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The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, hit by shelling over the weekend, is operating as normal, the Interfax news agency quoted the Russian-installed head of the local administration as saying on Monday.

South Koreans are not letting rising cases of Covid-19 get in the way of their summer plans, with travel and businesses already freed up by current policies.

Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will increase the policy interest rate by 25 basis points at its meeting on Wednesday, Kasikorn Research Centre has forecast.

Thailand will import over 10,500 tonnes of sea shrimps this year to ease a shortage at processing plants. The move was announced on Monday at the first meeting of the shrimp board, chaired by Fisheries Department chief Chalermchai Suwannarak.

A laboratory in Japan is developing a potentially life-saving industrial robot that allows its operator, via virtual reality, to grasp and lift heavy objects as if using their own hands.

Bangkok topped the list of cities with the highest “harnessing ratio” in Asia-Pacific in the latest GainingEdge report on the intellectual capital of conference destinations.

The Thailand Climate Action Conference (TCAC) was held in Bangkok on August 5-6 to promote cooperation and efforts to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050 and reduce Thailand’s greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2065.

Thailand will host bilateral meetings with Malaysia in Bangkok on Tuesday and Wednesday.


Residents of Bangkok and surrounding areas are set to get a special three-day holiday in November as part of arrangements for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit.

Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said on Monday that several nations had confirmed their participation in November’s Apec summit in Bangkok – but would not say if Russia was among them.

The Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Immigration (GDI) has elected to expel the Nigerian monkeypox patient who fled Thailand after testing positive and will ban him from entering Cambodia for three years.

The environment minister said the global community must back Thailand’s push for carbon neutrality by 2050 and net-zero emissions by 2065.

The Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat) will waive toll fees for motorists on its three expressways on Mother’s Day next Friday (August 12).

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha reiterated on Monday that the Constitutional Court will decide when he will reach the eight-year limit of his premiership.

Hong Kong college students are expected to have a better understanding of national development as completing national education courses has become a requirement for graduation.

Thais armed with swords, shields and magic potions battled to glory at the world’s largest cosplay competition, grabbing four prizes in Japan at the weekend.

The Rural Doctors Society on Monday called on the Public Health Ministry to allow state hospitals to buy Covid-19 medicine on their own without having to depend on “problematic” allocations from a state firm.

Getting vaccinated could help reduce the severity of symptoms of monkeypox patients, a senior virologist said.

Competitors of "Spartan Thailand 2022 Chiang Mai" will be able to travel and enjoy a variety of activities in the province, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said on Sunday.

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Monday chided reporters who asked him about his declaration that he was ready to be the next prime minister.

Grab, Southeast Asia's leading super-app reveals the top five gifts on modern moms' wish list, surveyed among Grab users on its social media channels.

Sitthikom Thammasin and Supanida Katethong crowned themselves champions in the Toyota Thailand National Badminton Championships 2022 held at Central Chaeng Watthana in Nonthaburi province on Sunday.

Provincial governors in the North, Northeast and Central region are on alert for possible flash floods on Monday and Tuesday.

The 2022 Taihu Bay Future Healthcare Conference held Thursday in Wuxi City in east China's Jiangsu Province witnessed the launch of Wuxi Intellectual Property Protection Centre with 52 biomedical projects contracted, involving a total of more than 30 billion yuan investment.