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Canadian women win football gold in shootout
AFP, Published on 06/08/2021
» YOKOHAMA: Canada defeated Sweden 3-2 on penalties to win Olympic women’s football gold for the first time following a 1-1 draw after extra time on Friday in Yokohama.
Malaysia links hospitalisation rates to reopening
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/08/2021
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will no longer use daily virus infections as a metric to ease curbs for states once they enter the second phase of the national recovery plan, Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz says.
US adds nearly 1 million more jobs
AFP and Reuters, Published on 06/08/2021
» The recovering US economy added 943,000 new jobs in July, according to government data released on Friday, as hard-hit industries continued to return to normal.
Coffee prices poised to spike
Published on 06/08/2021
» LONDON: The most devastating frost in decades in top coffee producer Brazil and record freight costs sparked by pandemic-induced shipping logjams are expected to push retail prices to multi-year highs in the coming weeks.
Mediterranean 'faces fiercer heatwaves, drought, fires'
AFP, Published on 06/08/2021
» PARIS: The Mediterranean will be hit by ever fiercer heatwaves, drought and fires supercharged by rising temperatures, according to a draft United Nations assessment seen exclusively by AFP that warns the region is a "climate change hotspot".
Saiyok Floatel ordered to stop floating in 30 days
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/08/2021
» The owner of the Saiyok Floatel has been given 30 days to remove all floating structures from the Kwae Noi River because the resort is encroaching on Sai Yok National Park in Kanchanaburi.
Tigray rebels reject calls to leave neighbouring regions
AFP, Published on 06/08/2021
» ADDIS ABABA - Rebel forces from Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray on Friday rebuffed US calls to leave neighbouring regions, one day after they seized famed UNESCO heritage site Lalibela, the latest turn in the nine-month conflict.
Civil Court blocks PM's gag on free speech
Online Reporters, Published on 06/08/2021
» The Civil Court on Friday ruled in favour of the media by issuing an injunction suspending Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s regulation restricting freedom of speech and threatening internet censorship.
No suspect in Swiss woman's murder
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 06/08/2021
» PHUKET: Police had no suspect yet in the murder of a Swiss woman tourist by a waterfall in Phuket, national police chief Suwat Jangyodsuk said on Friday afternoon.
Myanmar military offers amnesty to some protesters in hiding
Reuters, Published on 06/08/2021
» Myanmar's ruling military has offered to waive charges against some protesters involved in demonstrations or strikes if they come forward to authorities, state media reported on Friday, prompting a sceptical response from several facing charges.