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Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants on board a foundering vessel off Indonesia fought with axes, knives and metal bars in vicious clashes that left at least 100 dead, survivors said as they recovered from their ordeal.

LONDON: Almost 50,000 British people have signed up to a campaign on the online opinion site Change.org that proposes that the north of England secede and become part of Scotland.

PHUKET: After months of the Phuket Water Authority denying that the island is getting short of water, and despite recent rain, Phuket City Municipality yesterday (May 18) warned residents of the town that fresh water supplies are running short.

PHUKET: Photos of super-excited Thai tourists ignorant enough to “pet” a baby shark pulled from the waters of Koh Phi Phi have enraged the online community this week after a marine activist helped spread the word.

Latest The owners of the Ace Condo in Patong, who fell out before the project was begun, will have to restart the project and pay those buyers who want repayment or face problems, a Bangkok authority has ruled.

Latest The overnight bus from Bangkok to Phuket is great for cheap travel but a young woman got more for the fare than she wanted when a conductor allegedly molested her.

LIVE 89.5s Good Morning Phuket host is doing the half-marathon at Laguna Marathon next month. Why? Check out Chriss running tips. Which category are you entering?

GUANGZHAO: China and Thailand have inked a perliminary deal to build a canal that will cut through the peninsular Thailand, linking the South China Sea with the Andaman Sea.

GUANGZHAO: China and Thailand are reported to have inked a memorandum of understanding on the construction of a canal that would cut through peninsular Thailand, linking the South China Sea with the Andaman Sea.