Bangkok can also be called 'Krung Thep Maha Nakhon'
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2022
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved in principle a Prime Minister Office’s draft announcement on updated names of countries, territories, administrative districts and capitals as proposed by the Office of the Royal Society of Thailand, with one of the key changes being that Bangkok can also be called “Krung Thep Maha Nakhon”.
Vaccine is Merriam-Websters word of the year for 2021
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2021
After a year marked by the nations immunization effort - from early scrambles to get appointments for shots against the coronavirus, campaigns meant to incentivize holdouts, and now a push for boosters - Merriam-Webster determined "vaccine" is the word of the year for 2021.