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Shanghai relocates hundreds of thousands of people, restricts transport for storm
Read more: Shanghai relocates hundreds of thousands of people, restricts transport for stormThe impact of the storm also coincides with a tsunami triggered by an earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, about 4,000km from Shanghai.
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Troubled waters: Chinese tycoon’s US beverage plant bid sparks national security alarm
Read more: Troubled waters: Chinese tycoon’s US beverage plant bid sparks national security alarmA US subsidiary of Chinese bottled water giant Nongfu Spring planned to build a beverage plant in Nashua, New Hampshire, and tap into the city’s surplus water supply. But mounting political backlash has thrown the project into limbo.
Thailand
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MTS Gold bullish on long-term price trend
Read more: MTS Gold bullish on long-term price trendMTS Gold Mae Thongsuk, one of Thailand’s largest gold dealers, has maintained a bullish outlook for gold over the medium and long term.
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Three Thais arrested for smuggling 14 Chinese nationals
Read more: Three Thais arrested for smuggling 14 Chinese nationalsThree Thai men have been arrested after police found 14 illegal migrants from China inside two vehicles in Muang district of Saraburi province.
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Over 1m evacuate as deadly Super Typhoon Fung-wong nears Philippines
Read more: Over 1m evacuate as deadly Super Typhoon Fung-wong nears PhilippinesMANILA – More than a million people have been evacuated and at least two people killed as floodwaters rose in the Philippines on Sunday before Super Typhoon Fung-wong’s expected landfall on the east coast.
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Thousands visit palace to pay tribute
Read more: Thousands visit palace to pay tributeMore than 10,000 people were expected to visit the Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall at the Grand Palace to pay their respects to the body of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother on Sunday, the first day that the public was welcomed in, says Metropolitan Police Bureau commissioner Pol Lt Gen Siam Boonsom.
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Cambodian senator Ly wanted for alleged laundering of scam money
Read more: Cambodian senator Ly wanted for alleged laundering of scam moneyThai police have issued an arrest warrant for Cambodian senator Ly Yong Phat and four others, including Chinese nationals, for allegedly laundering money linked to online scams..
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Shanghai relocates hundreds of thousands of people, restricts transport for storm
Read more: Shanghai relocates hundreds of thousands of people, restricts transport for stormThe impact of the storm also coincides with a tsunami triggered by an earthquake off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, about 4,000km from Shanghai.
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Troubled waters: Chinese tycoon’s US beverage plant bid sparks national security alarm
Read more: Troubled waters: Chinese tycoon’s US beverage plant bid sparks national security alarmA US subsidiary of Chinese bottled water giant Nongfu Spring planned to build a beverage plant in Nashua, New Hampshire, and tap into the city’s surplus water supply. But mounting political backlash has thrown the project into limbo.
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Old dogs need new tricks
Read more: Old dogs need new tricksFormer prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva’s return to lead the Democrat Party has brought back a familiar sense of order — and the familiar faces that once defined Thailand’s oldest political institution.
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Kalmaegi flattens ripe rice fields in Buri Ram
Read more: Kalmaegi flattens ripe rice fields in Buri RamBURI RAM – Farmers in many villages in Muang district are facing severe hardship from the impact of Storm Kalmaegi, which has brought heavy rainfall and strong winds that flattened rice fields just as crops reached full maturity.
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Central Plains flooded as Chao Phraya discharge rate raised
Read more: Central Plains flooded as Chao Phraya discharge rate raisedMany low-lying areas in the Central Plains are experiencing flooding triggered by increased water discharges from the Chao Phraya barrage, with parts of Ayutthaya province still inundated after three months, residents say.