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'Forever chemicals' deserve far more scrutiny
News, Faye Flam, Published on 20/03/2023
» Most of us are walking around with an array of poorly understood chemicals in our bloodstreams and livers -- an unintended consequence of the great 20th century heyday of chemical innovation. They're so stable they've been dubbed "forever chemicals". That means that even if we stop producing them today, some might still course through people's veins centuries from now. We're barely regulating them, even though their harms have become better-known.
Agencies team up to track heroin smugglers
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/11/2021
» The Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) has joined the Office of the Narcotics Control Board and the Customs Department to track down a drug trafficking network that smuggled more than 450 kilogrammes of heroin in logs to Taiwan last month.
Thais drop guard as fears ease
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 01/06/2020
» As the number of new Covid-19 infections in Thailand has fallen and the third phase of lockdown easing begins today, some people have begun to let their guard down by ignoring social-distancing and public-health warnings, experts say.
Crimes that shocked the nation in 2019
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/12/2019
» There were plenty of high-profile criminal cases that captured the public interest in 2019. The year saw a serial killer strike again, a string of violent courthouse incidents, coordinated bomb blasts in Bangkok and Nonthaburi, a brutal murder driven by greed for money, and the tragic case of model-for-hire 'Lunlabelle' who was found dead in disturbing circumstances.
Anthem angst and hits the singers hate
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 01/12/2019
» Rod Stewart is currently on tour in the UK belting out all his old songs, including Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?, which is admittedly pushing it a bit for someone the age of 74. The old rocker has confessed in the past that he dislikes singing that number, but the fans always demand it. This appears to be an occupational hazard among singing stars.
American, Thai wife still in ICU
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/11/2019
» An American inmate and his Thai wife who escaped from custody were still being treated in an intensive care unit yesterday as their condition remained serious, a doctor said.
Manhunt for Pattaya fugitive trio ends in dramatic shooting
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 07/11/2019
» The manhunt for three fugitives who staged a dramatic escape from the Criminal Court in Pattaya on Monday ended yesterday, after one of them surrendered and another was critically injured after shooting himself.
Two arrested for aiding Pattaya court getaway
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/11/2019
» Two people were arrested yesterday for helping three fugitives who staged a dramatic escape from the Criminal Court in Pattaya on Monday after shooting and stabbing a policeman.
Trio escape court after cop shot
News, Chaiyot Phupatthanapong, Published on 05/11/2019
» Chon Buri: Three prisoners on trial for drug offences, one of them an American, shot and stabbed a police officer at the Criminal Court in Pattaya before fleeing in what appeared to be a getaway vehicle on Monday.
US-Thai couple held for 1kg of meth in Pattaya
News, Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 14/07/2019
» PATTAYA: An American man and his Thai wife were on Saturday arrested with close to 1 kilogramme of crystal methamphetamine, in a drug suppression operation carried out in Pattaya City, local police said.