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Emotional scenes at EPL stadiums
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 24/05/2025
» It has been a rather curious season for the English Premier League which winds up its fixtures tomorrow. With Liverpool comfortably taking the league title and the relegation issue settled many weeks ago it could have been a rather tame end to the season.
Taliban in talks with Russia, China for trade transactions in local currencies
Reuters, Published on 23/05/2025
» KABUL — The Taliban administration is in advanced talks with Russia for banks from both sanctions-hit economies to settle trade transactions worth hundreds of millions of dollars in their local currencies, Afghanistan's acting commerce minister said.
Prudential Thailand highlights wealth transfer needs of affluent families
Published on 23/05/2025
» With a strong and strategic focus on Asia, UK-based multinational insurer Prudential Group is pursuing double-digit annual growth in Thailand through 2027. Its local unit, Prudential Thailand, plans to achieve this target in part by expanding services tailored to high-net-worth (HNW) individuals, according to chief executive Bundit (Kenny) Jiamanukoonkit.
Mitsubishi Electric banks on Southeast Asia market
Business, Kuakul Mornkum, Published on 23/05/2025
» Mitsubishi Electric Group is strengthening its presence in Southeast Asia, opening new offices in Cambodia.
High household debt dents auto sector
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 23/05/2025
» Thailand's automotive industry remains volatile as household debt is still elevated, though domestic vehicle sales managed to rise slightly in April for the first time in 23 months, according to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).
Vietnam cuts renewable power subsidies
Published on 22/05/2025
» HANOI — Vietnam’s state power utility has cut the previously agreed subsidised prices it pays for electricity from some solar and wind farms, which now risk defaulting on their debts with banks, according to an investors’ petition seen by Reuters.
Supreme Patriarch orders transparency in temple finances
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/05/2025
» The Supreme Patriarch has ordered transparent finances at Buddhist temples across Thailand, as police found billions of baht passing through the accounts of a woman allegedly receiving money from the former abbot of a well-known temple in Nakhon Pathom over the past years.
One dead, 50,000 stranded in eastern Australia floods
AFP, Published on 22/05/2025
» SYDNEY - Torrential rain continued to lash eastern Australia on Thursday, swelling already engorged rivers, engulfing roads and leaving almost 50,000 people stranded.
Pundits upbeat on US tariff agreement
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 22/05/2025
» An international affairs academic and a leading economist are partially optimistic Thailand can reach an agreement with Washington over the latter's stiff reciprocal tariffs, though challenges remain as the levies have already affected the global trading system.
Hospital says temple holding back
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 22/05/2025
» Mettapracharak Hospital says it has not received any donations or financial support from Wat Rai Khing for more than three years, despite the presence of donation boxes at the temple collecting funds for the hospital.