People's Party needs to sort out its messLawmakers of the now-defunct Move Forward Party celebrate after exposing the Royal Thai Army use of IO to attack anti-government activists andthe oppositionin 2021. Spectre C, is in fact, a media company hired by the People's Party to manage its public outreach and promote the party. This raises the question, is Spectre C an ordinary media company hired by the People's Party to boost its image and popularity? Spectre C has been working with the People's Party for some time, though rather covertly. Unless these questions are properly addressed by the People's Party, more of its supporters or even potential new supporters will have far too many doubts.

Both foreign direct investment and export values are higher in Vietnam than Thailand. Although Vietnam has fewer high-quality universities than Thailand, within five years Hanoi aims to thrust its universities into the world's top 300. Vietnam also has a much larger population of roughly 100 million, compared with 66 million for Thailand. "Although the 1997 financial crisis was more severe than the current economic downturn, Thailand at that time did not face deep structural economic problems," said Mr Aat. As Thailand's competitiveness declines, its labour force is shrinking due to lower birth rates and a growing elderly population.

EU 'expects' US to honour trade deal as Trump hikes tariffsThe European Parliament's trade committee had been due to approve the EU-US deal on Tuesday. "As the United States' largest trading partner, the EU expects the US to honour its commitments set out in the Joint Statement -- just as the EU stands by its commitments," it added. Trump temporarily raised the global duty on imports into the United States to 15 percent on Saturday. That could be tariffs on the basis of unfair trade practices or trade agreements violations, for example, they wrote. The Supreme Court ruling was a stunning rebuke to Trump from a judicial body that has largely sided with him since his return to office.

Gu strikes gold, USA beat Canada in men's ice hockeyEileen Gu landed a gold medal in her final event of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. (Photo: AFP)MILAN (ITALY) - Eileen Gu pulled out all the stops on Sunday to win the gold medal that had eluded her at the Winter Olympics on Sunday, while the USA beat Canada in the high-stakes final of the men's ice hockey. In doing so, she became the most decorated freestyle skier -- man or woman -- in the history of the Winter Games. It deprived Canada of a record 10th Olympic title and the first since the 2014 Sochi Games. After the thrills and spills of the ice hockey, the final medal event of the Games, the closing ceremony will take place in the elegant surroundings of Verona.

Phuket beaches ‘safe’ for publicAuthorities deploy vessels to look for the containers that sank along with the ‘Sealloyd Arc’ cargo ship off the coast of Phuket on Feb 7. Achadthaya ChuenniranSeawater quality around Phuket remains safe for the public, with no oil contamination detected at five major beaches following the sinking of the Panama-flagged cargo ship SEALLOYD ARC earlier this month, the Pollution Control Department (PCD) says. Using OILMAP software, experts tracked the movement of oil slicks from the wreck site, officials said. The PCD’s third round of inspections at Rawai, Nai Harn, Kata Noi, Kata Yai and Karon beaches found no traces of oil in sand or seawater. Preliminary water quality results remain within Category 4 coastal standards, indicating the water is suitable for recreational activities such as swimming and water sports.

Anutin denies 300-seat coalition deal is finalisedCaretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul at his Bhumjaithai Party head office in Bangkok on Feb 12. Nutthawat WichieanbutPrime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, leader of the Bhumjaithai Party (BJT), has dismissed reports that a 300-seat coalition in the House of Representatives has already been secured, insisting no formal agreement has been reached. Speaking on Sunday on progress in the government's formation, Mr Anutin said speculation that a deal had been concluded was premature. Asked whether he feared the poll might be annulled, Mr Anutin said such matters fall within the EC’s remit and expressed confidence in the commission’s integrity. On suggestions that a vote for prime minister could precede cabinet allocations, he said parties in preliminary talks had agreed that votes for prime minister and House Speaker should come first.

Pattaya’s Jomtien beach covered in garbageCity cleaners remove the garbage washed upon Jomtien beach on Sunday. (Photo: Amporn Sangkaew)PATTAYA - Loads of garbage washed up on popular Jomtien beach, just south of the city, on Sunday, covering the sand and driving tourists away. Most opted to walk along the footpath or on the cleaner parts of the beach, and avoided entering the water. A stall holder who rents out beach chairs said rubbish was regularly washed up on the beach, whenever the sea was rough. Tourists avoided swimming in it, fearful they could be injured or get sick.

Trump’s threatened strikes to force an Iran deal risk backfiringAn anti-US mural on a building in Tehran in January. (Photo: WANA/Reuters)NEW YORK -- President Donald Trump said he is considering limited military strikes to pressure Iran into signing a new nuclear deal, but bombing the country may have the opposite effect, risking a new destabilizing conflict in the Middle East. Yet Trump and other administration officials have given conflicting public accounts of what they actually want from a new deal with Tehran. And Iran experts argue that bombing the country in the middle of negotiations might derail a deal, and could prompt a deadly cycle of retaliation. Trump now seems to be pushing for a limited nuclear deal, despite in his first term repudiating the 2015 Iran deal negotiated during the Obama administration - a withdrawal that may make big, upfront concessions from Tehran even less likely.

