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Contributing to local communities -- rather than endlessly pursuing wealth and fame -- will make our lives more meaningful and happier, a discussion was told on Sunday....

PARIS: Low- and middle-income countries risk seeing their development progress slashed by the double-edged sword of obesity and undernutrition, both caused by a lack of access to affordable healthy food, a report in The Lancet warned Monday....

PARIS: An Argentine ex-police officer linked to the murder of hundreds of people during the country's "dirty war" was on a plane to Buenos Aires on Monday, after France extradited him to face trial over the disappearance of a student....

The constitution neglects communities by allowing outsiders to exploit local resources and wealth, a forum was told....

The government is committed to spend about 640 billion baht next year on major public transport projects, including new electric rail routes in Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai and Nakhon Ratchasima, says the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA)....

WASHINGTON: The US-China trade deal is "remarkable" in scope but it won't solve all the problems between the world's two biggest economies, the top US negotiator said Sunday....

The House of Representatives secretary-general has confirmed an official car for Parliament President Chuan Leekpai is being bought for 7.5 million baht....

The number of asset management companies (AMCs) in Thailand has increased significantly over the past eight years, representing hopes to capitalise on business opportunities amid higher bad-asset divestment by financial institutions, according to Kasikorn...

WASHINGTON: The United States quietly expelled two Chinese embassy officials in September after they drove onto a sensitive military base in Virginia, The New York Times reported Sunday....

The Finance Ministry is likely to announce some tax restructuring early next year to create fairer taxation, says permanent secretary Prasong Poontaneat....

Thailand looks poised to improve free trade agreements (FTAs) under the Asean framework next year, aiming to extend tariff cuts to cover more products, particularly sensitive items....

All eyes are now on law enforcement officers over whether there will be "double standards" in their handling of an alleged forest land encroachment case by Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) MP Pareena Kraikupt....

The Digital Economy Promotion Agency (Depa) aims to provide big data skills training for 1,000 government officers in 2020 as part of efforts to use the technology for the country's development....

2020 is the year in which the long-overdue land and building tax takes effect, making landlords and homeowners subject to tax payment based on appraised value if their properties fall under the stipulated conditions....

Crop insurance premiums are likely to increase next year, with the claims loss ratio hitting 200% as a result of natural disasters throughout this year....

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Tourism operators are calling for more effective measures from the government to help reinvigorate the slumping domestic tourism sector next year....

Car ownership, credit cards and family-based income will be added to qualification criteria for a new round of registration for state welfare smartcard holders, says a source at the Finance Ministry who requested anonymity....

Police are preparing to take legal action against the organisers of a political rally on the Skywalk at Pathumwan intersection on Saturday for not obtaining permission required to stage a public gathering....

JAKARTA: Thai rising star Jazz Janewattananond made his remarkable season even more memorable when he secured his fifth Asian Tour victory and a third one this season at the Indonesian Masters on Sunday....

LONDON: Britain's main opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn apologised Sunday for waging a disastrous campaign that handed Prime Minister Boris Johnson a mandate to take the UK out of the EU next month....

MADRID: A marathon UN summit wrapped up Sunday with little to show, squeezing hard-earned compromises from countries over a global warming battle plan that fell well short of what science says is needed to tackle the climate crisis....

Cambodian has welcomed 13 newborn Irrawaddy dolphins in Kratie and Stung Treng provinces so far this year, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)....

SINGAPORE: English Premier League soccer team Arsenal Football Club Plc is already facing repercussions after one of its star players made critical comments about the treatment of the Uighur minority in China....

BEIJING: China's government says it will postpone planned punitive tariffs on US-made automobiles and other goods following an interim trade deal with Washington....

MANILA: A strong earthquake hit the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Sunday, geologists said, killing at least one person and causing a three-story building to collapse, setting off a search for an unspecified number of people who were feared to ...

Large crowds turn up on Silom Road on Sunday to take a stroll down the city's walking street that goes car-free on the third Sunday of the month from noon to 10pm. — Apichit Jinakul...

Unattached for more than two years, Joe, 30, was thrilled when he had a perfect first date in late August....

Wanraya "Milk" Wannapong continued her mastery in drone racing by retaining the crown in a world competition in China....

The coconut wood pestle hits the mortar, and the chili fumes rise in a cough-inducing haze. The lime rind bruises. Salted crab releases its funk, along with bits of claw and carapace....

MANILA: A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Sunday, geologists said, the same area struck by a string of deadly tremors in October....

GUADALAJARA, Mexico: The bodies of at least 50 people have been unearthed from a mass grave at a farm outside Mexico's western city of Guadalajara, local authorities said....

SURAT THANI: A search involving ships and aircraft of the 2nd Naval Area has been launched for a fishing boat crew member who plunged into the sea off the district island of Samui and went missing late on Saturday night, according to a local media report....

PARIS: Tensions between the French government and unions opposed to pension reforms mounted Sunday as a crippling transport strike entered its 11th day....

SINGAPORE: The Singapore government again invoked its recently enacted law against false information, ordering the opposition party to correct social-media and website posts about local employment rates....

HAVANA: Five years ago this week, Washington and Havana surprised the world when they agreed to reopen diplomatic ties severed in 1961, but relations have since slid downhill as if on a fresh layer of Cold War ice....

NEW YORK: The first driverless cars were supposed to be deployed on the roads of American cities in 2019, but just a few days before the end of the year, the lofty promises of car manufacturers and Silicon Valley remain far from becoming reality....

SHANGHAI - Telecoms engineer Peng Jiezhao's taste for new smartphones and expensive sneakers seemed like a harmless, if expensive, hobby -- until he started borrowing money from Chinese online lending sites to feed it....

PHITSANULOK: Two cars collided on Highway 117 in Muang district of this lower northern province on Sunday, killing the driver of one car and seriously injuring the other, police said....

PRACHIN BURI: A man was killed and another seriously injured after a car and a pick-up collided head-on in Si Mahaphot district of this Central province east of Bangkok on Sunday morning, police said....

A majority of people say the lack of a quorum in the House of Representatives, if allowed to happen frequently, will cause the people to feel bored and lose faith in politics, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute for Development Admini...

A majority of people say the lack of a quorum in the House of Representatives, if allowed to happen frequently, will cause people to feel frustrated and lose faith in politics, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute for Development Admin...

The land scandal involving Palang Pracharath MP for Ratchaburi Pareena Kraikupt is on top of the five most interesting political issues in the news, followed bythe possible dissolution of the Future Forward Party, according to an opinion survey by Suan Du...

The land scandal involving Palang Pracharath MP for Ratchaburi Pareena Kraikupt leads the top five most interesting political issues in the news, followed by the possible dissolution of the Future Forward Party, according to an opinion survey by Suan Dusi...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will ask the cabinet to introduce lessons about basic human rights in schools nationwide next year....

PATTANI: The issue of people holding dual Thai-Malaysian citizenship has posed a national security threat for Thailand and Malaysia with both countries working hard to resolve it, a seminar was told....

WELLINGTON: Search teams returned to New Zealand's volcanic White Island on Sunday but there was no sign of two bodies still unaccounted for after last week's eruption, as police released the names of four more victims....

Future Forward Party (FFP) leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit today (December 14) said that the gathering of his supporters today was just a precursor to the "real rally" next month....

China has declared a 60-kilometre section of Mekong River off-limits to all types of boats indefinitely while rock blasting is undertaken to widen the channel for commercial shipping operations....

MEXICO CITY: Mexico rejected on Saturday an attempt in the US Congress that would send American inspectors into Mexican factories to ensure they respect labour protections provided by the new North American trade pact....