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<p>At least 18 people were killed and dozens wounded when a bus travelling in northeastern Thailand veered off the road and smashed into a tree, authorities said Thursday.</p>

<p>The accident occured Wednesday evening in Thailand&#39;s Nakhon Ratchasima province with the double decker bus carrying around 50 people returning home from a holiday.</p>

<p>&quot;There are 18 people killed, of these 12 women and six men including one boy,&quot; Suthep Ruenthawil, chief of the Nakhon Ratchasima provincial disaster prevention and mitigation unit told AFP.</p>

<p>He added that 28 people are receiving treatment for injuries.</p>

<p>Photos in local media of the accident&#39;s aftermath showed part of the bus lying on its side and officials standing beside a row of body bags.</p>

<p>Suthep said the bus driver lost control while the vehicle was going downhill, before it veered off the road and jumped a traffic island then smashed into a large tree.</p>

<p>&quot;The bus was torn into two parts,&quot; he said.</p>

<p>Lieutenant Colonel Pornpattana Pisitkarn from the Udomsap police station near where the accident occured said the bus breaks appeared to have failed.</p>

<p>Thailand&#39;s roads are some of the most lethal in the world, killing around 24,000 people each year according to the World Health Organization.</p>

<p>More than half of accidents involve motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians though bus crashes involving tourists and migrant workers are also common.</p>

<p>In November 13 Myanmar nationals were killed when their van collided with a truck in central Thailand and burst into flames.</p>


The accident occured Wednesday evening in Thailand's Nakhon Ratchasima province with the double decker bus carrying around 50 people returning home from a holiday

At least 18 people were killed and dozens wounded when a bus travelling in northeastern Thailand veered off the road and smashed into a tree, authorities said Thursday. The accident occured Wednesday evening in Thailand's Nakhon Ratchasima province with the double decker bus carrying around 50 people returning home from a holiday. "There are 18 people killed, of these 12 women and six men including one boy," Suthep Ruenthawil, chief of the Nakhon Ratchasima provincial disaster prevention and mitigation unit told AFP. He added that 28 people are receiving treatment for injuries. Photos in local media of the accident's aftermath showed part of the bus lying on its side and officials standing beside a row of body bags. Suthep said the bus driver lost control while the vehicle was going downhill, before it veered off the road and jumped a traffic island then smashed into a large tree. "The bus was torn into two parts," he said. Lieutenant Colonel Pornpattana Pisitkarn from the Udomsap police station near where the accident occured said the bus breaks appeared to have failed. Thailand's roads are some of the most lethal in the world, killing around 24,000 people each year according to the World Health Organization. More than half of accidents involve motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians though bus crashes involving tourists and migrant workers are also common. In November 13 Myanmar nationals were killed when their van collided with a truck in central Thailand and burst into flames.

18 killed in Thai bus crash

<p>The holiday season for the United States does not end at Thanksgiving. &quot;Black Friday&quot;&nbsp;is celebrated on the day following the colourful, feast-centred occasion.&nbsp;</p>

<p>If you still have the energy from eating all that Thanksgiving dinner, you must be equally excited to now empty your wallets as &quot;Black Friday&quot;&nbsp;unleashes the season&#39;s sales.&nbsp;</p>

<p>It all started&nbsp;in 1939, when the retailers feared they would go bankrupt if Thanksgiving was to be celebrated on the last day of November, not giving people enough time to shop for Christmas and eventually leading to major losses.&nbsp;</p>

<p>This then led&nbsp;to the nations biggest retailers to persuade President Franklin D. Roosevelt to celebrate Thanksgiving&nbsp;one week before&nbsp;the last day of November, leading to the concrete pre-eminence of the post-Thanksgiving sales, known as &quot;Black Friday&quot;.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>People would usually call in sick from work on Thanksgiving Day&nbsp;to celebrate the four-day weekend, eventually marking it as a national holiday.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The day became a ritual and&nbsp;a family tradition also a big day for&nbsp;a shopping spree for everyone and big profits for the retailers. People would camp on the streets the night before just to bombard in the shops as soon as it&nbsp;opened.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Being one of the busiest, it is one of the most important days for the economy as 30% annual sales occur between Black Friday and Christmas - nearly 40% discount for some retailers selling TVs, tablets, appliances, and jewellery. For some, it can make or break their fourth-quarter profits.&nbsp;</p>

