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KBank sees mobile app loans fall by 20%
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 25/07/2024
» Loan applications through K-Plus, a mobile banking app under Kasikornbank (KBank), have declined by around 20% after the bank slowed its lending growth via the digital platform last year.
Kamala Harris hits the campaign trail
Published on 23/07/2024
» WASHINGTON - US Vice President Kamala Harris was preparing to campaign in the critical battleground state of Wisconsin for the first time as a presidential candidate on Tuesday after securing enough Democratic Party delegate support to clear a path to the nomination.
Prepare for a future of heat waves
Oped, Published on 23/07/2024
» People across Asia have eagerly awaited the end of heat-wave season, which now appears to be drawing to a close. In my home country, the Philippines, the first typhoon of the year arrived in late May, lowering temperatures that had climbed to nearly 50° Celsius (122° Fahrenheit). Over the previous few months, the record-breaking heat led to school closures, a spike in emergency room visits, reduced productivity, and a return to remote work.
Chinese Peranakans in Southeast Asia are proof there can be gains amid cultural loss
South China Morning Post, Published on 19/07/2024
» HONG KONG - When someone says they are going to Phuket, a reel in your head starts playing images of beautiful beaches, seawater so clear you can see your toes, that gorgeous bay with the limestone karsts whose name you cannot recall, and humans of all shapes and colours laid out in the sand.
US President Joe Biden tests positive for Covid
New York Times, Published on 18/07/2024
» WASHINGTON — United States President Joe Biden tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid) on Wednesday, forcing him to cancel a campaign event in Las Vegas and likely sidelining him for days following the conclusion of former President Donald Trump's nominating convention Thursday.
Indian labourers freed from ‘slavery’ in Italy
Published on 13/07/2024
» ROME - Italian police said on Saturday that they had freed 33 Indian farm labourers from slave-like working conditions in the northern province of Verona and seized almost half a million euros ($545,000) from their two alleged abusers.
Four migrants died in attempt to cross English Channel
Reuters, Published on 12/07/2024
» PARIS - Four migrants who tried to reach Britain died in the night from Thursday to Friday after their boat capsized in the Channel, a French coast guard spokesperson said on Friday, confirming earlier media reports.
16 Myanmar migrants, 4 Thai smugglers arrested
Published on 10/07/2024
» NAKHON SAWAN: Sixteen illegal migrants from Myanmar and four Thai smugglers were arrested early Wednesday after the migrants were found crammed into a pickup truck at a drug checkpoint in Phayuha Khiri district.
Chinatown fire victims mostly migrant workers
Post Reporters, Published on 07/07/2024
» More than 260 people have registered for assistance following the Yaowarat fire on Saturday night, most of them migrant workers, according to the permanent secretary for human security.
New UK PM axes Rwanda deportation scheme
Published on 06/07/2024
» LONDON - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday confirmed his newly formed government would not pursue his predecessor’s policy to deport asylum seekers who arrive in small boats to Rwanda, ending the scheme before any flights took off.