
The art of forming alliances
Published on 12/07/2025
» Two new parties have been formed, which are thought will shore up the political fortunes of the ruling Pheu Thai Party in the next polls.
Mexican fishermen join fight to save extraordinary amphibian
AFP, Published on 10/07/2025
» SAN JERóNIMO PURENCHECUARO — After decades working as a fisherman on a high-altitude Mexican lake, Froylan Correa is now helping to save an endangered amphibian with gills resembling a lion's mane and a remarkable regenerative ability.
Short-haul bookings remain weak
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 09/07/2025
» Airlines report forward bookings for short-haul markets for the remainder of this year are weak, in contrast to the long-haul segment, while some carriers expressed interest in joining the Tourism Authority of Thailand's (TAT) stimulus campaign.
Pakistan confiscates 18 lions kept as pets in crackdown after attack
Published on 07/07/2025
» LAHORE, Pakistan - Eighteen lions kept illegally as pets have been confiscated in Pakistan's Punjab region, authorities said on Monday as they launched a crackdown after one escaped from a house and attacked a woman and two children.
Thailand face India with Asian Cup spot on the line
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 05/07/2025
» Thailand will take on India on Saturday in Chiang Mai with a place in the finals of the AFC Women's Asian Cup Australia 2026 on the line.
Phumtham vows drug blitz
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 05/07/2025
» Interior Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has pledged a nationwide crackdown on narcotics, crime syndicates, and mafia-style figures, calling the drug crisis a pressing threat to national security.
US strikes on Iran nuke plants risk backfiring
Oped, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 26/06/2025
» Israel and the United States have dealt punishing blows to Iran's nuclear infrastructure. "Operation Rising Lion" and "Operation Midnight Hammer" have been portrayed as precision strikes that will stop the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme in its tracks. But whatever the bombings might have achieved tactically, they risk forfeiting strategically, as Iran is now more convinced than ever that nuclear weapons are the only way to deter future aggression and ensure the regime's survival.
Sao Paulo's pumas under attack as 'stone jungle' threatens rainforest
AFP, Published on 15/06/2025
» JUNDIAí (BRAZIL) - Apartment blocks and shopping centers sprout like mushrooms around a wild cat sanctuary that shelters pumas recovering from injuries suffered at the hands of mankind in Brazil's Sao Paolo state.