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Airport screening fails to detect any Nipah infections
News, Apinya Wipatayotin and Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 27/01/2026
» Health officials at Suvarnabhumi Airport have not found any passengers exhibiting symptoms of Nipah virus infection following enhanced screening of travellers arriving from India, amid heightened regional surveillance following cases reported in West Bengal.
Big-spenders abound as poll race tightens
News, Jutamas Tadthiemrom and Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 26/01/2026
» With only two weeks to go before the Feb 8 general election, the battle over economic policy has intensified into what many observers describe as a full-blown "populism war". Major political parties are locked in a contest of ever more generous handouts, welfare schemes and cash-based incentives, each attempting to outbid the other to secure votes.
Anutin scoffs at Nida poll
News, Apinya Wipatayotin and Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 22/01/2026
» Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul has brushed aside a projection by the Nida Poll director that the party would win up to 150 seats in the general election, saying the figure was “too low”.
Trump's offer divides pundits
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth and Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 21/01/2026
» US President Donald Trump's invitation to have Thailand join his proposed Board of Peace to handle the situation in the Gaza Strip has divided opinion, with experts weighing the strategic opportunities against concerns about neo-colonial influence.
PM set on cancelling construction contracts, alarmed by fatal accidents
Mongkol Bangprapa and Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 20/01/2026
» As fire erupted at the site of the crane collapse on Rama II Road in Samut Sakhon on Tuesday, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul insisted that state agencies must cancel contracts with the company responsible for a series of accidents during construction of elevated transport routes.
Hotel receptionist murder suspect caught
Wassayos Ngamkham and Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 20/01/2026
» A man wanted for the savage murder of a female hotel receptionist in Hua Hin township, in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, early Monday morning was arrested on Tuesday.
Families mourn after rail tragedy
News, Prasit Tangprasert and Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 20/01/2026
» Grief arrived before dawn at Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital on Jan 18, carried by families who had come not to seek treatment, but to take their loved ones home for the final time. At the centre of the mourning was the Thantong family, whose loss has come to symbolise the human cost of the catastrophic crane collapse that struck a passenger train four days earlier.
Ministries unite to promote Thai herbs, targeting B2bn in value
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/01/2026
» Five ministries are creating a strategic plan to promote Thai traditional herbs globally, targeting at least 2 billion baht of economic value.
Three missing people located after Korat crane collapse
Prasit Tangprasert and Online Reporters, Published on 16/01/2026
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA - Three people reported missing in the crane collapse that struck a passenger train in this northeastern province have been located. Two sustained injuries and remain in hospital, while the third was not on board the train, provincial authorities said on Friday.
Back-to-back crane failures linked to same contractor
AFP and Post Reporters, Published on 15/01/2026
» Two fatal crane collapses in two days have both been linked to the construction contractor Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD), acting Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said on Thursday.