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Almost one million children urgently need help after the earthquake in Nepal which has now claimed well over 4,000 lives, the UN childrens agency said, as relief workers raced to help the most vulnerable.

A tropical thunderstorm yesterday afternoon (April 27) caused citywide havoc and traffic snarls after it knocked down trees and power lines on busy streets and forced the BTS skytrain operator to suspend service on a Silom Line section.

OLYMPICS: Skeet shooter Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit is the first Thai to qualify for next years Olympics.

CHONBURI: A Burmese man working in a pet food factory in Chonburi City, 50 km from Pattaya, died last night (April 27) when he fell into a meat grinder.

Rioters looted stores in Baltimore and pelted police with stones and bricks yesterday (April 27) after the funeral of an African American man whose death in custody has reignited outrage over US police conduct towards blacks.

Latest A Phuketwan report revealing lack of funding for search and rescue has triggered a move by Tourism and Sport to have registered firms contribute to a special fund.

Latest Three armed bandits and the masseuse who allegedly tipped them off before a 400,000 baht raid were caught and paraded at the Phuket spa where the heist took place.

Latest A boxing superstar has taken time out to plead for the life of a mother of two who is due to face a firing squad with other in Indonesia at any moment.

Latest A Canadian man crashed a motorcycle within hours of his arival on Phuket, killing one young woman and seriously injuring her two young companions, says an investigating officer.