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Phuket up in arms on long‑stay visa
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 18/02/2026
» Phuket tourism operators oppose the government's policy allowing foreigners who buy real estate worth 3 million baht to qualify for a long‑stay visa, arguing the investment threshold is too low and could attract "non‑quality" visitors who may engage in illegal activities, as well as risking an increase in property prices, making housing less affordable for local residents.
EU, CIB join forces to fight online fraud
News, Post reporters, Published on 18/02/2026
» The Anti Cyber Scam Centre (ACSC) welcomed a delegation from the European Union at a meeting yesterday to expand cross-border investigative networks and enhance international cooperation against online crime.
Severe heat alarm sounds
News, Published on 18/02/2026
» The Department of Medical Services (DoMS) has issued an advisory urging citizens and businesses to prepare for the upcoming summer, which is expected to be more severe than last year.
Japan backs drive against Mekong scammer gangs
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 18/02/2026
» Japan has pledged 516 million yen (124 million baht) to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to strengthen cross-border cooperation against transnational organised crime in the Mekong region.
France arrests nine over far-right activist's killing
AFP, Published on 18/02/2026
» LYON - French authorities on Tuesday arrested nine suspects over the killing last week of a far-right activist, including an assistant to a hard-left member of parliament, a prosecutor and an informed source said.
Vote recounts ordered at eight locations, fresh election at one
Online Reporters, Published on 17/02/2026
» The Election Commission has ordered vote recounts at eight locations including one in Bangkok, and a fresh election at one polling station in Phayao.
US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies
Reuters and Bloomberg, Published on 17/02/2026
» The charismatic US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, has died at age 84, his family said in a statement on Tuesday.
People’s Party dissolution sought for ‘media company’ links
Online Reporters, Published on 17/02/2026
» Serial petitioner Srisuwan Janya has asked the Election Commission (EC) to seek the dissolution of the People’s Party over allegations that it was connected to Spectre C Co, a media company accused of running illegal information operations.
France grants safe haven to anti-Kremlin couple detained by ICE
AFP, Published on 17/02/2026
» PARIS — France has granted safe haven to an anti-Kremlin Russian activist couple detained by ICE in the United States, but his wife was nowhere to be found after he landed in Paris on Monday. After France issued the couple humanitarian visas to avoid them being deported to Russia, Alexei Ishimov, 31, arrived in Paris from Seattle on Monday morning, Agence France-Presse (AFP) correspondents saw.
Nato 1.0 is dead. Long live Nato 2.0
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 17/02/2026
» Every year about this time, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), the world's most powerful alliance for the past 77 years, holds a conference in Munich to examine its state of health.