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21 dead as torrential rainfall batters central China
AFP, Published on 13/08/2021
» BEIJING - At least 21 people died as heavy downpours struck central China's Hubei province, authorities said Friday, weeks after record floods wreaked havoc and killed hundreds in a neighbouring province.
Former Myanmar strongman Than Shwe hospitalised with Covid
Published on 13/08/2021
» Than Shwe, the former head of a junta that ruled Myanmar for nearly two decades, has been hospitalised Nay Pyi Taw and is in a stable condition after being tested for the coronavirus, according to media reports.
PTT is going on a green spending spree
Published on 13/08/2021
» PTT Plc, whose sales account for about 10% of the nation’s economic output, is suddenly spending billions of dollars on electric-vehicle and renewable-energy companies and tilting its traditional businesses towards chemicals and plastics.
Orc-ward! Amazon ends New Zealand's role as Middle Earth
AFP, Published on 13/08/2021
» WELLINGTON - Amazon on Friday dumped New Zealand as the location of its big-budget "The Lord of The Rings" series after just one season, in a major blow to the South Pacific's self-styled Middle Earth.
Samut Sakhon reports 11 more Covid deaths, 1,847 new cases
Online Reporters, Published on 13/08/2021
» SAMUT SAKHON: Eleven more Covid-19 deaths and another 1,847 cases were reported on Friday in this dark-red zoned province.
Central Pattana launches ‘Central Kitchen’ reinforcing its position as the best food destination,
Published on 13/08/2021
» where over 2,000 delicious dishes from world famous restaurants can be ordered from 21 Central shopping centres in Bangkok and its perimeter, Chonburi, Rayong, Korat and Hat Yai
Philippines extends ban on travellers from Thailand, 9 other countries
Reuters, Published on 13/08/2021
» MANILA: The Philippines will extend a ban on travellers from Thailand and nine other countries to the end of August because of concerns posed by the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, the presidential spokesman said on Friday.
Kabul evacuations -- echoes of US exit from Saigon?
AFP, Published on 13/08/2021
» WASHINGTON: Thousands of American soldiers being sent to Afghanistan to evacuate embassy staff from Kabul as the Taliban push towards the city has revived painful US memories of the fall of Saigon.
Why a Hong Kong artist chose self-exile in Taiwan
AFP, Published on 13/08/2021
» TAICHUNG, Taiwan: As he queued to board a flight out of Hong Kong to Taiwan last month, dissident artist Kacey Wong was painfully aware of the extra immigration officials brought in to scrutinise each departing passenger.
In the footsteps of a woolly mammoth, 17,000 years ago
AFP, Published on 13/08/2021
» WASHINGTON: Walking the equivalent of twice around the world during a life lasting 28 years, one wooly mammoth whose steps have been traced by researchers has proven the huge beast was a long-distance wanderer.