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Liraglutide, an injectable diabetes drug that US regulators approved last year for weight loss, helped obese people lose an average of 18 pounds (eight kilogrammes), a yearlong study said on July 1.

PHUKET: Phuket’s juvenile and family court has established a Foreign Language Cooperation Center to increase the use of negotiation and compromise, in settling disputes arising at an international and Asean community level.

The Office of Contemporary Art And Culture (OCAC) looks to promote Krabi and Ratchaburi as Contemporary Art Cities, establishing new tourist attractions to draw more income to the local people.

PATTAYA: Police are hunting down a foreign man accused of stabbing a seven-month-old pitbull to death in Chon Buri’s Jomtien beach area.

PHUKET: A long standing dispute over land in the Sa Ton Po Community finally reached a conclusion on Wednesday (July 8) during a visit to the community by Vice Governor Somkiet Sangkhaosuthirak and a team of officials.

INDONESIA: Ash drifting from an Indonesian volcano closed five airports today (July 10), including the one on the holiday island of Bali, causing about 250 flights to be cancelled and stranding thousands of holidaymakers.

PHUKET XTRA - July 10 Latest in the Koh Tao case, Thai Airways ready for problems from Chinese stock crash, crazy vans and locals have fun with the Thai San Adreas fault. ‪#‎PhuketNewsTV‬ ‪#‎PhuketTV‬

Latest The renowned Reporters Without Borders organisation sends an observer to Phuket and condemns the trial of two Phuketwan journalists which begins there on July 14.

PHUKET: Phuket Governor Nisit Jansomwong has stated that the owner of the cargo ship which sunk off of Koh Hei (Coral Island) on Tuesday (July 7) will be fully responsible for all recovery costs, including the cost of the recovery permit issued by the Marine Office.