Month: July 2022
Chadchart aims to build 500km jogging tracks, starting with 10km pilot scheme
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said after jogging with participants in Virtual Fun Run to mark Bangkok Metropolitan Administraton’s 50th anniversary this year at the Vachira Benjathat Park (Railway Park) that he intends to building 500 kilometres of jogging tracks in the capital starting with a 10km pilot scheme, Matichon newspaper said. These tracks will have …
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Deputy Energy Minister tells senators to turn down air-conditioning
AT a senate meeting on ways to resolve the public’s energy problems Deputy Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmechaow suggested that the senators themselves set an example by turning down the air-conditioning in the parliamentary chamber and stop wearing a suit and tie to keep cool, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (July 4). The meeting chaired …
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Several dead in Copenhagen mall shooting; suspect arrested
By Jan M. Olsen and Karl Ritter, AP, and published by ABC News Copenhagen, Denmark – A gunman opened fire inside a busy shopping mall in the Danish capital on Sunday, killing several people and wounding several others, police said. A 22-year-old Danish man was arrested after the shooting, Copenhagen police inspector Søren Thomassen …
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Phuket Airport runway temporarily shut for repairs
PHUKET Airport’s runway was shut for the second time for repairs at 5 p.m. today (July 3) after the first round of maintenance work early afternoon failed to fully rectify the problem and initially 22 flights were affected, Thansettakij newspaper said. Mr. Monchai Tanod, Phuket Airport’s director, said runway maintenance had been ongoing and …
F-16s rumbled in show of force after intruding MiG-29 flew back
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THURSDAY’S EVENT IN WHICH a couple of the Thai air force’s F-16 Fighting Falcon jets rumbled in the sky over the Thai-Myanmar border was merely a show of force after an intruding MiG-29 Fulcrum jet had flown back, said an air force source today (July 3). The air force’s Air …
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Indonesia and Russia to build $22b refinery in East Java among other projects
By Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja, The Straits Times Jakarta – Indonesia and Russia are set to work together on several projects, even as the West is isolating Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. Indonesian state-owned oil company Pertamina and Russia’s Rosneft Oil Company are going ahead with their project to build a refinery in …
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BMA hiring 306 disabled people to work at its offices
IN KEEPING with Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt’s policy of promoting and developing the quality of life of disabled people in the capital, the city administration will now be hiring 306 of them to work at social development and district offices, 3Plus News said today (July 2). Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) Deputy Governor Sanon Wangsangboon …
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Prayut held responsible for Myanmar MiG-29 intrusion: Academic
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha is being held accountable for the rare incident in which a Myanmar MiG-29 jet intruded into Thai airspace, literally breaching the latter’s territorial integrity, said an academic today (July 2). Chulalongkorn University political scientist Surachart Bamrungsuk commented that Prayut who concurrently performs as defence minister should …
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Pick-up truck hit with shrapnel from Myanmar MiG-29 jet’s gunfire
SOLDIERS, police and village leaders came to inspect a pick-up truck hit with shrapnel from gunfire that Myanmar’s MiG-29 fighter jet let loose at a palm plantation in Tak when it intruded into Thai airspace on Thursday but initially have not been able to assess the damage, Sanook.com said today (July 2). Mrs. Juthamas …
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Russia seizes control of Sakhalin gas project, raises stakes with West
By Reuters and published by CTV News Tokyo/London – President Vladimir Putin has raised the stakes in an economic war with the West and its allies with a decree that seizes full control of the Sakhalin-2 gas and oil project in Russia’s far east, a move that could force out Shell and Japanese investors. The …
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Prayut, air force chief to be summoned for House testimony over Myanmar MiG-29 intrusion
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER-CUM-DEFENCE Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and air force chief ACM Napadej Dhupatemiya will be obliged to testify before the House Armed Services Committee over yesterday’s (June 30) crossborder intrusion into Thai airspace by a Myanmar MiG-29 jet, an opposition MP said today (July 1). Thai Civilized party leader/MP Mongkolkit Suksintharanon …
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New Omicron subvariants will spread across Thailand shortly
WHILE the new Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are expected to spread across the country from end of August to early September infection rate will not increase significantly as is currently occurring in European countries, TV Channel 7 quoted the head of Ramathibodi Hospital’s Centre for Medical Genomics as saying today (July 1). Prof. …
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Myanmar MiG-29 fighter jet strafes Karen positions again but no intrusion
MYANMAR junta sent its MiG-29 fighter jet to strafe Karen insurgent positions across the border from Popphra district of Tak province nine times this morning (July 1) but did not intrude into Thai airspace, Matichon newspaper said. Reporters at this border district said by 11 a.m. the Myanmar fighter jet had made nine strafing runs …
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Russia abandons Snake Island in victory for Ukraine
By Reuters and published by Cyprus Mail RUSSIAN forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday (June 30) in a victory for Ukraine that could loosen the grip of Russia’s blockade on Ukrainian ports. Russia said it had decided to withdraw from the outcrop as a “gesture of goodwill” to …
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