BANGKOK, May 24 (APD)— Thailand eyes 12 million visitors spending around 620 billion baht(17.7 billion U.S dollars) in the first four months of 2017, an increase of 4.71 per cent year-on-year, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports Wednesday released.
BANGKOK,May24(APD)—Thailandeyes12millionvisitorsspendingaround620billionbaht(17.7billionU.Sdollars)inthefirstfourmonthsof2017,anincreaseof4.71percentyear-on-yea
RetailgiantTargetannouncedonTuesdayitreachedanagreementtopay18.5millionU.S.dollarstosettleaninvestigationintoitsmassive2013databreach.Accordingtothesettlement,4
Therenewableenergysectoremployed9.8millionpeopleworldwidein2016,almosttwiceasmanyasin2012,theAbuDhabi-basedInternationalRenewableEnergyAgencysaidonWednesday.Ini
U.S.PresidentDonaldTrump'sproposaltosellhalfoftheUnitedStates'strategicoilreservesurprisedenergymarketsonTuesdaysinceitcountersOPEC'seffortstocontrolsupplyinord
A total of 55.64 million Chinese rural residents were lifted out of poverty from 2013 to 2016 and at least another 10 million will shake off poverty this year, which means the number of rural Chinese lifted out of poverty in five years will exceed 65 million – roughly the population of a major European country such as Britain, France or Italy.
AseniorUNofficialsaidhereMondaythatChinahasmadegreatstridesinpovertyreductionandcouldbea"rolemodel"forothernationsinthisaspect.WuHongbo,UNunder-secretary-genera
ResearchershavelongbelievedthathumanssplitfromapessomefivemillionyearsagoinAfrica,butastudypublishedonMondaysuggestsithappenedinEuropefarearlierthanthat.Justwhe
Atotalof55.64millionChineseruralresidentswereliftedoutofpovertyfrom2013to2016andatleastanother10millionwillshakeoffpovertythisyear,whichmeansthenumberofruralChi
Myanmar's trade with member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) hit 9.6 billion U.S. dollars in the last fiscal year 2016-17 which ended in March, according to the latest official figures released on Monday.
MiningmagnateAndrew"Twiggy"ForrestMondaymadethebiggestsinglephilanthropicdonationinAustralianhistory,givingawayAus$400million(US$298million)toavarietyofsocialan
The United Nations Central Emergency Fund (CERF) on Wednesday handed over 1.6 million U.S. dollars to assist over 32,000 people who were affected by floods in Zimbabwe this year.
Micro-bloggingplatformSinaWeibonowhasmoreusersthanitswesterncounterpartTwitter,accordingtofiguresfromtheChinesecompany'sfirstquarterresults.SinaWeibosaysithad34
TheEuropeanParliamentapproved2.6millioneuros(2.89millionU.S.dollars)worthofjob-searchaidfor821formerinformationandcommunicationtechnology(ICT)workersinFinlandin
TheEuropeanParliamentapproved2.6millioneuros(2.89millionU.S.dollars)worthofjob-searchaidfor821formerinformationandcommunicationtechnology(ICT)workersinFinlandin
BANGKOK, May 16 (APD) -- Two men in a cement truck were arrested with 2.2 million methamphetamine pills found inside the cement tank on Tuesday, Thai media reported.
BANGKOK,May16(APD)--Twomeninacementtruckwerearrestedwith2.2millionmethamphetaminepillsfoundinsidethecementtankonTuesday,Thaimediareported.Thetruckwasheadingfrom