Boxer dies from brain injury week after matchPanphet Phadungchai, a Thai boxer who suffered a serious brain injury following a knock-out loss to a French boxer at Thupatemi Air Force boxing stadium on July 15, has died, his wife said on Facebook. Panphet: KO'd by elbow to jawIn the last of the five-round fight between Panphet, whose real name is Sarayuth Klinming, and Anthony TFC, with just 1.18 minutes to go, the French boxer swung his elbow and hit Panphet in the jaw, causing him to lose consciousness. Panphet was taken to B Care Hospital on Phahon Yothin Road, where doctors found he had suffered a serious brain injury. Despite attempts to save his life, he succumbed to the injury on Saturday night.

Nigerian monkeypox patient can stay in Cambodia, says AnutinThe symptoms on the face of the Nigerian monkeypox patient are displayed on a slide during a media briefing in Phuket on Friday. (Photo: Achadtaya Chuenniran)Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has indicated there are no plans for Thailand to seek the return of the Nigerian monkeypox patient from Cambodia. Mr Anutin said on Sunday he expected the patient to receive treatment in Cambodia. The 27-year-old Nigerian, whose name is still withheld by Thai authorities, left Phuket before two lab tests conducted on Monday and Tuesday confirmed the country's first monkeypox case. Health officials were waiting for lab tests from 17 of them, while tests on two people were negative, he added.

Financial impacts felt by even the wealthiest of ThaisAmongst mass affluent banking customers in Thailand, 63 per cent experienced a decrease in income due to the pandemic, 7 per cent less than the wider retail banking market in Thailand. Many (41 per cent) of the country's mass affluent deferred loan repayments, as a result, 6 per cent lower than Thailand's retail banking customers, overall. This disruption to income has left 37 per cent of affluent Thais saying they intend to reduce spending, just as half of Thailand's retail banking customers plan to do. In Thailand, the mass affluent are just about as likely to increase their borrowing as retail banking customers (11 and 12 per cent respectively). Just about 3 in 4 of Thailand's retail banking customers will either increase or maintain their savings (73 per cent).

Here’s a comparison of the vote in Parliament and the public vote:

Rise in Covid deaths, severe casesPeople queue to get vaccinated at the Thai-Japanese Youth Centre in Din Daeng district of Bangkok on Thursday. The new numbers compared with 2,578 new cases and 29 coronavirus-related fatalities reported on Saturday morning. On Saturday, 2,358 Covid-19 patients were discharged from treatment facilities after recovering from the coronavirus. Since the pandemic started in early 2020, there have been 4,575,853 Covid-19 cases, including 2,352,418 cases this year, with 4,519,994 complete recoveries to date. Global Covid-19 cases rose by 1704,813 in 24 hours to 574.54 million.

A truck is seen at a grain terminal during the barley harvest in the Odesa region of Ukraine. (Reuters File Photo)KYIV: Russian missiles hit the Ukrainian port of Odesa on Saturday, in what Kyiv called a “spit in the face” of a day-old deal between the warring sides to resume grain exports blocked by the conflict. The Ukrainian military said its air defences had shot down two cruise missiles but two more hit the port, threatening the landmark agreement that was reached after months of negotiations aimed at relieving a global food crisis. The agreement includes points on running Ukrainian grain ships along safe corridors that avoid known mines in the Black Sea. On Friday, the United States signed off on another $270 million in military aid to Ukraine, including rocket systems, artillery ammunition and armoured command posts.

Kasikorn Research Centre recently lowered its 2022 growth forecast for future food – non-meat protein products made from plants, algae, nuts, insects and fungi – from 7 per cent to 5.1 per cent year on year, with total market value at 4.1 billion baht. “Although alternative protein or future food is enjoying market expansion fuelled by eco- and health-conscious consumers and increasing sales channels, its expansion is still limited, especially among consumers with low to medium income who are suffering from reduced purchasing power,” KResearch said. The centre said the current economic climate would make it harder for future-food manufacturers to expand their customer base and increase sales. “Food products are responsible for 36 per cent of Thai household expenditure and are therefore affected by the economic crisis in which the cost of living and inflation are rising, while people’s purchasing power is weakening,” KResearch said.

