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The strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year left at least six people dead, authorities said Monday, after heavy rain and fierce winds battered the country's most populous island.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Chartpattana members agreed on Monday to rename the party to present a new image after it opened arms to former Kla executives.

A nasal spray to prevent Covid-19 infection developed by Thai medical researchers will be available for commercial sale from Oct 1, Worawan Chaikamnerd, chief executive officer of Hibiocy Co and Rojukiss International Public Company Ltd announced on Monday.

The death toll has risen to 13 people, including seven children, after a shooting at a school in the city of Izhevsk in central Russia, investigators said Monday.

LISBON/MEXICO CITY: Among the glitzy new apartment buildings springing up in Mexico City's Juarez neighbourhood, fashionable coffee shops are taking the place of taco stands and English is replacing Spanish on signs and posters aimed at an influx of newcomers.

HONG KONG: Hong Kong is readying for a surge in travel after the global financial hub ended mandatory Covid-19 hotel quarantine for international arrivals on Monday, with travel companies reporting 10-fold jumps in requests.

The Public Health Ministry sees the country as almost back to pre-Covid-19 and with adequate health resources to handle any future outbreaks, which are expected to be in the form of small and seasonal waves similar to influenza.

Pheu Thai Party leaders are buoyed for a big win in the coming general election after a decisive victory in Sunday's provincial government election in Roi Et - a month after a landslide triumph in Kalasin.

CHIANG MAI: Police have seized about 6 million methamphetamine pills and arrested one suspect in Mae Suay district of Chiang Rai province following a chase, Provincial Police Region 5 commissioner Pol Lt Gen Piya Tawichai said.

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is closely monitoring the baht currency's weakness but there has been no big concern yet, the finance minister said on Monday, as the currency hit its lowest in 16 years against the dollar.