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Five more areas open to tourists on Nov 1
Online Reporters, Published on 09/10/2021
» Five more tourist destinations in Thailand will be opened to visitors starting Nov 1 on the condition that there is no new large Covid-19 cluster in the areas until then.
Singapore adds 9 countries to travel lanes
Kyodo News, Published on 09/10/2021
» Singapore is preparing to add nine countries to its "travel lanes" scheme that allows vaccinated visitors to enter the city-state without the need for quarantine.
SRT resumes 14 northern line services
Online Reporters, Published on 09/10/2021
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) on Saturday resumed 14 train services on the northern line after a flood-damaged track was repaired.
Global corporate tax deal moves ahead
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/10/2021
» A vast overhaul of corporate taxation has won support from 136 countries, as nations resolved key differences over a global minimum rate and an end to new digital taxes that the United States has deemed discriminatory.
Three rescued after fishing boat sinks off Trat
Jakkrit Waewkraihong, Published on 09/10/2021
» TRAT: Three crewmen were safely rescued after a fishing boat sank during strong winds and high waves off Koh Kut on Saturday morning.
Nobel Prize for Ressa a rebuke to Duterte
Reuters and AFP, Published on 09/10/2021
» MANILA: The Nobel Peace Prize for Philippine journalist Maria Ressa was hailed by many at home on Saturday as a rebuke on official attacks on the media, but there was no comment from President Rodrigo Duterte, a frequent critic of Ressa’s news site.
Bogus CSD officer charged with fraud
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/10/2021
» A 28-year-old Lampang man who impersonated a Crime Suppression Division (CSD) police officer has been arrested on charges of duping people into investing 1.6 million baht in a restaurant business that never materialised.
HK university orders Tiananmen sculpture removed
Published on 09/10/2021
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s oldest university has ordered the removal of a sculpture commemorating protesters killed in China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, according to a legal letter released on Friday.
US court allows Texas to resume ban on most abortions
AFP, Published on 09/10/2021
» WASHINGTON - A US federal appeals court ruled Friday that Texas could resume its ban on most abortions, two days after another court suspended the ban.
Singapore PM pushes for living with Covid, without the fear
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/10/2021
» Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong wants to push on with the strategy of living with Covid-19 without being paralysed by fear, weighing in on a divisive issue about the pace of opening up a trade-reliant economy with one of the highest vaccination rates in the world.