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Red Cross boosts vaccine hopes for poor as jabs arrive in Iran
AFP, Published on 04/02/2021
» GENEVA - The Red Cross launched a campaign on Thursday to help get 500 million vaccines to people in poorer countries, as Iran received its first jabs from Russia.
Brazil's Vale to pay $7 bn in damages for deadly 2019 dam collapse
AFP, Published on 04/02/2021
» BRASíLIA - Brazilian mining giant Vale said Thursday it had agreed to pay $7 billion in damages over the 2019 collapse of a mining waste dam that unleashed a flood of toxic sludge and killed 270 people.
Army overhauls management of its properties
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 04/02/2021
» The Army has begun overhauling the management of its golf courses, as well as other recreational and sports facilities, following the mass shooting in Nakhon Ratchasima last year by a soldier.
Myanmar blocks Facebook as protests gain traction
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/02/2021
» Myanmar’s military-run government has ordered internet service providers to temporarily block access to Facebook amid growing protests days after seizing power from its civilian leadership even though it continued to post updates on the social-media platform.
Thanathorn, family accused of vast forest encroachment
Online Reporters, Published on 04/02/2021
» The Royal Forest Department on Thursday accused political activist Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, his mother and his younger sister of illegally occupying more than 2,000 rai of forest reserve land in Ratchaburi province.
Unregistered whitening cream seized during raids
Online Reporters, Published on 04/02/2021
» Authorities have seized unregistered skin-whitening cream worth over 500,000 baht from four factories during raids in four provinces.
No Chinese New Year celebration in Yaowarat
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 04/02/2021
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has cancelled Chinese New Year celebrations in Yaowarat, the city's Chinatown, this month, citing Covid-19 worries.
Mixed shots explored as world faces around 4,000 variants
Reuters, Published on 04/02/2021
» LONDON: The world faces around 4,000 variants of the virus that causes Covid-19, prompting a race to improve vaccines, Britain said on Thursday, as researchers began to explore mixing doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca shots.
TEST YOURSELF: Seeing the light
Gary Boyle, Published on 04/02/2021
» A new educational resource brings parents and children together.
World food price index rises to six-year high
Reuters, Published on 04/02/2021
» ROME: World food prices rose for an eighth consecutive month in January, hitting their highest level since July 2014, led by jumps in cereals, sugar and vegetable oils, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday.