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PHUKET: A plucky tactical call by Grenville Fordham and Bob Mott on Niña saw them recover from a dwindling start to rejoin the fleet and then claim victory on corrected time in the Multihull class of the Ao Chalong Yacht Club (ACYC) race series regatta on Sunday (May 24).

PHUKET: Devout Buddhists in Phuket and elsewhere throughout Thailand, and around the world, will commemorate Visakha Bucha Day on Monday (June 1).

Police in Las Vegas have launched a homicide investigation into the death of B.B. King, a Nevada coroners office said Monday (May 25), after the blues guitar legend’s daughters reportedly accused his aides of poisoning him.

Police in Las Vegas have launched a homicide investigation into the death of blues great BB King, a Nevada coroners office said Monday (May 25), after the blues guitar legend’s daughters reportedly accused his aides of poisoning him.

Latest A four-car shunt produced a new first for Phuket City’s first underpass but fortunately other motorists were able to drive around the incident. Nobody was hurt, say police.

PHUKET: Bidders in the lucky car number plate auction last weekend (May 23 and 24) paid out B20,552,000 for plates they hope will bring them luck, wealth or simply a good life.

News Analysis Beaches are Phuket’s most important assets but their future seems confused and those who use them wonder what will happen next.

A mobile phone application from the Department of Land Transport has revealed that Bangkoks Sukhumvit, Silom, Sathon and Phaya Thai are the streets where taxi drivers routinely reject commuters in need.

At least 14 people have been killed after floods hit Texas and Oklahoma in the US and a typhoon hit a Mexican town along the US border.