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Instead of telling young people that sex is bad in the run-up to Valentine’s Day, officials this year are tackling the scourge of teen pregnancy in a shockingly novel way: with  condoms and birth control. Starting Tuesday, the government will begin distributing birth control pills to the public, with condoms

Painted crossing lines magically reappeared overnight at a particularly perilous intersection of highway drivers and pedestrians after complaints went viral overnight. City workers repainted the faded pedestrian markings at the long no-man’s land under the Sukhumvit Expressway, where pedestrians must avoid drivers racing on and off the highway, a photo

A woman struck so hard by a pickup truck that she was sent flying 10 meters as she traversed a marked pedestrian crossing died of her injuries early this morning. Five days after a woman’s death under similar circumstances ignited fury over road safety, Win Mar Soe, 33, was hit

As cannabis proponents sober up from celebrating yesterday’s de facto approval of recreational marijuana use, their attention has turned to what will actually make it into law. While personal use of cannabis will be fully legal under the updated rules heading to parliament today in bill form, advocates said some

A three-decade freeze in inter-realm relations over stolen jewels and an ugly spate of murders appears to have thawed with Thailand and Saudi Arabia formerly resuming diplomatic relations. Trade and economic alliances are expected to be rebuilt renew, and already Saudi Airlines announced this morning that direct flights to the

In headbands and tie-die, they came out of the smoky shadows to celebrate Tuesday. Weed enthusiasts gathered in a celebratory mood to roll spliffs and get a head start on the legalization of recreational weed hours before it was officially announced in the late afternoon, with a cheer going up