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The Royal Thai Police insisted it was working on human trafficking suppression in line with laws on Sunday, after coming under fire during Friday’s special debate in Parliament.

Governors of every province in Thailand have been ordered to prepare emergency plans to contain the spread of Covid-19 and suppress illegal trafficking. The order was issued by the Interior Ministry on Sunday and signed by permanent secretary Suttipong Juljarern.

A pedestrian-friendly facelift for the capital’s Ratchaprasong and Pathumwan shopping hubs will be finished in March, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) said on Sunday.

Fake news about the government’s efforts to tackle the Covid-19 crisis is drawing attention and causing panic among people, the Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry said on Sunday.

The government will import migrant workers to eight Thai provinces under an agreement to tackle illegal trafficking and a labour shortage estimated at 800,000 workers.

Tests on fish from a Rayong market found with a black substance clogging their gills did not reveal unsafe levels of carcinogenic crude-oil compounds, according to health officials.

The Omicron BA.2 subvariant is driving the surge of new Covid-19 infections in Thailand, top virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan said on Sunday.

Thailand is entering an ageing society and a population recession, the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) has warned.

Move Forward Party’s “progressive” liquor bill will boost social equality and create opportunities for businesses across the industry, the party’s MPs said on Saturday.

Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, went to the thick jungles of Danum Valley in Sabah in 2012.

A third-year engineering student from India's Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Priyanjali Gupta, has developed a remarkable artificial intelligence model capable of translating American sign language into English in real-time.

The National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) on Sunday revealed the results of its public survey titled "Dissolve the House: when is the best time?"

The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will begin development of a next-generation aircraft engine that uses liquid hydrogen as fuel in fiscal 2022.

A former senior police officer who fled after his human trafficking probe led to the arrest of an Army general in 2015, has claimed “many more big fish would have been caught” if the probe had been allowed to continue.

Saturday’s collision between a tourist train and an 18-wheel trailer truck in Saraburi occurred at an illegal road crossing, according to the State Railway of Thailand (SRT).

Thanyaburi Mini Zoo will open in Pathum Thani on March 13 this year, laying foundations for the relocation of Bangkok’s famous old Dusit Zoo.

The Social Security Office (SSO) is conducting a feasibility study on setting up a bank to benefit people insured under the social security fund.

A planned salinity tax on high-sodium foods will not be introduced this year, the Excise Department has confirmed. The department explained that the new tax would be shelved to allow time for the economy to recover.

Saudia Airlines will launch direct flights to Thailand on February 28, Saudi Arabia’s national carrier announced via Facebook on Saturday.

Scholz said on Saturday that diplomatic channels are still the means to solve the Ukrainian problem but warned against "being naive."

The combat readiness of the troops and the reliability of the weapons were checked, the Kremlin said. Russia's Aerospace Forces, the Southern Military District, the Strategic Missile Forces, the Northern and Black Sea Fleets were involved in the drills.

The second medical team from the mainland consists of 114 members, who will fully cooperate with the HKSAR government in fighting the latest COVID-19 outbreak.

Public Health Ministry reported on Sunday (February 20) morning that in the past 24 hours there are 18,953 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19, 183 of whom are foreign travellers.

The European Parliament issued a resolution on Thursday underscoring the human rights situation in the Philippines and warning of the withdrawal of the country’s trade privileges with the European Union (EU).