Showing 1 - 10 of 64
US Congress under tight security after new extremist threat
AFP, Published on 04/03/2021
» WASHINGTON - The US House of Representatives session was cancelled and security was high Thursday after officials warned of an attack plot by QAnon conspiracists, two months after backers of ex-president Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building.
20 migrants dead after thrown into sea off Djibouti: IOM
AFP, Published on 04/03/2021
» NAIROBI - At least 20 people drowned after smugglers threw dozens of migrants overboard during a crossing between Djibouti and Yemen, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Thursday.
Nearly a fifth of all food reaching consumers wasted: UN
AFP, Published on 04/03/2021
» PARIS - Seventeen percent of the food available to consumers worldwide in 2019 -- almost one billion tonnes -- was thrown away by households, retailers, institutions and the hospitality industry, far more than previously suspected, the UN said Thursday.
Nineteen Myanmar police seek refuge in India
Reuters, Published on 04/03/2021
» NEW DELHI: At least 19 Myanmar police have crossed into India to escape taking orders from a military junta that is trying to suppress protests against last month's coup, an Indian police official said on Thursday, adding that more were expected.
Hong Kong court grants bail to 15 of 47 activists
Reuters, Published on 04/03/2021
» HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court on Thursday granted bail to around a third of 47 democracy activists charged with conspiracy to commit subversion, as the case draws widespread criticism that Beijing is using a national security law to crush the city's opposition.
Military denies involvement in network removed by Facebook
Reuters, Published on 04/03/2021
» The military on Thursday said it was not behind a network of Facebook accounts that the social media giant took down on the grounds they were using deceptive behaviour to influence public debate.
EU suspends development funds for Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 04/03/2021
» BRUSSELS: The European Union has suspended its support for development projects in Myanmar to avoid providing financial assistance to the military after it seized power last month, officials said on Thursday.
Thailand plans to allow foreign tourists to quarantine in resorts
Reuters, Published on 04/03/2021
» The tourism minister said on Thursday he will propose a plan for foreigners to undertake COVID-19 quarantine in popular tourist areas, including beach resorts, in a bid to help revive the country's struggling tourism sector.
Two beauty pageant contestants test positive
Online Reporters, Published on 04/03/2021
» Two contestants in the Miss Grand International 2020 beauty pageant, from Nigeria and Kenya, have tested positive for Covid-19.
Prison governor transferred over burning of King's portrait
King-oua Laohong, Published on 04/03/2021
» The governor of Klongprem Central Prison has been transferred to an inactive post over the torching of a large portrait of His Majesty the King by protesters outside the prison last Sunday.