"April"

April was death. Bodies stacked, mothers and fathers discarded in bags piled onto refrigerator trucks in hospital parking lots, dumped into mass graves. People leaving this life without farewells, without a last look of love, without a touch.

We're living through strange times, and if the latest stay-at-home directives don't convince you of that, how about this: People are reading more than usual. They're buying more books than usual. Even if you can't browse your favorite local bookstore, consider supporting them by shopping online for gift certificates while you purchase a few of these titles in digital form. 

Thai auto sales in April reached 86,076 units, up 8.7 per cent compared to the corresponding month last year, according to figures from Toyota Motor Thailand (TMT).

AMID the escalating trade war between the US and China , Thailand’s car exports hit a 24-month low in April, according to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).

TOTAL AD SPENDING DIPS BY 1.58% IN APRIL

Advertising spending in April this year amounted to Bt8.54 billion, down 1.58 per cent year on year, according to a report by Nielsen on Monday.

New Delhi - The Indian election starting Thursday is an exercise in democracy the likes of which the world has never seen.

The long-delayed sand-refilling project at Songkhla’s popular Samila beach will resume early next month, an official said on Wednesday.

Prince Harry's wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex told well-wishers on Monday she was six months pregnant and was expecting her baby at the end of April or beginning of May.

Japan's politically sensitive trade surplus with the US edged up in April, government data showed Monday, after Tokyo warned it may take retaliatory measures against US tariffs.

US President Donald Trump -- who has himself been repeatedly accused of sexual misconduct -- on Friday designated April 2018 "National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month" amid a national debate over the issue.

Election Commissioner Somchai Srisutthiyakorn has predicted a “big ripple” in politics in April next year as the deadline to update party members begins.