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Weekly horoscope for July 17-23
32+ min ago (1818+ words) PUBLISHED: 17 Jul 2026 at 12:45 Your spot-on weekly horoscope for work, money and relationship from Guru by the Bangkok Post's famously accurate fortune teller. Let's see how you will fare this week and beyond. Mar 21 – Apr 19 ₿ You're entering your de-influencing era. You've…...
Investors 'reluctant to return' to Hat Yai
1+ hour, 20+ min ago (394+ words) Firms bemoan bumpy post-flood recovery PUBLISHED: 17 Jul 2026 at 01:01 Weak investor confidence, limited access to financing and reduced flood insurance coverage are hampering Hat Yai's recovery from the devastating floods six months ago, business leaders say. Chalitpong Sirithananonsakun, president of the…...
New med school hit by doubts
7+ hour, 4+ min ago (486+ words) Plan sparks debate on training standards PUBLISHED: 17 Jul 2026 at 07:03 A plan to open a medical school at Phetchaburi Rajabhat University to address a shortage of doctors has raised public concerns that it may prioritise quantity over quality. Last month, the…...
Calls grow to halt entry fee
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (171+ words) PUBLISHED: 17 Jul 2026 at 01:01 Tourism operators have called on the government to postpone plans to introduce a 300-baht tourist entry fee, warning it could discourage cross-border travel and duplicate existing insurance coverage for visitors. The proposal was raised at a tourism…...
Dave Kendall, creator and host of MTV’s ‘120 Minutes,’ dies at 63
3+ hour, 31+ min ago (829+ words) PUBLISHED: 17 Jul 2026 at 09:44 WRITER: New York Times Dave Kendall, who as the taste-making creator and former host of the long-running MTV music video show 120 Minutes introduced alternative rock and underground music to a generation of fans in the 1980s and ’90s, has…...
UK Labour party to crown Burnham as leader and next PM
4+ hour, 20+ min ago (644+ words) PUBLISHED: 17 Jul 2026 at 08:45 LONDON - Britain's ruling Labour party will confirm veteran politician Andy Burnham as its new leader, and the country's next prime minister, at a special conference on Friday. As centre-left Labour has an overwhelming majority in parliament, the…...
State welfare recipients fall after stricter eligibility checks
1+ hour, 18+ min ago (176+ words) PUBLISHED: 17 Jul 2026 at 05:31 Only 9.5 million of 18.8 million applicants qualified for the 2026 State Welfare Programme after the Finance Ministry tightened eligibility screening and expanded data verification. Fiscal Policy Office director-general Vinit Visessuvanapoom said the number of successful applicants fell from 13.2 million…...
‘Soldier’ seen with PM at pub fire exposed
5+ hour, 26+ min ago (261+ words) published: 17 Jul 2026 at 07:42 A uniformed man who made his way into the inner circle of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul at the scene of Sunday’s fatal pub fire in Bangkok is facing charges that include impersonating a public official, police said…...
China's Xi says AI should not be dominated by one country
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (648+ words) PUBLISHED: 17 Jul 2026 at 10:45 SHANGHAI - Artificial intelligence should not be dominated by a single country, China's President Xi Jinping said on Friday, urging international cooperation on its development at a major conference in Shanghai. Chinese AI models are catching up to…...
Smart farming key to our future
8+ hour, 25+ min ago (648+ words) PUBLISHED: 17 Jul 2026 at 01:01 Farmers today are producing food under pressures that would have been unimaginable to previous generations. Input costs are rising, supply chains are increasingly unreliable, water is becoming scarcer, and weather patterns are less predictable. For a growing…...