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Protest crowds swell in Myanmar
AFP, Published on 06/02/2021
» YANGON: Myanmar saw its largest anti-coup protests yet on Saturday with young demonstrators spilling on to the streets to denounce the country’s new military regime, despite a nationwide internet blackout aimed at stifling a growing chorus of popular dissent.
Dozens caught in disco raft drug bust
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 06/02/2021
» KANCHANABURI: Fifty-three young people were arrested and 21 of them them tested positive for illicit drugs following a raid on a noisy disco raft along the Kwai Noi River in Muang district.
B4,000 relief likely for salaried employees
Online Reporters, Published on 06/02/2021
» Some 9.3 million social security members — salaried employees in the private sector — will likely get 4,000 baht each in Covid-19 relief aid, according to a proposal by the Labour Ministry.
Indian farmers block highways nationwide
Bloomberg and Reuters, Published on 06/02/2021
» Tens of thousands of protesting Indian farmers have blocked highways across the country in defiance of the government’s internet and phone blackout, facing off against a heavy security deployment stationed behind rows of razor wire and concrete blocks.
Chinese regulators approve Sinovac jab
Online Reporters, Published on 06/02/2021
» Chinese drug regulators have given conditional market approval to the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac, a Chinese company that Thailand is counting on to get its stalled vaccination programme off the ground.
Somalia leaders fail to reach deal on elections
AFP, Published on 06/02/2021
» MOGADISHU: Emergency talks between Somalia's divided political leaders have ended without agreement on how to proceed with elections, a government minister has announced just days before the president's mandate expires.
Driver rams car into assailants after being shot
Abdullah Benjakat, Published on 06/02/2021
» PATTANI: A local man rammed his car into the motorcycle of two men who fired shots at him in Thung Yang Daeng district on Saturday morning before the attackers grabbed a motorcycle parked nearby and fled.
China enlists public to track polluters online
Reuters, Published on 06/02/2021
» SHANGHAI: China will set up a new online platform to allow the public to track the emissions of polluters and help authorities prosecute those that break the rules or try to “evade supervision”, the environment ministry says.
Ex-cop held for murder after nearly 10 years on the run
Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 06/02/2021
» A former police officer accused of shooting his girlfriend to death in Songkhla province and setting her body on fire has been arrested in Loei after nearly 10 years on the run.
Australian adviser to Suu Kyi 'being detained'
Reuters, Published on 06/02/2021
» BANGKOK/MELBOURNE: Sean Turnell, an Australian economic adviser to Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, said in a message to Reuters on Saturday he was being detained, days after she was overthrown in a coup.