Vendors Balk at Khaosan Road’s Call to Ban Plastic, Styrofoam
BANGKOK — Can Khaosan Road kick its single-use plastic habit?
In an effort to reduce waste, vendors along Khaosan Road are being encouraged to phase...
Tropical Depression ‘Mun’ a Welcome Shower After Drought: Expert, Farmers
BANGKOK — The state weather department has officially warned that a tropical depression in China will affect Thailand – but there’s no cause for alarm, a weather expert says.
Italy Judge Rules to Free Captain of Migrant Rescue Boat
ROME — The sea captain who rammed a police boat while bringing 40 rescued migrants to an Italian port she'd been warned to stay...
Don’t Recall Apollo 11? Global Festivities Have You Covered
You can run a race, hit a museum, shoot off a rocket or count down to the moment 50 years ago that Neil Armstrong...
Airstrike Hits Migrant Detention Center in Libya, 40 Killed
BENGHAZI — An airstrike hit a detention center for migrants early Wednesday in the Libyan capital, killing at least 40 people, a health official...
‘Fast and Furious 9’ Filming Begins in Krabi
KRABI — Can you hear the engines roaring? Filming for the next “Fast and Furious” movie began in Thailand’s South on Monday.
The first day...
Celebrate Tanabata in Ayutthaya’s Historic Japanese Village
BANGKOK — Dress in yukata and celebrate Japan’s Star Festival without even leaving Thailand by heading to a centuries-old Japanese settlement in the old capital this weekend.
Trump Pushing for July Fourth Tank Parade
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump isn’t taking “no tanks” for an answer on the Fourth of July.
Gauff, Just 15, Shocks 5-Time Champ Venus, 39, at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON — Coco Gauff grew up admiring the Williams sisters. Picked up a tennis racket as a little girl because of them. And on...
Iran Breaches Uranium Limit Set by Obama-Era Deal
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has broken the limit set on its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, international inspectors and Tehran said Monday, marking its first major departure from the unraveling agreement a year after the U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the accord.
