A bank robber masquerading as a bike messenger has struck again.
The serial bandit, who uses a two-wheeler to pedal away from his heists, held up a bank on Monday afternoon, the Santa Cruz, California, Police Department said.
“He rolled in on a bike,” police spokesman Zach Friend said. “We spoke to the FBI and they believe [...]
A student who weighs just four stone has told how she must eat up to 60 meals a day to stay alive.
Lizzie Velasquez has a rare and undiagnosed syndromethat prevents her from putting on weight.
She has to eat every 15 minutes and consumes up to 8,000 calories every day.
Despite her huge intake, the communications student [...]
The Thai economy this year is likely to rise 5.5 per cent with a projected range of 5.0-6.0 year-on-year, higher than projected in March when it was seen at 4.5 per cent year-on-year, Fiscal Policy Office director-general Sathit Rangkasiri said.
Factors that supported Thai economy in the first quarter of this year expanded 12 per cent. [...]
Thai academics expressed concerns about the more severe and frequent earthquakes expected to shake the Earth in the future, while others warned people to beware even if they did not live near active faults.
Foundation for National Disaster Warning System of Thailand’s chairman Smith Dharmasaroja said the huge quakes that hit Chile and Haiti early this [...]
The government is looking to permanently waive the fares on some Bangkok buses and trains to help ease the financial burden on the city’s low-income earners.
The proposal was raised yesterday at a meeting of the cabinet where it was agreed to extend free public bus and rail travel and waive electricity bills for the poor [...]
Attorneys for the ex-wife and the son of Thailand’s fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday appeared at the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) headquarters to clarify their clients’ financial transactions which are under suspicion of being related to funding the anti-government Red Shirt movement.
Col Manit Thanasanti, commander of the DSWI Bureau of Financial [...]
In a bid to woo grass-roots support ahead of the next election, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday ordered the Finance Ministry to study the feasibility of providing free electricity, bus and train services permanently to low-income earners.
The move will bring Thailand closer to what the premier called a “social welfare” policy, in which the government [...]
The Appeal Court has turned down the bail applications of 10 red shirt leaders and guards being held on terrorism charges which carry a possible death sentence.
The appeals were filed last Friday by the lawyer representing the 10 leaders and guards from the anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD).
The court ruled the suspects [...]
Bored with simply owning a dog, some Beijing pet owners use colourful dye to transform their canines into tiny pandas, zebras, and even strawberries.
The owner of a pet spa said: “I think dog-owners want to make their dogs more unique and catch people’s attention.
“Dogs are like your own family members. Everybody wants their children to [...]
Sebastian Vettel claimed his fourth pole position of the season ahead of Sunday’s European Grand Prix in Valencia, Spain.
The 22-year-old Red Bull driver set a time of one minute 37.587 seconds, 0.075 seconds ahead of his Red Bull team-mate, Australian Mark Webber.
The pair have now record eight pole positions in nine races.
“This circuit shouldn’t be [...]
