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PHUKET: The Ministry of Commerce, as part of the Government project to “Return Happiness to the People”, has persuaded large stores and concenience stores to offer discounts on a variety of items up until the end of the year.

PHUKET: Singing superstar Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z arrived on Christmas Day (December 25) to spend a few days and perhaps the New Year in Phuket with their daughter Blue Ivy.

PHUKET: Two Belarussians were arrested in Rawai area yesterday (December 25) after allegedly stealing B100,000 from local ATM machines.

Latest One man is dead and another seriously injured after a pickup crashed at high speed on the airport road heading towards Phuket’s main artery.

Latest A British expat who demolished a power pole and wrecked a parked motorcycle while driving home from a bar early on Boxing Day was drunk, police allege.

PHUKET: A man from Petchabun died just after midnight yesterday (December 25) when he crashed his motorbike into the central reservation of Thepkrasattree Rd in Sri Soonthon, becoming the first casualty in the Seven Days of Danger.

THE NETHERLANDS: Dutch scientists are recreating the deaths of some of the world’s most famous personalities by reconstructing their last moments using scents and sounds.

BEIJING: China tied the restive far-western region of Xinjiang closer to the rest of the country today (December 26), opening a high-speed rail line between its capital Urumqi and Lanzhou, in neighbouring Gansu, nearly 1,800 kilometres away.

BANGKOK: Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has rated the performance of his military-installed government over the past three months as “unsatisfactory”, saying its achievements so far won’t ensure security and sustainability.