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Elders learning how to use a photo editing app on their smartphones on March 29. Photo: Matichon

Thai Elderly Vulnerable to Fake News, Medicine Scams: Researcher

Pravit Rojanaphruk, Senior Staff Writer - 18 June 2019, 11:28

BANGKOK — Elderly Thais are highly vulnerable to fraudulent medicines and health supplements advertised on social and mass media, research by Mahidol University has warned. Nuntiya...

Toronto Police secure the scene after a shots were fired during the Toronto Raptors NBA basketball championship parade in Toronto, Monday, June 17, 2019. Photo: Andrew Lahodynskyj/The Canadian Press via AP

Police: 4 Shot, 3 Arrested at Raptors Rally in Toronto

Associated Press - 18 June 2019, 10:45

TORONTO — Gunfire broke out and a stampede ensued as fans celebrated at a rally Monday for the NBA champion Raptors, leaving four people...

FILE - In this May 8, 2014 file photo, Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi sits in a defendant cage in the Police Academy courthouse in Cairo, Egypt. On Monday June 17, 2019, Egypt's state TV said the country's ousted President Mohammed Morsi, 67, collapsed during a court session and died. It said it occurred while he was attending a court trial on espionage charges. Morsi, who hailed from Egypt's largest Islamist group, the now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, was elected president in 2012 in the country's first free elections following the ouster the year before of longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. Photo: Tarek el-Gabbas / AP

Egypt’s Ousted President Morsi Dies in Court During Trial

Associated Press - 18 June 2019, 10:30

CAIRO — Egypt's first democratically elected president, Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi who was ousted by the military in 2013 after a year in office,...

A fishing boat speeds past an oil tanker in the distance in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, June 15, 2019. The Kokuka Courageous, one of two oil tankers targeted in an apparent attack in the Gulf of Oman, was brought to the United Arab Emirates' eastern coast Saturday. Photo: Jon Gambrell / AP

Tensions Rise as Iran Speeds up Enrichment, US Sends Troops

Associated Press - 18 June 2019, 10:22

TEHRAN — Iran will surpass the uranium-stockpile limit set by its nuclear deal in the next 10 days, an official said Monday, raising pressure...

A screenshot from the new anthem video released on June 17 / Image: The Office of the Prime Minister via YouTube / Thai Flag Museum

New Thai National Anthem MV Shows King Rama X, Monks, Farang

Tappanai Boonbandit, Staff Reporter - 17 June 2019, 16:07

BANGKOK — The Office of the Prime Minister released a new music video for the Thai national anthem on Monday, after a previous version...

Kamnan Poh, ‘Godfather of Chonburi,’ Dies at 82

Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter - 17 June 2019, 14:07

CHONBURI — One of the most politically, economically and criminally influential men in Thailand’s east passed away on Monday. Somchai Khunpluem, better known as Kamnan...

Artiwara ‘Toon’ Kongmalai at the finish line of his Isaan charity run on June 16, 2019 at the Khon Kaen Sports Stadium.

Toon Bodyslam’s Charity Run Raises 54M for Isaan Hospitals

Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter - 17 June 2019, 11:51

KHON KAEN — A rockstar philanthropist raised 54 million baht for Isaan hospitals in a charity run over the weekend. To raise money for regional...

Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, right, is accompanied by Nathan Law as they pay respect to a protester who fell to his death after hanging a protest banner against an extradition bill in Hong Kong, Monday, June 17, 2019. Photo: Kin Cheung / AP

Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Released From Prison

Associated Press - 17 June 2019, 11:47

HONG KONG — Joshua Wong, a leading figure in Hong Kong's 2014 Umbrella Movement demonstrations, was released from prison on Monday and vowed to...

In this Thursday, May 23, 2019, photo, an official of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources hugs Marium, a baby dugong separated from her mother, near Libong island, Trang province, southern Thailand. The baby dugong that has developed an attachment to humans after getting lost in the ocean off southern Thailand is being nurtured by marine experts in hopes that it can one day fend for itself. Photo: Sirachai Arunrugstichai via AP

Thai Vets Nurture Lost Baby Dugong With Milk and Sea Grass

Associated Press - 17 June 2019, 10:48

BANGKOK — A baby dugong, a large ocean mammal, that has developed an attachment to humans after being separated from its mother and getting...

A man stands inside a store without power during a blackout, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, June 16, 2019. Argentina and Uruguay were working frantically to return power on Sunday, after a massive power failure left large swaths of the South American countries in the dark. Photo: Tomas F. Cuesta / AP

Massive Blackout Hits Tens of Millions in South America

Associated Press - 17 June 2019, 10:32

BUENOS AIRES — A massive blackout left tens of millions of people without electricity in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay on Sunday in what the...

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