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US police officer charged in Floyd death to appear in court
AFP, Published on 08/06/2020
» MINNEAPOLIS - The white police officer whose fatal arrest of George Floyd sparked mass protests for racial justice across the United States and beyond was to make his first court appearance Monday in Minneapolis, where the city council has moved to disband the police department.
Pandemic drives broadest economic collapse in 150 years: World Bank
AFP, Published on 08/06/2020
» WASHINGTON - The coronavirus pandemic inflicted a "swift and massive shock" that has caused the broadest collapse of the global economy since 1870 despite unprecedented government support, the World Bank said Monday.
Missing foreign woman found dead on Samui
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/06/2020
» The body of a missing Ukrainian woman was found on the resort island of Samui on Sunday, police said
UK anger at toppled slave trader statue but few want it back
AFP, Published on 08/06/2020
» LONDON: The British government on Monday denounced the toppling of a slave trader's statue during anti-racism protests, urging campaigners to use democratic means for change rather than breaking the law.
Singapore to give out virus-tracing devices
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/06/2020
» Singapore expects to deliver the first batch of portable contact tracing devices to people in the latter half of this month as the country looks to progressively introduce this method to tackle the spread of coronavirus.
Tour operators to get marine park quotas
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/06/2020
» Prospects for the reopening of marine national parks look promising after the Environment Minister noted that local tourism operators will be given quotas for how many visitors can visit each park.
Europe moves ahead with reopening
AFP, Published on 08/06/2020
» LONDON: European countries experimented with further lifting coronavirus restrictions Monday as New Zealand declared victory over the pandemic, even as global cases topped 7 million and deaths mounted in Latin America.
Anti-graft panel pick draws flak
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 08/06/2020
» Senate Speaker Pornpetch Wichitcholchai plans to petition the Constitutional Court to rule whether Suchart Trakulkasemsuk is eligible to become a new member of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), amid criticism of the appointment.
Online cases spur debate over alcohol law
Online Reporters, Published on 08/06/2020
» A debate over Thailand’s alcohol control law has been rekindled in earnest after hundreds of online users and operators were fined in recent months.
Ocean Park, Disneyland in Hong Kong to reopen soon
Published on 08/06/2020
» Hong Kong's two major theme parks will be reopened imminently as a key step in rebooting an economy reeling from the triple whammy of social unrest, the US-China trade war and the coronavirus pandemic.