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Singapore tightens traveller testing
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/12/2021
» SINGAPORE: Singapore will require additional testing for travellers and extend travel curbs to more African countries, as it rolls out more measures to allow it time to figure out how to deal with the Omicron coronavirus variant.
Thaksin denies anti-monarchy plot
Post Reporters, Published on 03/12/2021
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has vehemently denied financially supporting anti-monarchy movements in Thailand, describing media reports to that effect as fake news and stressing he is loyal to the monarchy.
Taliban: Women's rights must be 'enforced'
Published on 03/12/2021
» The Taliban issued a decree Friday in the name of their supreme leader instructing ministries in Afghanistan “to take serious action” on women’s rights, but failed to mention girls’ access to schools.
Laos opens Chinese-built railway line
AFP, Published on 03/12/2021
» VIENTIANE: A sleek red, blue and white bullet train departed a new Vientiane station on Friday signalling the opening of Laos' US$6 billion Chinese-built railway -- a project tangled in debt and high hopes of an economic boost.
Inside Thailand’s Digital Revolution Why Tech Startups and Investors Favor Southeast Asia’s Innovation Hub
Published on 03/12/2021
» Just a few years ago, two young expatriate Thai engineers were building their careers on opposite sides of the U.S.
Jakarta charges Papuan students with treason
Reuters, Published on 03/12/2021
» JAKARTA: Indonesian police have confirmed the charging of eight Papuan students with treason after a demonstration this week marking what many people in the remote region regard as their own day of independence.
123 visitors from southern Africa asked to contact officials for testing
Online Reporters, Published on 03/12/2021
» Authorities are still searching for 123 people who arrived from any of eight southern African countries, so they can be tested to see if they are carrying the new variant of the Covid-19 virus.
WHO: Vaccination, not travel curbs, key to battling Omicron
Reuters, Published on 03/12/2021
» MANILA: The World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries to boost healthcare capacity and vaccinate their people to fight a surge in Covid-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant, and said travel curbs could buy time but alone were not the answer.
Hong Kong demands airlines use separate crew for China flights
South China Morning Post, Published on 03/12/2021
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong health officials have asked airlines to begin maintaining separate teams that will fly exclusively to and from mainland China to further reduce the risk of Covid-19 entering the country.
Omicron variant 3 times more likely to cause reinfection, study finds
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/12/2021
» CAPE TOWN: The risk of reinfection from the Omicron coronavirus variant is three times higher than for any previous strain, according to a South African study of infections since the start of the pandemic.