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Border and transit trade rise 3.6% in first half to B912bn
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 12/08/2024
» Border and transit trade in the first half of this year tallied 912 billion baht, up 3.6%, according to the Foreign Trade Department.
Covid rise tests Malaysian hospitals
Published on 04/05/2023
» Rising Covid-19 cases are threatening to overstrain Malaysia’s crowded hospitals and the Philippines has reopened its coronavirus treatment wards amid a surge in Southeast Asia, underscoring the need for governments to adjust to the disease’s ebb and flow in a world now living with the virus.
17 killed, 22 injured in road accident in eastern China
Published on 08/01/2023
» Seventeen people were killed and 22 were injured Sunday in a road traffic accident in eastern China's Jiangxi province, state media reported.
Chinese jubilant, plan trips abroad as inbound Covid quarantine set to end
AFP, Published on 27/12/2022
» BEIJING: Chinese reacted with joy and rushed to book flights overseas Tuesday after Beijing said it would scrap mandatory Covid quarantine for overseas arrivals, ending almost three years of self-imposed isolation.
China reports first Covid deaths since hardline policy eased
Published on 19/12/2022
» China on Monday reported its first deaths from Covid-19 since loosening its hardline containment policy, as hospitals and crematoriums struggle with an outbreak authorities say is impossible to track.
Warnings of tough times over China's rapid zero-Covid exit
Reuters, Published on 14/12/2022
» BEIJING: A week after China began dismantling its tough 'zero-Covid' controls, the World Health Organization warned of "very tough" times ahead and state media reported some seriously ill patients at hospitals in Beijing, raising fears of a wave of infections.
What's next in zero-Covid China drama
News, Published on 12/12/2022
» China's leaders always knew that they would have to abandon their zero-Covid policy eventually and that the longer they waited, the more painful the transition would be.
China's capital swings from anger over zero-Covid to coping with infections
Published on 11/12/2022
» BEIJING: Beijing's Covid-19 gloom deepened on Sunday with many shops and other businesses closed, and an expert warned of many thousands of new coronavirus cases as anger over China's previous Covid policies gave way to worry about coping with infection.
Apple Makes Plans to Move Production Out of China
Business, Published on 05/12/2022
» In recent weeks, Apple Inc. has accelerated plans to shift some of its production outside China, long the dominant country in the supply chain that built the world's most valuable company, say people involved in the discussions.
Easing of Chinese Covid curbs lifts equity sentiment
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 03/12/2022
» RECAP: Asian shares were mixed yesterday as investors were heartened by the possible easing of Covid curbs in China, while they awaited job figures in the United States that could determine whether the Federal Reserve will start to moderate its interest-rate increases as widely expected.