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Five more areas open to tourists on Nov 1
Online Reporters, Published on 09/10/2021
» Five more tourist destinations in Thailand will be opened to visitors starting Nov 1 on the condition that there is no new large Covid-19 cluster in the areas until then.
Singapore adds 9 countries to travel lanes
Published on 09/10/2021
» Singapore is preparing to add nine countries to its "travel lanes" scheme that allows vaccinated visitors to enter the city-state without the need for quarantine.
Global corporate tax deal moves ahead
Published on 09/10/2021
» A vast overhaul of corporate taxation has won support from 136 countries, as nations resolved key differences over a global minimum rate and an end to new digital taxes that the United States has deemed discriminatory.
SRT resumes 14 northern line services
Online Reporters, Published on 09/10/2021
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) on Saturday resumed 14 train services on the northern line after a flood-damaged track was repaired.
Three rescued after fishing boat sinks off Trat
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 09/10/2021
» TRAT: Three crewmen were safely rescued after a fishing boat sank during strong winds and high waves off Koh Kut on Saturday morning.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.