<p>However, the greatest &quot;Black Friday&quot;&nbsp;sales are not actually on the day itself but weeks before leading up to it. Retailers like Amazon, Target, Walmart, Best Buy and many others slash prices to gain market share. The current average merchandise discount is 37.3%, according to Reuters.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>The competition each year gets fierce as online shopping becomes more and more popular in the US, requiring the sellers to come up with new ways to attract customers.</p>

<p>Wonder why the dip in &quot;Black Friday&quot;&nbsp;rush? It is because everything is now online!</p>

<p>Sales and traffic at US brick-and-mortar stores on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday have been declininig since 2015, as stores offered discounts well beyond the weekend and more customers shopped online.</p>

<p>Internet sales rose in the double digits on both days as around 108.5 million Americans&nbsp;shopped online over the long weekend, well above the 99.1 million who hit stores, in 2016. Therefore, the relentless race to hit the malls has stalled over the years.&nbsp;</p>

<p>According to Adobe, online shopping surpassed the $5 billion mark for Thanksgiving and Black Friday, in 2016, and rose to 17.3% to $7.23 billion on just Thanksgiving&nbsp;Day.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The total holiday season sales reached to $655.8 billion in 2016, and is expected to rise to $967.13 billion this year, according to The Balance.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>So, &quot;Black Friday&quot;&nbsp;is upon us, get going and purchase that TV, phone or&nbsp;a watch which you have been trying to put off for so long.&nbsp;</p>


Being one of the busiest days, it is one of the most important days for the economy as 30% annual sales occur between Black Friday and Christmas - nearly 40% discount for some retailers selling TVs, tablets, appliances, and jewelry. For some, it can make or break their fourth-quarter profits.?

The holiday season for the United States does not end at Thanksgiving. "Black Friday" is celebrated on the day following the colourful, feast-centred occasion. If you still have the energy from eating all that Thanksgiving dinner, you must be equally excited to now empty your wallets as "Black Friday" unleashes the season's sales. It all started in 1939, when the retailers feared they would go bankrupt if Thanksgiving was to be celebrated on the last day of November, not giving people enough time to shop for Christmas and eventually leading to major losses. This then led to the nations biggest retailers to persuade President Franklin D. Roosevelt to celebrate Thanksgiving one week before the last day of November, leading to the concrete pre-eminence of the post-Thanksgiving sales, known as "Black Friday". Franklin D. Roosevelt (Others) × People would usually call in sick from work on Thanksgiving Day to celebrate the four-day weekend, eventually marking it as a national holiday. The day became a ritual and a family tradition also a big day for a shopping spree for everyone and big profits for the retailers. People would camp on the streets the night before just to bombard in the shops as soon as it opened. Representative Photo (Reuters) × Being one of the busiest, it is one of the most important days for the economy as 30% annual sales occur between Black Friday and Christmas - nearly 40% discount for some retailers selling TVs, tablets, appliances, and jewellery. For some, it can make or break their fourth-quarter profits. However, the greatest "Black Friday" sales are not actually on the day itself but weeks before leading up to it. Retailers like Amazon, Target, Walmart, Best Buy and many others slash prices to gain market share. The current average merchandise discount is 37.3%, according to Reuters. Representative Photo (Reuters) × The competition each year gets fierce as online shopping becomes more and more popular in the US, requiring the sellers to come up with new ways to attract customers. Wonder why the dip in "Black Friday" rush? It is because everything is now online! Sales and traffic at US brick-and-mortar stores on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday have been declininig since 2015, as stores offered discounts well beyond the weekend and more customers shopped online. Internet sales rose in the double digits on both days as around 108.5 million Americans shopped online over the long weekend, well above the 99.1 million who hit stores, in 2016. Therefore, the relentless race to hit the malls has stalled over the years. According to Adobe, online shopping surpassed the $5 billion mark for Thanksgiving and Black Friday, in 2016, and rose to 17.3% to $7.23 billion on just Thanksgiving Day. The total holiday season sales reached to $655.8 billion in 2016, and is expected to rise to $967.13 billion this year, according to The Balance. Representative Photo (Reuters) × So, "Black Friday" is upon us, get going and purchase that TV, phone or a watch which you have been trying to put off for so long.

Black Friday is upon us, time to get your wallets out!

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