On May 7, 2025, the Thai Meteorological Department forecasts increased thunderstorms and strong winds in the eastern North and upper Northeastern regions over the next 24 hours, with heavy rainfall in some areas. A high-pressure system and cold air mass from southern China is expected to spread across northern Laos, northern Vietnam, and the upper Northeast, combined with southeasterly winds bringing moisture from the Gulf of Thailand and South China Sea over Thailand's upper region during hot conditions. Residents are warned to avoid open areas, large trees, weak structures, and billboards due to risks from thunderstorms, strong winds, heavy rain, flooding, and flash flooding. Farmers should reinforce fruit trees and prepare protective measures for crops and livestock while monitoring health during weather changes. Easterly winds strengthening over the South and Gulf of Thailand will bring heavy rain to some southern areas. The Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea will see waves around 1 meter high, exceeding 2 meters in thunderstorm zones. Fishermen are advised to exercise caution and avoid stormy areas. Northern Thailand experiences minor to moderate dust and haze accumulation. Temperature forecasts vary by region: the North ranges from 22-28°C low to 35-41°C high with 20% thunderstorm coverage; the Northeast from 23-26°C low to 36-37°C high with 40% thunderstorm coverage; Central Thailand from 26-28°C low to 37-40°C high with 20% thunderstorm coverage; the East from 24-28°C low to 33-38°C high with 20% thunderstorm coverage and 1-meter waves; and the Eastern South with 40% thunderstorm coverage and heavy rain in some areas.

A contentious online dispute involving temple fish feeding has gone viral in Chachoengsao province after a social media user posted a one-minute video documenting an incident at Pong Aakad Temple in Bang Nam Phueo District. The user brought a sack of fish feed to make a merit donation with his family, but was treated with hostility and harsh language by the male caretaker managing the fish feeding station.

On May 6, 2569, a reporter visited the temple to investigate and found the male caretaker was not present. The automatic 10-baht coin donation box that appeared covered in the clip was found open, with some feeding equipment scattered about. However, the 20-baht merit donation box where the caretaker had been sitting remained in its original position.

When interviewed, the person who posted the video identified himself as Suphanat, 31 years old. He revealed that he and his family regularly bring fish feed to this temple each month as a personal merit-making practice, since he works in the Buddha amulet trading business. On the afternoon in question, he purchased his own sack of fish feed worth over 300 baht because he felt the limited feed sold at the temple might not be sufficient for the large number of fish in the pond.

Suphanat explained that he normally feeds the fish at a different location, but switched to this spot due to construction debris at his usual feeding point. He asked the caretaker politely to borrow a feeding scoop, but was refused in an unfriendly manner. Undeterred, he retrieved a plastic container from his car instead. However, when he and his family began feeding the fish, the caretaker verbally attacked them aggressively.

Feeling confronted, Suphanat recorded the caretaker's behavior on his phone. Upon realizing he was being filmed, the caretaker fell silent and claimed his harsh tone was due to fear that splashing water might flood the fish pen. Some online commenters have suggested the caretaker's fish feed may be independently operated rather than temple-sanctioned, potentially explaining his resistance to outside feed.

Suphanat emphasized that he did not intend to create conflict with the temple, but was provoked when the caretaker challenged him to report the incident to the abbot. He hopes that temple authorities or relevant organizations will establish better management and improve oversight of the fish feeding station, so that merit-makers can donate peacefully without experiencing such unpleasant encounters.

A man was fatally shot after breaking into a contractor's home in Kumphawapi District, Udon Thani Province on May 6, 2569. The victim's family gathered at his residence to prepare for funeral rites that evening, with relatives and community members setting up tents and arranging food. When the body arrived at the home, the victim's sisters, Samran, 60, and Sangwan, 58, used an umbrella tied to the roof beam to cover the coffin—a traditional practice believed to prevent a cat from jumping over the coffin, which would allegedly disturb the spirit. The sisters lit incense and urged their brother's spirit to move on to a better realm and be reborn as siblings in the next life, asking him not to seek revenge on the shooter. According to the sisters, their brother was the youngest of five siblings, had no criminal history, and worked collecting scrap materials. The contractor allegedly shot him in self-defense after the victim attempted to break into his home multiple times.

On May 6, 2025, footage of a serious traffic accident circulated online from the "Phuket Severe Incidents" page, showing dashcam video from the intersection near Thalang Hospital on Thepchasatri Road in Thalang District, Phuket. The clip captured a Pa Khlok Sub-district ambulance traveling outbound on Thepchasatri Road to deliver a patient to Thalang Hospital, with other vehicles stopped to allow passage, when a black sedan suddenly sped through the intersection and crashed heavily into the ambulance, alarming everyone nearby. After the video was shared, numerous social media users commented extensively, with several noting the intersection has become increasingly dangerous, expressing that accidents occur more frequently now than before barriers were installed, and calling for safety improvements.

It happened! A male and female thief duo broke into the reptile enclosures at Pata Zoo and made off with a Chinese alligator lizard and a tiger-striped salamander stuffed into a backpack. They struck in broad daylight without any concern for CCTV surveillance. A police report has been filed. On May 6th, the Pata Zoo Facebook page posted a search for two criminals who stole animals from the zoo on May 1st. According to the details revealed, the perpetrators are a man and woman approximately 25-35 years old who entered the zoo at 10:40 AM on May 1st, which was Labor Day. They wore a tied cardigan and carried a blue backpack containing a young monkey and squirrel, which they left at the ticket counter. By 11:00 AM, a short-haired woman wearing clear glasses and a tank top used the tied cardigan to cover a large tattoo on her right arm. At 11:06 AM, she used her bare hands to pry open a reptile enclosure using the cardigan to conceal her actions. The man with her did the same with another enclosure. They then grabbed one Chinese alligator lizard and one tiger-striped salamander, placing them in the blue backpack they were carrying. They quickly walked away from that spot, retrieved the monkey and squirrel they had deposited, and fled immediately. All of the criminals' actions were clearly captured by CCTV cameras, and a report has been filed with Bangyikhan Police Station. The zoo's page concluded with a warning: 'Let you both know that the animals at Pata Zoo are no different from John Wick's dog!!!'

FIFA has confirmed the extension of a ban on Juan Luciano Prestianni, an Argentine national team player, from the 2026 World Cup at UEFA's request. This decision compels the Argentine national team to drop Prestianni from their roster after FIFA extended his worldwide ban. If he is included in Argentina's squad, he would be banned from two World Cup matches, following UEFA's original six-match suspension imposed for making derogatory remarks toward Real Madrid player Vinicius Junior during a UEFA Champions League match.

"FIFA's disciplinary committee has decided to extend the six-match ban imposed by UEFA on Juan Luciano Prestianni, a player from Benfica, to have worldwide effect," FIFA stated in its announcement.

However, if coach Lionel Scaloni decides to call up Prestianni anyway, he would be unable to play in the opening match against Algeria on June 17 and the match against Austria five days later. He could only debut in the final group stage match against Jordan on June 28. If he is not selected for the World Cup squad, Prestianni must serve the remainder of his ban in UEFA-sanctioned competitions during the 2026/27 season.