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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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Energy woes dent Songkran travel sentiment
Read more: Energy woes dent Songkran travel sentimentTourism operators are increasingly concerned about declining energy confidence, fearing it could dampen their high expectations for the upcoming Songkran holiday.
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Fuel shortages persist despite adequate reserves
Read more: Fuel shortages persist despite adequate reservesFuel remains scarce at many service stations across Thailand, even though reserves are more than adequate, amid continuing problems with delivery bottlenecks and unusually high demand, officials said on Thursday.
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Thaksin’s nephew is Pheu Thai’s prime candidate for PM
Read more: Thaksin’s nephew is Pheu Thai’s prime candidate for PMThaksin Shinawatra’s nephew will top the Pheu Thai Party’s list of candidates for the prime ministership as the party fights to return to power at the coming general election.
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Thai and Chinese authorities view destroyed scam buildings in Myanmar
Read more: Thai and Chinese authorities view destroyed scam buildings in MyanmarThai and Chinese authorities crossed the border from Thailand’s Tak province to Myawaddy of Myanmar to view the debris of scam centres on Monday.
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Cambodian rockets strike Surin’s Ta Kwai area, border fighting continues
Read more: Cambodian rockets strike Surin’s Ta Kwai area, border fighting continuesFighting continued along the Thai-Cambodian border on Monday with Cambodian rockets fired from BM-21 launchers exploding near the Ta Kwai temple ruins and around Hill 350, both strategic high points in Surin province.
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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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Furr-ever friends
Read more: Furr-ever friendsThailand has officially elevated its native felines to national status. In a move reflecting both cultural pride and a booming pet economy, the cabinet on Nov 18 approved the designation of “Thai cat” as the country’s national symbol in the pet category.
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Evacuees under rising stress levels
Read more: Evacuees under rising stress levelsPublic health authorities have warned of mounting psychological strain among evacuees displaced by unrest along the Thai-Cambodian border, as the total number of people in shelters rose to more than 263,000.
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Senate set to issue recommendation on MoU 44
Read more: Senate set to issue recommendation on MoU 44A Senate committee is expected to decide on Tuesday on whether to retain, amend or revoke the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with Cambodia in 2001 on overlapping maritime boundaries, following a 24-year period marked by limited progress.