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Could display drones snuff out fireworks?
Reuters, Published on 28/07/2021
» FROME, England: Concerns about pollution and the environment could see drone displays, such as the one featured in the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, replace fireworks as the light show of choice in the night sky.
Covid: Global developments
AFP, Published on 28/07/2021
» Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus epidemic:
Covid patient waiting centres being set up in Kanchanaburi
Published on 28/07/2021
» KANCHANABURI: A total of 64 centres for Covid patients waiting for hospital beds are being set up in the 13 districts of this western border province to cope with the growing number of infections, the provincial communicable disease committee said on Wednesday.
Olympics Games organisers admit to wasting about 4,000 boxes of food
Published on 28/07/2021
» TOKYO: Tokyo Games organisers on Wednesday admitted to throwing away approximately 4,000 of the 10,000 pre-ordered bento boxes full of food that was to be fed to volunteers on the day of the opening ceremony.
Panipak made 'sport and tourism' ambassador
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 28/07/2021
» PHUKET: Panipak "Nong Tennis" Wongpattanakit, Thailand's taekwondo gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics, has been made an ambassador for sport and tourism.
Man found dead in Buri Ram hotel
Published on 28/07/2021
» BURI RAM: A 40-year-old man from Samut Prakan province was found dead in a room at a hotel in Nang Rong district on Wednesday morning. The cause of death was being investigated.
French court to rule on illegal assets of E. Guinea president son
AFP, Published on 28/07/2021
» PARIS - France's top appeals court on Wednesday rules on the conviction handed to the powerful son of the president of Equatorial Guinea for building up luxury assets in the country with illegally obtained funds.
Environmentalists slam All Blacks tie-up with petrochemical firm
AFP, Published on 28/07/2021
» WELLINGTON - New Zealand Rugby confirmed a deal Wednesday for petrochemical giant Ineos to sponsor the All Blacks, in an agreement slammed by environmental watchdog Greenpeace.
GSK's Walmsley battles hostile investors and Covid slump
AFP, Published on 28/07/2021
» LONDON - The head of the British pharmaceutical giant GSK, Emma Walmsley, will present the company's quarterly results on Wednesday as criticism mounts over ineffective management and delays in Covid-19 vaccine production.
Iberian lynx claws back from brink of extinction
AFP, Published on 28/07/2021
» DOñANA NATIONAL PARK, Spain: At a nature reserve in southern Spain, four baby Iberian lynxes sleep peacefully beside their mother, part of a captive breeding programme that has brought the species back from the brink of extinction.