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The Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) has joined hands with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to promote early childhood reading amid concerns about learning loss among kids during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The three Chinese men arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport on Thursday over the alleged abduction of a Chinese businessman all denied the charges, but police said they gave differing statements.

A 58-year-old Malaysian man was arrested in Bangkok on Wednesday for alleged worldwide wildlife trafficking and will be extradited to the United States, police said.

The government has urged operators of nightlife outlets to follow precautions against Covid-19 strictly after they reopen for business next week.

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Several roads in Bangkok and the surrounding provinces were flooded on Wednesday (May 18) morning due to heavy rains since 1am.

A 22-year-old university student on Saturday lodged a complaint with police against two doctors, accusing them of misdiagnosing cysts as tumours and removing her appendix without her consent.

The final two alleged accomplices of a former Bangkok councillor convicted of the vicious murder and arson of a van operator in 2007 have been arrested in Bangkok.

PHATTHALUNG: Police have seized a light machinegun, two assault rifles and ammunition cached alongside a canal by a gunman arrested for the recent slaying of a policeman as he fled an earlier arrest.

Armed police threw stun grenades as they stormed a Bangkok room and arrested two men accused of killing a policeman during a shootout while fleeing arrest on drug charges in southern Phattalung province early this month.

Concerns are mounting after Covid-19 cases were detected among students when schools resumed on Monday.