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The Board of Investment (BoI) is working with seven state and private agencies to support and facilitate the investment of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker GAC Aion, the third-largest seller of EVs in China, as the company aims to expand its business into Thailand.

The ground columns of Phra Nang Klao Bridge were designed in line with international engineering standards, one of the main project crew said on Friday in response to speculation they may be too thin to properly support the structure.

The two-day Israeli military incursion into the Palestinian city of Jenin in the northern West Bank (12 Palestinians killed, one Israeli dead) seems at first glance like just another example of "mowing the lawn". That's what the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) call these periodic futile raids they make to kill…

Local governments are manning the front lines of our most important global battles -- from managing severe weather and other climate shocks to preparing for the next pandemic, ensuring health for all, rectifying longstanding racial inequities, and addressing housing affordability. Urban areas now account for over half the world's population,…

The safe return to Thailand from Sri Lanka of the ailing Thai elephant, Sak Surin, which is known in Sri Lanka as Muthu Raja, on July 2 would not have been possible without the collective efforts of several individuals and agencies.

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is gathering public opinion on its three choices for new power tariff rates before selecting one to determine electricity bills between September and December.

RECAP: Asian stocks slid yesterday to cap a busy first week of the quarter for financial markets, with the dollar standing tall and bonds tumbling as resilient US jobs data has investors bracing for interest rates to head higher still.

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WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden announced Friday that the United States has fully destroyed its decades-old stockpiles of chemical weapons, fulfilling a commitment under the three-decade-old Chemical Weapons Convention.