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Asian stock markets are mostly lower after Japanese factory activity and Chinese service industry growth weakened

Three Thai human rights activists have been acquitted of criminally defaming a poultry company with social media posts that supported other activists who had accused it of abusive labor practices

BANGKOK (Reuters) — Thailand's employment in the second quarter rose 1.7% from a year earlier, slowing from a 2.4% increase in the previous three months, the state planning agency said on Monday, as economic growth slowed.

Europe will be particularly affected. Heat waves of the kind we are currently experiencing are particularly deadly for the elderly, the sick and the poor, the researchers said. The 2003 heat wave, which saw temperatures in Europe reach 47.5 degrees Celsius, was one of the worst natural disasters of recent decades, claiming an estimated 45,000 to 70,000 victims in the space of a few weeks, they said. The researchers from ETH Zurich in Switzerland found that such heat waves could become the new norm in the coming years. Since 2013, they have been systematically collecting data on daily heat-related excess mortality for 748 cities and communities in 47 countries in Europe, Southeast Asia, Latin America, the US and Canada. The researchers used this dataset to calculate the relationship between the average daily temperature and mortality for all 748 locations. From this, they were able to establish each location's ideal temperature, where excess mortality is at its lowest.

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kangaroo lost its life, purportedly due to suffocation, after being smuggled inside a suitcase from Bangkok to Bengaluru by a wildlife trafficker. As per a TOI report, the unfortunate incident took place on Monday at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport (KIA). Customs officials from Bengaluru intercepted the suspect, a 32-year-old man hailing from Tamil Nadu, upon his arrival at KIA.

An AirAsia passenger was arrested after his suitcase was filled with over 230 live reptiles including a dead baby kangaroo, media reports have stated. The 32-year old's luggage was examined by customs at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport and as per reports, he was travelling from Bangkok to Bengaluru from Thai AirAsia's flight FD 137.

A Thai Cabinet minister is threatening to try to shut down Facebook in the country, saying the social media platform does not do enough to screen the advertisements it runs, leaving people vulnerable to costly scams

Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday set foot on home soil for the first time since 2008, returning from self-exile to a Bangkok jail just hours before his allies attempt to form a government after weeks of political deadlock. Thaksin, the billionaire figurehead of the populist juggernaut Pheu Thai Party, fled abroad 15 years ago before he was jailed in absentia for abuse of power, two years after the military overthrew him and accused him of corruption and disloyalty to the powerful monarchy, which he denied. Thaksin appeared briefly with family members at a private jet terminal at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport, smiling and waving to hundreds of ecstatic supporters, before he was escorted by police to the Supreme Court, then to a prison to serve a term of eight years. As he emerged from the airport wearing a black suit, red tie and yellow lapel pin bearing a royal insignia, Thaksin bowed to the crowd in a traditional «wai» greeting before kneeling to pay respects before a portrait of the king and queen. «For the past 17 years, you felt isolated, lonely, troubled and missing home but you persevered,» said Thaksin's sister Yingluck, whose three-year stint as prime minister also ended in a coup, a criminal conviction and self-exile. «I will be strong and persevere.

Thailand authorities have issued a warning to the social media giant Facebook, threatening to seek a criminal court order to sever its operations in the nation, over the rampant investment and cryptocurrency scam ads.

Countries worldwide are scrambling to secure rice after a partial ban on exports by India cut global supplies by roughly a fifth

Asian stocks are mixed as traders look ahead to the Federal Reserve’s summer conference for signs of whether the U.S. central bank thinks inflation is under control or more interest rate hikes are needed to cool inflation

Global stocks have followed Wall Street lower after notes from a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting dented hopes that interest rate hikes are finished

Asian stocks have followed Wall Street lower after notes from a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting dented hopes interest rate hikes are finished

Asian stock markets are lower after U.S. inflation edged higher, fueling unease about the outlook for the biggest global economy

BANGKOK (Reuters) — Thailand's economy continues to recover, helped by tourism and consumption, though the growth forecast may need to be revised down with exports weak this year, the central bank chief said on Wednesday.

Asian stocks are mixed after Wall Street rallied and Japanese wages rose ahead of a U.S. inflation update that might influence Federal Reserve plans for possible interest rate hikes

In another incident of heart attack among healthy adults, wife of Kannada actor Vijay Raghavendra, Spandana, died after she suffered a heart attack at a hospital in Bangkok, according to media reports. As per the reports, Spandana was on a vacation with her family in Thailand.

Kannada actor Vijay Raghavendra’s wife Spandana has passed away from a massive cardiac arrest while on a vacation in Thailand with her family. This sudden death has the entire family reeling from shock. The tragedy took place just 19 days before their 16th wedding anniversary.

Bangkok: Thai former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Saturday he was postponing his return from self-exile as Thailand struggles to overcome a political deadlock after the general election in May was won by opponents of military-backed parties. Thaksin, a former telecom tycoon who became prime minister in 2001 and ousted by the military in 2006, has towered over Thailand's politics despite having lived in self-imposed exile since 2008 to avoid graft convictions which he said were politically motivated after his government were ousted in a 2006 coup. On Saturday, Thaksin said in a post on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, that he needed a medical check up and would delay his return, originally planned for Aug. 10, by «a couple of weeks». Thaksin-backed Pheu Thai Party came second in the May election after the progressive Move Forward Party. The two election winning parties have been trying to form a government with six like-minded partners but have been blocked by the Senate, dominated by military appointees, and conservative opponents.

₹10 trillion capex announced in the budget. ₹2,000 crore:That’s the amount of late submission fee the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has slapped on ONGC Videsh Ltd, Indian Oil Corp. Ltd, GAIL (India) Ltd, and Oil India Ltd for delayed reporting of their overseas investments, Mintreported.