Thai petrified log sets Guinness World Record

  THAILAND received a document from Guinness World Records verifying that a petrified log measuring 69.70 metres in length and found in Tak province is the longest in the world, Naewna newspaper said this evening (July 8). Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Varawut Silpa-archa had assigned permanent secretary Jatuporn Burusphat to receive this key …

Shinzo Abe, powerful former Japan PM, leaves divided legacy

By Foster Klug and Mari Yamaguchi, AP, published by ABC News Tokyo - Shinzo Abe was a political blueblood groomed for power. Japan's longest serving prime minister, he was also perhaps the most polarising, complex politician in recent Japanese history. Abe, who was assassinated today (July 8), angered both liberals at home and World War …

PM urges public to only follow CCSA’s news as Covid cases rise in 23 provinces

  THE Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) spokesman Dr. Thaweesilp Wisanuyothin said after today's (July 8) executive committee meeting that the number of cases are rising with there being a small wave in 23 provinces and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha urged the public to only listen to this agency’s news on the situation, Matichon newspaper said. …

Ex-Japan PM Shinzo Abe shot while campaigning, in ‘very grave condition’

By Agencies, published by CNA Tokyo - Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot at a campaign event today (July 8), with public broadcaster NHK saying that a man armed with what appeared to be a homemade gun opened fire at him from behind. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Abe is in "very grave …

Tourist policeman nabbed while taking bribe from entertainment venue

  A TEAM of policemen mounted a sting operation to arrest a Tourist Police Bureau officer and his civilian accomplice moments after he took 100,000 baht bribe from an entertainment venue owner in Nonthaburi province last night (July 7), Naewna newspaper said. A Special Weapons and Tactics Squad (SWAT) team from the Provincial Administration Department …