Trump could become the first living person to appear on a U.S. banknote in more than a century under plans for a new $250 bill celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. Draft designs are complete, his signature would feature, but Congress must change the law.
Bangkok’s revised comprehensive plan is set to reshape the capital’s property landscape by increasing development potential around mass-transit routes, paving the way for major mixed-use projects, high-rise buildings and the redevelopment of prime private and state-owned land across the city.
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito took part in the opening ceremony of the Island States Ocean Summit in Tokyo on Wednesday (June 3), as the meeting highlighted climate-related pressures on island countries.
Thailand is in a race against time to secure a US trade deal as Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul orders urgent tariff talks before a July deadline. With rivals already striking agreements and Washington demanding faster progress, pressure is mounti
The Bank of Japan is preparing to discuss a possible increase in its policy interest rate to 1 per cent, likely at its next policy-setting meeting, Jiji Press learned on Wednesday (June 3).
Thailand has been pulled into a sweeping new US trade action that could place an additional 12.5% tariff on Thai goods, after Washington accused dozens of trading partners of failing to stop products made with forced labour from moving through global
Thailand’s women’s volleyball team, ranked 18th in the world, opened their campaign in the Volleyball Nations League 2026 (VNL 2026) preliminary round, Week 1, Pool 3, in Nanjing, China, on the evening of Wednesday, June 3, 2026.
Ukraine has launched a drone attack on an oil terminal in St Petersburg, striking one of Russia’s most politically sensitive cities just as Moscow opened the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, or SPIEF.