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Doctors Without Borders ordered to stop work in Myanmar city
AFP, Published on 09/06/2021
» An international medical charity warned Wednesday of "life-threatening" consequences for thousands of HIV and tuberculosis patients in Myanmar after it was ordered by the junta to stop work in a southern city.
Singapore’s Grab delays merger completion to Q4
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/06/2021
» Singapore’s Grab Holdings Inc postponed the expected completion of its merger with a US blank-check company as the ride-hailing and food-delivery giant works on a financial audit of the past three years.
McDonald's BTS-meal frenzy sparks virus closures in Indonesia
Published on 09/06/2021
» JAKARTA: More than a dozen Indonesian McDonald's outlets were temporarily shuttered Wednesday over virus fears as the chain's new BTS meal deal sparked frenzied buying from fans in the K-pop mad country.
Police seek arrests for seniors who 'beat student to death'
Published on 09/06/2021
» Police will ask the Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for 12 senior students at Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-ok, Uthenthawai Campus, for alleged involvement in a group beating of a second-year engineering student who later died.
Chiang Mai shuts last field hospital after Covid cases drop
Published on 09/06/2021
» CHIANG MAI: The northern province has announced the closure of its last field hospital after doctors sent the final two patients home on Wednesday following their full recovery from Covid-19.
S. Korea seeks travel bubbles with Thailand, other countries
Published on 09/06/2021
» SEOUL: South Korea is eyeing travel bubble agreements with Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Guam and Saipan.
Post-vaccination deaths were 'coincidental'
Online Reporters, Published on 09/06/2021
» Investigations into 12 of the 28 deaths that have occurred after people received Covid-19 vaccination have concluded their deaths were coincidental to the inoculation, with the other results still pending, the Department of Disease Control reported on Wednesday.
UN warns of 'mass deaths' from starvation in Myanmar
AFP, Published on 09/06/2021
» The UN's special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar has warned of "mass deaths" from starvation and disease in the wake of fighting between rebel groups and junta forces in the east of the coup-stricken country.
Indonesia races to vaccinate 1m daily as cases spike
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/06/2021
» President Joko Widodo ordered the acceleration of vaccine rollouts as Indonesia faces a new surge in Covid-19 infections.
Designer creates 'Third Eye' for 'phone zombies'
Life, Published on 09/06/2021
» A South Korean industrial designer has come up with a satirical solution for "smartphone zombies" who can't take their eyes away from their screen long enough to stop themselves walking into a wall or other obstacle.