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Omicron variant 'almost certainly' not more severe than Delta, Fauci tells AFP
AFP, Published on 08/12/2021
» WASHINGTON - Top US scientist Anthony Fauci said Tuesday early indications suggested the Covid-19 Omicron variant was not worse than prior strains, and was possibly milder, while cautioning it would take weeks to judge its severity.
S.Africa MPs reject controversial land expropriation bill
AFP, Published on 08/12/2021
» JOHANNESBURG - A bid to allow South Africa's government expropriate land without compensation as a way to redress past injustices flopped on Tuesday after lawmakers rejected a bill to change the constitution.
Chile congress approves same-sex marriage bill
AFP, Published on 08/12/2021
» VALPARAíSO (CHILE) - Chile's congress on Tuesday approved a long-awaited bill to legalize same-sex marriage, joining just a handful of countries in majority Catholic Latin America with similar laws.
Nobel winner hits out at UK, France over Channel migrants
AFP, Published on 08/12/2021
» LONDON - British novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, the winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Literature, criticised on Tuesday the "inhumane" responses of the UK and French governments to the Channel migrant crisis.
France's new right-wing presidential nominee surges in polls
AFP, Published on 08/12/2021
» PARIS - The new presidential nominee of France's right-wing Republican party Valerie Pecresse has surged in the polls, two surveys showed on Tuesday, with one indicating President Emmanuel Macron losing for the first time.
Lockdown 'unlikely', insists PM
News, Wassana Nanuam and Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/12/2021
» Another Covid-19 lockdown is unlikely despite the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha insisted on Tuesday, quelling fears among the business community that their revenue could take another hit during the peak season.
Land bridge mapped out to public
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/12/2021
» Matters related to the Southern Land Bridge project that aims to facilitate cargo transport between the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea were discussed during a public forum in Chumphon yesterday.
Cops told to brush up on security laws
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 08/12/2021
» Police superintendents in Bangkok are being told to pay more attention to and improve their understanding of law enforcement in security cases involving Section 112 and 116 of the Criminal Code, as they will still have to deal with political protests just as they have in the past two to three years.
Stamp looks forward to clash with Lee
Sports, No, Published on 08/12/2021
» Singapore: Stamp Fairtex has taken one step closer to becoming ONE Championship's first-ever three-sport world champion.
Sentiment registers eight-month high in November
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 08/12/2021
» The Thailand Industry Sentiment Index (TISI) in November rose to 85.4 points, the highest in eight months, as the reopening of the country, ongoing stimulus packages and export expansion boosted confidence among large and small manufacturers, says the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI).