Thailand

  • ScienceAOL

    Fisherman finds 7kg piece of whale vomit that could sell for £170,000

    Story and video from Newsflare A Thai fisherman found a 7kg waxy lump believed to be valuable whale vomit – that could be worth more than £170,000. Chalermchai Mahapan, 20, had just docked his boat at Samila Beach in Songkhla province

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  • LifestyleAOL

    Toddler runs through glass door smashing it into pieces while neighbour babysits her

    Shocking footage has captured the moment a toddler was injured after she ran through a sliding glass door while playing with her friend. The four-year-old girl, named Chura, was being looked after by a neighbour in Hat Yai, southern Thailand,

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  • NewsAOL

    Brits arrested for Thai bar lock-in during lockdown

    Three British nationals were arrested after allegedly flouting coronavirus restrictions by having a lock-in at a Thai bar. The men were drinking with five "bar girls" at the venue in Pattaya, eastern Thailand, on Saturday night. There

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  • NewsAOL

    Brits arrested for attending Thai pool party

    Three British tourists were arrested after flouting coronavirus lockdown rules at a pool party in Thailand. They were among 13 foreigners caught drinking at the Momento Beach Resort in Pattaya at the weekend. Police said they raided the bar and

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  • NewsAOL

    Double trouble for wrong side of road biker

    A motorcyclist driving on the wrong side of the road in Thailand suffers a double-collision - smashing into another rider and then into a taxi. Security camera footage from the Rachtawa fire and rescue station shows the shocking moment the

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    Brit says he was beaten up over Thai pub feud

    A British man was allegedly beaten up after helping attract customers to his Thai girlfriend's pub. Adam Daniel Shields, 39, said he was set upon as he waited for his partner Yupawadee Tiangtham, 32, to close her bar in Pattaya, eastern

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  • NewsAOL

    At least 20 dead after Thai soldier goes on gun rampage

    A Cabinet minister in Thailand says at least 20 people have been killed and 31 injured in a mass shooting. The gunman, described by police as a soldier angry over a land dispute, holed up in a popular shopping mall in north-western Thailand.

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