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Sydney police call for military to enforce lockdown
AFP, Published on 29/07/2021
» SYDNEY: Police in Australia's largest city have requested military help to enforce a coronavirus lockdown as infections in Sydney reached a new record on Thursday.
Ever Given finally arrives in Rotterdam after Suez block
AFP, Published on 29/07/2021
» HOEK VAN HOLLAND (NETHERLANDS) - The giant container ship MV Ever Given steamed into Rotterdam port early Thursday, more than four months after it got stuck in Egypt's Suez Canal, blocking shipping in one of the world's busiest waterways.
Road to ruin: Double tax and bandits on the Pakistan-Afghan trade route
AFP, Published on 29/07/2021
» CHAMAN (PAKISTAN) - The Taliban's capture of a key Afghan-Pakistan border post has sent trucking costs soaring, with insurgents and government officials separately taxing traders, and bandits demanding bribes to allow safe passage of goods.
Olympic organisers defend coronavirus measures as cases rise
AFP, Published on 29/07/2021
» TOKYO: Tokyo Olympics organisers dismissed any link with rising coronavirus cases in Japan on Thursday after reporting 24 infections among Games participants, the highest yet.
Daily Covid deaths, infections at record highs
Online Reporters, Published on 29/07/2021
» There were record highs of 165 Covid-19 fatalities and 17,669 new cases over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Thursday morning.
US, UK donating more vaccine to Thailand
Gary Boyle, Published on 29/07/2021
» The United States will give Thailand another 1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, according to a Thai-born US senator.
Dressel crowned sprint king as Chinese women smash world record
AFP, Published on 29/07/2021
» TOKYO: US superstar Caeleb Dressel flew faster than Kyle Chalmers to add the Olympic 100m freestyle crown to his two world titles Thursday, as China's women sparked a huge upset with a new world record to win the 4x200m relay.
US, UK donating more vaccine to Thailand
Online Reporters, Published on 29/07/2021
» The United States will give Thailand another 1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, to underline the long-standing close relations between the two countries, according to a Thai-born US senator.
TEST YOURSELF: Thais abroad share Covid stories
Gary Boyle, Published on 29/07/2021
» How England, Russia and Australia are managing the pandemic
China tries to ease investor fears over crackdown: report
AFP, Published on 29/07/2021
» BEIJING - Beijing scrambled to calm investors after a crackdown on some of China's biggest firms rattled markets with regulators calling bankers in for a last-minute call Wednesday night, Bloomberg reported.