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SWIMMING: The future Olympians, who are on a year-long FINA swimming scholarship at Thanyapura while they prepare for the Rio Olympics, stormed to victory in the pool in Kazan, Russia breaking a total of eight National Records from four different countries.

CHINA: A Chinese military team of nuclear and chemical experts began work yesterday (August 13) at the site of two massive explosions in the city of Tianjin, state media said, as pressure grows for authorities to explain the cause of blasts that left 50 dead.

BANGKOK: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has stressed that the governmentʼs next major task is to push for unity now that the National Reform Council (NRC) has completed its reform blueprint.

BANGKOK: The rank insignia and royal decorations of self-exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be recalled based on the legal process of rank revocation, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha says.

Latest Thousands of bicycle riders will take to the streets of Phuket and throughout Thailand on Sunday in the Bike for Mom ride as the popularity of the sport grows.

Latest Tourists visiting Phuket should be warned three times about the dangers of swimming in unpatrolled areas, say lifeguards after two suspected drownings in 24 hours.

Latest Figures produced by a reforming activist expose a giant rip-off in which billions of baht in tourists’ park fees around Phuket have been siphoned into the pockets of thieves.

Latest Questions are being asked following the publication of a theory that far from breaking up on impact, Flight MH370 made a ‘‘soft’’ landing on the sea.

Phuket Updating Digest Food stall prices are up in Thailand but most in Phuket and Krabi; Weather warning for Andaman; Airline goahead from Utapao; Aussie tennis star fined for slur.