Hong Kong police and protesters in bloody clash as university standoff continues

Protesters try to escape university after all-night clashes

Thai economic growth remains fragile as GDP expands just 2.4 per cent

The National Economic and Social Development Council today (November 18) reported that gross domestic product expanded by 2.4 per cent, in the third quarter of 2019 compared to a rise of 2.3 per cent in the second quarter, driven mainly by increases in private and government final consumption expenditure and investment.

First frost of the year appears on Doi Inthanon, Chiang Mai

The first frost of the year was seen this morning (November 18) on Inthanon Mountain in Chiang Mai’s Jomthong district where the overnight temperature plummeted to 4°C, signaling that, in the North at least, winter is officially here.