Up to 30 per cent of total bank loans may be restructured under the government’s scheme, while local corporates may need up to Bt1.7 trillion liquidity injection to survive the Covid-19 fallout, economists warned, predicting that it will take a while for the economy to fully recover.

Thai funds that invested in small- and mid-cap stocks have generated better returns in the first half of the year than funds that invested in large-cap stocks during the Covid-19 crisis, experts said.

Ennio Morricone, an Italian composer whose wildly inventive soundtracks - from the electric guitar, whistle, whip crack and coyote howl of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" to the dramatic choral and orchestral score of "The Mission" - made him a revered figure in international cinema, died July 6 at hospital in Rome. He was 91.

Liverpool fans in the south of Thailand have come up with a unique way of celebrating their team’s first league triumph in 30 years.

Phuket’s famed Lardyai walking street on Thalang Road in Meuang district reopened yesterday (July 5), much to the delight of sellers and shoppers, after being closed for months amid the Covid-19 crisis.