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4 dead in bus accident
News, Published on 10/07/2023
» Si Sa Ket: Four people were killed and 34 others injured when their bus veered off a mountain road and overturned in Phu Sing district yesterday, police said.
Push on for rail 'missing link'
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 31/05/2023
» Pressure is mounting on the operators of Bangkok's Green and Yellow lines to construct a 2.6-kilometre missing link between the two electric train systems to make it easier for commuters to change lines at Ratchayothin and Lat Phrao stations.
Turks abroad finish voting in landmark election
AFP, Published on 09/05/2023
» ISTANBUL: Millions of Turks living abroad wrapped up voting on Tuesday, in a tense election that has turned into a referendum on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's polarising two-decade rule.
Wealthy tourists unfazed by pricey trips
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 02/05/2023
» Increased hotel room prices and living expenses in Japan will not significantly affect tourists with high purchasing power as they usually demand premium services, but the outbound market could slow based on seasonality.
Germany hopes to help climate with discount travel card
AFP, Published on 01/05/2023
» BERLIN - Germany launches on Monday a new flat-rate public transport ticket valid across the country, but the 49-euro ($54) price point has raised doubts about the pass's potential impact.
Tiny hotel lifeline on deadly mountain pass
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 30/04/2023
» The hotel is perched on the side of a mountain blanketed in snow. The ice-slicked road outside is treacherous. It stretches for kilometres in either direction through jagged peaks as it winds around the edges of cliffs and dips past piles of boulders left over from frequent rockslides.
BMTA, SRT issue monthly pass
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 30/03/2023
» The State Railway of Thailand has joined hands with the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) and Krung Thai Bank to roll out a monthly pass giving commuters unlimited rides on the city's public bus network and 50 rides on Bangkok's Red Line electric commuter rail services.
Shaking off the laundromat blues
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/03/2023
» In last week's item concerning boutiques I wondered whether their influence could extend as far as the world of laundromats. My thanks to reader Jenifer Divine in Hamburg for informing me that in the German city's St Pauli district there is a laundromat dedicated to Jimi Hendrix which just about gives it boutique status.
New pension protests in France ahead of crucial votes
AFP, Published on 19/03/2023
» PARIS: France faced another day of protests Sunday against a bitterly contested pension reform rammed through by President Emmanuel Macron's government, a day before crucial no-confidence votes in parliament.
49 boys drown in Pakistan boating accident
AFP, Published on 31/01/2023
» PESHAWAR (PAKISTAN) - Forty-nine children died when their overloaded boat capsized in northwest Pakistan, police said Tuesday after divers spent three days dragging bodies from freezing waters.