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S.Africa suspends AstraZeneca jab launch over study
AFP, Published on 08/02/2021
» South Africa said Sunday it would suspend the start of its Covid-19 vaccinations with the AstraZeneca jab -- which forms a major plank of Thailand's vaccination strategy and is to be produced by Siam BioScience in Bangkok -- after a study showed the drug failed to prevent mild and moderate cases of the virus variant that has appeared in Africa's hardest-hit nation.
Pro-democracy leaders summonsed to hear lese majeste charges
AFP, Published on 25/11/2020
» Twelve pro-democracy protest leaders were summoned by police to answer charges of lese majeste, the first use of the draconian law in almost three years, as Bangkok prpapred for another major rally on Wednesday.
SE Asia tourism splutters as virus keeps Chinese at home
AFP, Published on 16/02/2020
» LUANG PRABANG, Laos: Elephant parks unvisited, curios at markets unsold as tuk-tuks sit idle: Southeast Asia is facing billions of dollars in losses from a collapse in Chinese tourism since the outbreak of a deadly new coronavirus.
Kabul on lockdown as assembly discusses peace with the Taliban
AFP, Published on 30/04/2019
» KABUL - Afghanistan's usually bustling capital Kabul slowed to a crawl Tuesday amid massive security for a high-stakes peace summit that has previously been a target for insurgent attacks.
France's highest court mulls bid to reverse burkini ban
AFP, Published on 25/08/2016
» PARIS - France's highest administrative court will Thursday examine a request to overturn a ban on the burkini after photographs of police surrounding a woman on a beach fuelled the controversy over the Islamic swimsuit.
Contentious French burkini ban before highest court
AFP, Published on 25/08/2016
» PARIS - France's highest administrative court will on Thursday examine a request to scrap a ban on the Islamic burkini swimsuit which has sparked a furore in the country.
Muslim women say burkini debate 'absurd'
AFP, Published on 24/08/2016
» PARIS - Before Wendy bought her first burkini this summer, the 22-year-old French Muslim convert would dress up in leggings, a tennis skirt and a T-shirt to enjoy days at the beach.
French Muslim body to meet with govt on burkini ban
AFP, Published on 24/08/2016
» PARIS - The head of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) will meet Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Wednesday to discuss the burkini bans at the centre of a bitter row over Muslim integration.
Touching meeting for Japanese, British 'Death Railway' veterans
AFP, Published on 23/06/2015
» LONDON - A Japanese engineer on the notorious World War II "Death Railway" and a British soldier forced to build the line clasped each other's hands tightly Monday as they met in reconciliation.
Two 'homemade' bombs explode in Bangkok, one injured
AFP, Published on 02/02/2015
» BANGKOK - Two "homemade" bombs exploded near a popular shopping mall in downtown Bangkok on Sunday evening, leaving one man with minor injuries, police said.