"News Update"

The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DES) announced on Saturday that Covid-19-related hotline numbers will be toll-free from Sunday following complaints from netizens.

An 80-year-old homeless man infected with Covid-19 was found dead on a Bangkok street on Saturday morning.

A netizen has expressed shock after finding out that the bed-finder hotline 1668 was not a toll-free number.

The new season of the Thai Premier League has been suspended from July 31 to September 3, due to the Covid-19 crisis in Thailand.

Thailand’s daily Covid-19 caseload increased by 14,260 on Saturday, taking the total to 481,967, with 119 deaths.

Thailands 23-year-old taekwondo champ Panipak Wongpattanakit carries the countrys hopes at Olympic Games on Saturday, but she faces three formidable opponents from South Korea, China and Serbia in her quest for the gold.

Bangkok Airways resumed flights between Phuket and Samui Island in Surat Thani province, while Nok Air resumed its flights between Phuket and U-Tapao airport in Chonburi.

A nurse in Bangkok died on Friday after reportedly getting infected with Covid-19 in her workplace.

BALTIMORE - Stephen Strasburg had an "uncomfortable" feeling in his neck after throwing a bullpen session Wednesday, according to Washington Nationals Manager Dave Martinez, marking another setback in his attempt to return from nerve irritation. Hes been on the injured list since June 2 and will be there a while longer.

A little more than 48 hours after announcing her split with ESPN, Maria Taylor was back on TV with a new job. She appeared Friday night from Tokyo, on NBCs prime time Olympics coverage.

Seven months after the first coronavirus shots were rolled out, vaccinated Americans - including government, business and health leaders - are growing frustrated that tens of millions of people are still refusing to get them, endangering themselves and their communities and fueling the viruss spread.

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department this week dropped prosecutions of five foreign researchers accused of concealing ties to Chinas military and who were arrested last year in a highly publicized sweep against alleged Chinese spying in the United States.