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Tourist Safety Pattaya’s No. 1 Priority, New Police Chief Says

PATTAYA — The new commander of Pattaya police said preventing crime and keeping tourists safe are his top priorities.

'World's Tallest Spirit House' Found In Ayutthaya

(14 June) For Ms. Laksana Ekkatin, the glory should always be in the highest.That is what was on her mind when she ordered the...

From “Coal Capital” to Cultural Magnet, Historic City Gains New Life

DATONG, Shanxi, (Xinhua) - From a frontier land between agricultural communities and nomadic tribes to a major city in north China bearing the name...

Novak Djokovic Wins the US Open for His 24th Grand Slam Title by Beating...

NEW YORK (AP) — Halfway through a second set that lasted 1 hour, 44 minutes, a test of tenacity as much as talent amid...

Three Europeans Beaten by Pattaya Bouncers

CHONBURI — Police say a group of security guards at a nightclub in Pattaya assaulted three European tourists after a fight broke out inside the club.

French Lawyers Seek Overturn of Burkini Ban, Verdict Friday

PARIS — Human rights groups challenged the legality of municipal bans on full-body burkini swimsuits before France's highest administrative court Thursday, a practice that...

New York Drug Case Opens Window on Dark Period for Honduras

NEW YORK — A case unfolding in a lower Manhattan courtroom has caused political tremors in Honduras, seeming to confirm long-held suspicions that corruption at the highest levels of government helped turn the Central American country into a violent epicenter of the drug trade at the start of this decade.

North Korea Confirms ICBM Test, Warns of More Powerful Steps

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Sunday its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test was meant to further bolster its "fatal" nuclear attack...

Hospital Fire Kills At Least 39 in South Korea

SEOUL — A fire swept through a hospital for the elderly in southeastern South Korea on Friday, killing more than 30 people and injuring dozens in one of the country's deadliest fires in recent years.

Malaysia, Indonesia to Rescue Boat Migrants as Myanmar Agrees to Talk

KUALA LUMPUR (DPA) — Malaysia and Indonesia Thursday said they would start helping thousands of Rohingya migrants on boats off their shores, as Myanmar said it would attend a regional conference on the crisis next week.

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