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Hepatitis jabs urged for all Thais
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/08/2025
» Chulabhorn Hospital has warned that millions of Thais remain at risk of hepatitis B, urging everyone to receive at least one dose of the vaccine, particularly those born before 1992, when vaccination of newborns was not widespread.
Nigeria's former president Buhari dead at 82
AFP, Published on 14/07/2025
» ABUJA - Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari -- who led his country first as a junta strongman and later as an elected democrat -- died Sunday at the age of 82, his aide and the presidency said.
'Death is sometimes kinder': Relatives recount Gaza strike that devastated family
AFP, Published on 26/05/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Alaa al-Najjar was tending to wounded children at a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip when the news came through: the home where her own 10 children were staying had been bombed in an Israeli air strike.
UK soldier's fall sparks fundraiser
News, Supapong Chaolan, Published on 14/05/2025
» A 21-year-old British soldier is fighting to recover from life-altering injuries after falling from Na Mueang 2 Waterfall on Koh Samui, Surat Thani, prompting his girlfriend to launch a £100,000 (4.4 million baht) fundraising campaign to cover his mounting medical bills and arrange an emergency evacuation back to the UK.
Deadly earthquake forces Thai patients into sports hall
AFP, Published on 29/03/2025
» Beneath basketball hoops and beside football goals, hospital beds line a sports hall -- patients evacuated from a hospital in the Thai capital for fear of damage by a devastating earthquake.
Caution urged as ailing pope records slight improvement
AFP, Published on 27/02/2025
» VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, battling pneumonia in both lungs, slept well and is resting, the Vatican said Thursday, after revealing the 88-year-old's condition was slightly improving.
Pope Francis, in critical condition, had quiet night: Vatican
AFP, Published on 23/02/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis had a quiet night in hospital, the Vatican said Sunday, the morning after revealing the 88-year-old was in a "critical" condition.
Race against time for rescuers as hundreds feared dead in Mayotte
AFP, Published on 16/12/2024
» SAINT-DENIS DE LA REUNION - Rescuers raced against time Monday to reach survivors after a devastating cyclone ripped through the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, destroying homes across the islands, with hundreds feared dead.
Facing the music; druggie Mum hits son; robbery thwarted
News, Published on 13/10/2024
» Caught in the act
Cultural stain
Oped, Postbag, Published on 03/03/2023
» Re: "Victim, not villain", (Editorial, March 2).