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Chinese EV makers challenging market leaders at auto show in Bangkok

Mar. 27, 2024 00:57 AM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese electric vehicle makers are showcasing their latest models, including a flying car, as they take on global rivals at the Bangkok International Motor Show. Companies like BYD, XPeng and Great Wall Motors are quickly growing their sales in Thailand,...

Vietnamese automaker VinFast to start selling EVs in Thailand

Mar. 26, 2024 05:53 AM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Vietnamese automaker VinFast announced Tuesday that it plans to sell its electric vehicles in Thailand and said it had tied up with auto dealers to open showrooms in the country. VinFast, which only began exporting its EVs last year, faces stiff competition in...

McDonald's apologizes for global system outage that shut down some stores for hours

Mar. 15, 2024 12:00 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — McDonald's apologized Friday for a global technology outage that shuttered some restaurants for hours. The company said the outage was caused by a third-party technology provider and was not a cybersecurity issue. It started around 12 a.m. CDT during a configuration...

US commerce secretary hails progress at year's first meeting of Indo-Pacific trade grouping

Mar. 14, 2024 11:30 AM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Thursday praised the progress made by the 14 countries in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity after the group held a ministerial meeting Thursday to discuss proposed guidelines for regional commerce. Raimondo...

Former Thai leader Thaksin makes first public appearances after release from detention

Mar. 14, 2024 01:52 AM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra began his first public appearances since leaving detention, with an early morning visit to a shrine in Bangkok on Thursday before flying to his home province of Chiang Mai in the country’s north. The controversial...

Thai court drops case against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra for mishandling government project expenditures

Mar. 04, 2024 01:16 AM EST
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai court drops case against former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra for mishandling government project expenditures.

A former Thai police chief will face charges for allegedly helping a Red Bull scion avoid justice

Feb. 28, 2024 00:13 AM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — Prosecutors in Thailand announced Tuesday they will indict a former national police chief on charges of impeding legal action against an heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune who was accused of killing a Bangkok police officer in a 2012 hit-and-run. Several...

Patty Tavatanakit takes a 3-stroke lead after three rounds of her home LPGA event in Thailand

Feb. 24, 2024 08:44 AM EST

CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) — Local favorite Patty Tavatanakit shot a 6-under 66 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the LPGA Thailand tournament. Tavatanakit had a three-round total of 16-under 200 on the Siam Country Club Old Course at Chonburi southeast...

Thai ex-Prime Minister Thaksin, just freed from detention, may still face a royal defamation charge

Feb. 19, 2024 03:15 AM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — Thai prosecutors said Monday that further investigation is needed to decide whether to bring former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to trial for defaming the monarchy, just a day after he was freed from a prison sentence on other charges he was serving in a hospital. ...

Thai ex-Prime Minister Thaksin is free on parole, but can he restore his old political luster?

Feb. 18, 2024 23:32 PM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the Southeast Asian nation’s most controversial politician for more than two decades, was released on parole early Sunday from a Bangkok hospital where he spent six months serving time for corruption-related offenses. ...