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US Senate set to pass huge innovation bill to counter China
AFP, Published on 08/06/2021
» WASHINGTON: The US Senate was poised to pass a huge industrial policy bill Tuesday aimed at countering a surging economic threat from rival China, overcoming partisan divisions to pump more than $170 billion into research and development.
World Bank warns uneven global recovery leaving poor nations behind
AFP, Published on 08/06/2021
» WASHINGTON: Fueled by widespread Covid-19 vaccinations in advanced nations, the world economic recovery has picked up speed, but the upbeat outlook obscures a worrying picture in poor nations, the World Bank said Tuesday.
Macron slapped during trip to southeast France
AFP, Published on 08/06/2021
» TAIN-L'HERMITAGE, France: A bystander slapped French President Emmanuel Macron across the face during a trip to southeast France on Tuesday on the second stop of a nation-wide tour.
Outsider Zidansek into French Open semi-finals as Medvedev, Tsitsipas face off
AFP, Published on 08/06/2021
» PARIS: World number 85 Tamara Zidansek became the first woman from Slovenia to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam at the French Open on Tuesday, while Stefanos Tsitsipas hopes to stay on course for a first major final when he meets rival Daniil Medvedev.
Cabinet agrees on Phuket plan
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 08/06/2021
» The cabinet on Tuesday agreed in principle on the so-called Phuket Sandbox, a tourism reopening programme scheduled to kick off next month as a prelude to tourism reopening in Thailand’s ten most popular tourist destinations.
Samui joins reopening queue
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 08/06/2021
» Koh Samui is seeking to follow the examples of Phuket and Chiang Mai by getting regulatory approval to reopen to tourists in the near future.
Migrant workers' deadline extended
Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 08/06/2021
» The cabinet has extended the Covid-19 testing period for migrant workers from three countries by 90 days to Sept 13 as medical workers are overwhelmed and have no time to test them.
How an informant and a messaging app led to global sting
Reuters, Published on 08/06/2021
» JAKARTA: It took $100,000-plus expenses, and the opportunity for a reduced prison sentence, for the smartphone developer to collaborate with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in 2018 and kick-start Operation Trojan Horse, according to a court document.
Media, government websites worldwide hit by outages
AFP, Published on 08/06/2021
» PARIS - Several media, government and social sites such as the UK government, the White House and Reddit suffered temporary outages on Tuesday due to a glitch in cloud computing services provider Fastly.
PM: Some delays in vaccination drive, but it will improve
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 08/06/2021
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha admitted on Tuesday there were initial delays in the government's mass Covid-19 vaccination campaign launched on Monday, but promised this would improve as more supplies of vaccine were delivered.