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Bach says controversial Beijing Olympics 'will change winter sports'
AFP, Published on 03/02/2022
» BEIJING - The Beijing Olympics will "change the scale of winter sports forever", IOC president Thomas Bach said Thursday, on the eve of a Games beset by concerns about human rights and Covid.
Sports set to start at Beijing Olympics but controversies weigh heavy
AFP, Published on 02/02/2022
» BEIJING: The sporting action gets underway at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony of a Games overshadowed by diplomatic boycotts and concerns about human rights and Covid.
Hoping for a return to normalcy
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 31/01/2022
» The first local transmission of Omicron confirmed in Thailand on Dec 20 last year prompted the government to abruptly suspend new registrations for quarantine-free entry into the country and raise the Covid-19 alert to level 4 amid fears over the highly contagious variant.
Rising gasoline costs, inflation unsettle Asia
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/01/2022
» Surging gasoline prices are posing a tricky new problem for governments as they seek to nurse virus-hit economies back to health.
Olympics meaningful even without fans, Tokyo 2020 chief says ahead of Beijing
AFP, Published on 20/01/2022
» TOKYO: Next month's Beijing Winter Olympics can still be meaningful even with the general public locked out because of Covid-19, a top official from last year's pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games has said.
No living with virus
Oped, Postbag, Published on 20/01/2022
» Re: "Quarantine quandary", (Editorial, Jan 19) and Re: "Anutin backs restoring Test & Go as Omicron fears ease", (BP, Jan 18).
Wolfman cometh
Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/01/2022
» Re: "New narrative needed on getting rich", (Opinion, Jan 17). Paritta Wankiat is obviously being quite provocative with her emphasis that we need to create equal opportunity distribution in Thailand to ensure that the irreverent corrupt forces which become rich can somehow be stymied and Thailand can emerge as a land of free and equal.
China orders overseas mail disinfection over Omicron fears
AFP, Published on 18/01/2022
» BEIJING: China's postal service has ordered workers to disinfect international deliveries and urged the public to reduce orders from overseas after authorities claimed mail could be the source of recent coronavirus outbreaks.
Govt mulls resuming quarantine-free travel programme
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/01/2022
» The government may revive the quarantine-free visa programme for vaccinated travellers from abroad, less than a month after suspending the waiver, as fears of a new wave of Omicron-driven Covid cases recede.
Superspreader fears at mass holy dip in India
AFP, Published on 13/01/2022
» SAGAR ISLAND, India: Hundreds of thousands of Indian pilgrims began packing an island in the Ganges on Thursday for a vast religious festival as Covid-19 cases surge nationwide, prompting fears of a superspreader event.