Retiree duped out of B24m in ‘high-yield’ investment scamAssistant national police chief, Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej, says online purchase scams led in case numbers, but financial and investment fraud caused the heaviest losses, making up 49.7% of all reports last week, during an anti‑cybercrime briefing at the Anti‑Cyber Scam Centre on Sunday. Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop Bhuridej, deputy chief of Anti Cyber Scam Centre (ACSC), revealed the details on Sunday. He said that purchase‑and‑services fraud was the most reported scam, but financial and investment fraud inflicted the heaviest losses, accounting for 49.7% of last week’s cases. Other areas of the site were inaccessible, Pol Lt Gen Jirabhop said. The centre warned people not to trust offers of unrealistically high returns or attempts to pressure them into quick decisions.

Jeeno scores ‘A+++’ win on home soilJeeno Thitikul holds the trophy after her victory at Siam Country Club’s Old Course. Holding her nerve in the face of Iwai’s spirited charge, Jeeno posted a closing four-under-par 68. Jeeno said: “For me, winning in my home country means a lot... more than a major feeling. Following bogey-free rounds of 67 and 63, Jeeno swept to the top of the leaderboard with a 66 on Saturday. The round of the day came from Nanna Koerstz Madsen, who once more showed her liking for the Old Course layout.

Andrew's arrest just King Charles' latest royal crisisBritain's King Charles III has had a turbulent fist years of his reign. afpLONDON - King Charles III has been left wrestling with a new test after the arrest of his brother Andrew, the latest in a series of painful personal shocks to mar his reign. If it is found that "they have been abetting him, enabling him, protecting him, then I think Charles will have to stand aside," he said. For Pauline Maclaran, an academic and royal family expert, Charles is in part a victim of timing. "Andrew was an unexploded bomb that the queen passed on to Charles," he said.

Trump boosts new tariff rate to 15% a day after announcing 10%U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House, following the Supreme Court's ruling that Trump had exceeded his authority when he imposed tariffs, in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 20, 2026. ), to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15% level,” Trump said in a social-media post on Saturday. Additional details were not immediately forthcoming on how soon the 15% tariff would go into effect. The initial 10% tariffs Trump announced on Friday were scheduled to go into effect on Feb. 24 at 12:01 a.m. Washington time, according to a White House fact sheet. More than 1,500 companies had filed tariff lawsuits in trade court in preparation for the ruling, according to a Bloomberg analysis.

Man charged in cruel death of husky 'Molly'An investigation flow chart with the suspect's photo and a map showing the locations of the dog owner's home, the suspect's house and the pond where the burnt dog was found. (Watchdog Thailand Foundation)SONGKHLA - A 56-year-old man charged with setting fire to and causing the death of a pet Siberian husky named Molly has told police, "the dog bit my fighting cock". He saw a dog in the cage and his injured fighting cock, and assumed the dog had attacked the bird. The man lives on Laem Khwan Road of tambon Phawong. She was found severely burnt but still alive near a pond in the same neighbourhood on Feb 15.

Russian missile barrage hits energy, railways across UkraineThe Russian missile salvo especially targeted greater Kyiv, killing a man and wounding more than a dozen others there. "The main target of the attack was the energy sector. Poland's Operational Command said early Sunday it was scrambling jets after detecting "long‑range aviation of the Russian Federation conducting strikes on the territory of Ukraine". Moscow occupies close to a fifth of Ukrainian territory and continues to grind forward, especially in the eastern Donbas region, despite heavy losses and repeated Ukrainian strikes on logistics. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told AFP on Friday that Ukraine was "definitely not losing" the war and that victory remained the goal.

Vibhavadi street racers caught, bikes seizedSurveillance camera footage taken near Soi Vibhavadi 17 shows adult and juvenile motorcyclists gathering for an illegal street race. (Screenshot: traffic police video)Seventeen street racers, 10 of them juveniles, have been arrested for turning Bangkok's Vibhavadi Rangsit road into a late‑night racing strip , with 14 modified motorcycles confiscated. The young racers were identified and then called in late last week and charged with racing on public roads and reckless driving. He said police launched operation “Safe Vibhavadi Road” after received public complaints about a large group of motorcyclists regularly using Vibhavadi Rangsit road as an illegal racetrack late at night. Investigators determined that the 17 suspects regularly gathered at the entrance of Vibhavadi soi 17 before racing in convoy along the main road's outbound lanes, then looping back towards Don Mueang Airport and then to Sutthisan intersection.