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Jobs held by women are nearly twice as exposed to automation, while youth employment is declining in high-AI-exposure roles, according to the United Nations Development Programme.
The cabinet on Tuesday scrapped a plan to create additional holidays next year to promote tourism in Thailand, as ministers fretted about disruption of economic activity.
Deputy Prime Minister Sophon Zarum has reassured Thai business operators that the ban on alcohol sales between 2pm and 5pm will be lifted in time for the New Year holiday.
Catastrophic flooding in the South has inflicted economic losses exceeding 500 billion baht, the Finance Ministry has estimated.
Prime Minister Anutin Chanvirakul on Monday unveiled the 3.788‑trillion‑baht 2027 budget, saying the plan must tackle economic, social, environmental and security challenges while easing long‑term fiscal burdens. The framework, endorsed last week, set expenditures at 3.78 trillion baht, a deficit of 788 billion and estimated revenue of 3 trillion.
Researchers have tied the problem to widespread over-extraction of groundwater, particularly in lower-income neighbourhoods where piped water is scarce.
GENEVA – Deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance hit a four-year high in 2024, driven by conflicts in Syria and Myanmar as well as European countries moving to withdraw from the treaty banning their use, a new report showed on Monday.
Initial tests had suggested the netting was up to standard, but investigators had not been able to check all of it earlier due to the fire.
Her Majesty the Queen flagged off runners and later joined the half-marathon event at the 8th Amazing Thailand Marathon Bangkok, which drew more than 48,000 participants and saw top runners from Ethiopia and Kenya secure overall victories.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has urged residents in Songkhla’s Hat Yai district to register from Monday to secure the 9,000-baht compensation promised by the government.