(AFP Photo)BEIJING: The embattled Chinese real estate giant Evergrande has ousted its CEO and chief financial officer after an internal investigation into why banks seized over US$2 billion from its property services arm. The executives were forced to step down on Friday following an internal investigation into why banks unexpectedly seized 13.4 billion yuan ($2 billion) in deposits from Evergrande Property Services. Once a leading light in China’s real estate sector, Evergrande has in recent months scrambled to offload assets, with chairman Hui Ka Yan paying off some of its debts using his own personal wealth. Evergrande’s woes have had knock-on effects throughout China’s property sector, with some smaller firms also defaulting on loans and others struggling to find enough cash. Long heavily dependent on loans to finance their massive developments, China’s real estate firms have found themselves in trouble as a push by Beijing to rein in indebtedness has cut cash flows.

Modi raised slogan of ‘vividhta me ekta, Bharat ki visheshta’ (Unity in diversity is India’s speciality). “We have never asked anyone if he goes to temple or mosque when it comes to implementing our schemes,” said PM Modi at the rally. With the Delhi elections in mind, rally was organized a little over a kilometre from Old Delhi’s Daryaganj that was hit by violence during protest. This is the first rally of PM Modi in the national capital after the Lok Sabha elections. Meanwhile, the protests erupted against the amended Citizenship law at many places in the country including Delhi.

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob: 262 yes, 205 no, 5 abstainDigital Economy and Society Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn: 249 yes, 205 no, 18 abstainSocial Development and Human Security Minister Juti Krairiksh: 244 yes, 209 no, 17 abstainLabour Minister Suchart Chomklin: 243 yes, 208 no, 20 abstainFinance Deputy Minister Santi Promphat: 249 yes, 204 no, 18 abstainInterior Deputy Minister Nipon Bunyamanee: 246 yes, 206 no, 20 abstain

Prayut, 10 other cabinet ministers survive no-confidence votePrime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha walks out of the parliament chamber after defending budget for the Defence Ministry on Friday. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and 10 other cabinet ministers won a vote of confidence on Saturday after they were targeted by the opposition during the three-day debate. Gen Prayut secured 256 votes of confidence against 206 votes of no confidence with nine abstentions. Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon received the highest votes of 268, and Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit garnered the lowest of 241 votes. Gen Prayut on Friday denied speculation of a possible cabinet reshuffle in the wake of the censure debate.

The central bank forecasts the figure could surge to 9.9% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2022, said Bank of Thailand governor Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput. The figure is expected to increase to 10.3% in the second quarter this year. Farm income, excluding state assistance schemes, is expected increase 16.7% in the second quarter from 6.6% in the first. "If foreign tourist arrivals exceed the forecast, the economic growth rate could be higher than our assessment," Mr Sethaput said. For 2023, the bank projects the inflation rate to be 4.1% in the first quarter, 2.5% in the second quarter, then decline to 1.7% in both the third and fourth quarters.

(Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine via Reuters)ISTANBUL: Russia and Ukraine on Friday signed a landmark deal with the United Nations and Turkey on resuming grain shipments that could ease a global food crisis in which millions face hunger. The agreement is going ahead even as Russian forces launch deadly artillery barrages over eastern Ukraine. Ukraine has accused Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter, of stealing grain from territories that Russia’s army has seized. Despite hopes for a breakthrough, Russian forces pursued a relentless shelling campaign in the eastern Donetsk region, which has been the focus of Russia’s campaign in recent months. In the south, Ukraine said Russian forces were shelling villages along the frontline in the Kherson area, where Kyiv’s army is trying to claw back Moscow-occupied territory.

The four subcommittees voted 3-1 to oppose the merger plan, an informed source disclosed on Friday. However, they were afraid that their resolution might be distorted in a report submitted to the NBTC executive board, which could result in the proposed merger getting the green light, according to the source. The panels of consumer protection and civil rights, economics, and technology voted against approving the merger, while the law panel voted for it, the source said. The three panels argued that the merger would have a negative impact on the telecom market and deprive consumers of choices, which could result in pricier service fees.

Sri Lanka troops demolish main protest campPolice special task force personnel stand guard as demonstrators take part in a protest march against Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe towards the Presidential secretariat office in Colombo on Friday. (AFP photo)COLOMBO: Sri Lankan security forces demolished the main anti-government protest camp in the capital Friday, evicting activists in a pre-dawn assault that raised international concern for dissent under the crisis-wracked country's new pro-Western president. By sunrise, police commandos and soldiers barricaded the complex and the main roads leading to the area were cordoned off. The European Union said freedom of expression was essential for Sri Lanka to transition from its chaos. Political rivalA foreign exchange crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic and exacerbated by mismanagement has left Sri Lanka suffering lengthy power blackouts and record-high inflation.