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Nobel Prize for Ressa a rebuke to Duterte
Published on 09/10/2021
» MANILA: The Nobel Peace Prize for Philippine journalist Maria Ressa was hailed by many at home on Saturday as a rebuke on official attacks on the media, but there was no comment from President Rodrigo Duterte, a frequent critic of Ressa’s news site.
Bogus CSD officer charged with fraud
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/10/2021
» A 28-year-old Lampang man who impersonated a Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police officer has been arrested on charges of duping people into investing 1.6 million baht in a restaurant business that never materialised.
HK university orders Tiananmen sculpture removed
Published on 09/10/2021
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s oldest university has ordered the removal of a sculpture commemorating protesters killed in China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, according to a legal letter released on Friday.
US court allows Texas to resume ban on most abortions
AFP, Published on 09/10/2021
» WASHINGTON - A US federal appeals court ruled Friday that Texas could resume its ban on most abortions, two days after another court suspended the ban.
Singapore PM pushes for living with Covid, without the fear
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/10/2021
» Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong wants to push on with the strategy of living with Covid-19 without being paralysed by fear, weighing in on a divisive issue about the pace of opening up a trade-reliant economy with one of the highest vaccination rates in the world.
Woman, girl drown in Korat canal
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 09/10/2021
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A woman and a 10-year-old girl drowned in a canal in Phimai district while two other children were rescued after being swept away from a flooded road on Friday evening.
Tesla holds 'Giga Fest' at disputed German factory
AFP, Published on 09/10/2021
» BERLIN - With a big wheel, music and an appearance by CEO Elon Musk, Tesla is pulling out all the stops Saturday to win over opponents of the electric carmaker's controversial new "gigafactory" near Berlin.
US Open champ Raducanu ousted in opening match at Indian Wells
AFP, Published on 09/10/2021
» INDIAN WELLS: Emma Raducanu crashed out of the WTA Indian Wells tournament in the second round, losing in her first match since her stunning US Open triumph to Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2, 6-4 on Friday.
Chief trade negotiators from US and China hold 'candid exchange'
AFP, Published on 09/10/2021
» WASHINGTON: US Trade Representative Katherine Tai spoke with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He on Friday evening to discuss Chinese commercial practices that Washington deems unfair.
Beam me up, Jeff! William Shatner lends Blue Origin star power
AFP, Published on 09/10/2021
» WASHINGTON - When Star Trek first aired in 1966, America was still three years away from putting people on the Moon and the idea that people could one day live and work in space seemed like a fantasy.