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Oil spill cleanup underway after cargo ship sinks near Phuket
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/02/2026
» Marine authorities are rushing to remove the oil spill from the Andaman Sea after the sinking of a Panama‑flagged cargo ship about 3 miles off Laem Phromthep in Phuket on Saturday while en route from Malaysia to Bangladesh.
Thai bats carry Nipah virus, but danger comes from infected tourists
Gary Boyle, Published on 27/01/2026
» Some Thai fruit bats carry a strong strain of the Nipah virus, but the bigger danger comes from infected people arriving from countries where there is an outbreak of the disease, health authorities said on Monday.
Jakarta ranks world's largest city, Bangkok 14th
Gary Boyle, Published on 02/01/2026
» Jakarta ranked as the world's largest city with 41.9 million inhabitants followed by Dhaka, while Tokyo slipped to third, a recent United Nations (UN) report shows.
At least 16 killed as Bangladesh fighter jet crashes into school
Gary Boyle, Published on 22/07/2025
» At least 16 people, mostly students, were killed Monday when a training aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force crashed into a school campus in the capital Dhaka, in the country's deadliest aviation accident in decades.
Missing Thai woman found dead in Oman
Gary Boyle, Published on 26/02/2025
» Police in Oman have confirmed a burnt body found on a mountain on Saturday is that of a Thai woman who went missing over three months ago, another Thai woman living in the Arab country claimed on Monday.
Brutal heat continues in Asia
Gary Boyle, Published on 09/05/2023
» Asia remains in the grip of a blistering heat wave, chiming with predictions from climate scientists that 2023 could be the world’s hottest year.
Pollution cuts life expectancy by two years
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/06/2022
» Air pollution shortens lives worldwide by more than two years, researchers reported Tuesday.
South Asia ban widens
R May, Published on 11/05/2021
» Thailand has expanded an entry ban on Indian nationals to include non-Thai travellers from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal.
Sharp increase in Covid cases Monday
R May, Published on 05/04/2021
» The government on Monday recorded 194 new cases of Covid-19, with most of the increase attributed to clusters in a Narathiwat jail and among Bangkok bars.
TEST YOURSELF: Art escapes
Gary Boyle, Published on 06/11/2020
» Bangkok Art Biennale returns to the city