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Worst-hit US launches virus vaccine shipments
AFP, Published on 13/12/2020
» KALAMAZOO (UNITED STATES) - Trucks on Sunday began shipping millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccine in the United States, part of an enormous logistics operation that should see some vulnerable people being vaccinated as early as Monday in the nation worst hit by the coronavirus.
Johnson and von der Leyen decide fate of Brexit deal
AFP, Published on 13/12/2020
» BRUSSELS: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen will decide whether or not to abandon post-Brexit trade talks on Sunday after their latest cross-Channel crisis call.
Malaysia seizes record haul of crystal meth worth B789m
Reuters, Published on 13/12/2020
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's maritime agency said on Sunday it had seized more than two tonnes of crystal methamphetamine worth 105.9 million ringgit (789 million baht) from a boat off the country's west coast, its largest-ever haul of the drug.
25 Myanmar migrants caught for illegal entry
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 13/12/2020
» KANCHANABURI: Twenty-five Myanmar nationals were arrested on Saturday night after they illegally crossed the border into Thailand at a village in Muang district.
Oil rises from the ashes as the big virus recovery trade
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/12/2020
» Brent crude topped $50 a barrel last week for the first time since March, a milestone for an oil market that’s been grinding its way back out of a deep slump for months.
Scores of Taliban militants killed as fighting rocks insurgent bastion
AFP, Published on 13/12/2020
» KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: Dozens of Taliban fighters were killed in fierce overnight fighting between Afghan forces and militants who attacked multiple checkpoints in the insurgent bastion of Kandahar, officials said Sunday.
Akara workers plead for govt to reopen gold mine
Sitthipoj Kebui, Published on 13/12/2020
» PHICHIT: About 300 former workers at a suspended gold mine gathered in front of the operator's gates on Sunday, calling on the government to revive the mine's operations.
Big Mountain music fest shut down, then reopened
Prasit Tangprasert and Saritdet Marukatat, Published on 13/12/2020
» The show can go on for the Big Mountain Music Festival's final day, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Sunday, after the two-day event was ordered to close down by the Nakhon Ratchasima governor over coronavirus fears.
Indonesia arrests senior JI leader linked to Bali bombings
AFP, Published on 13/12/2020
» Indonesia has arrested a senior leader of the Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) network for an alleged role in the deadly 2002 Bali bombings, a police spokesman said.
Venezuelan opposition wraps up 'popular consultation'
AFP, Published on 13/12/2020
» CARACAS - Venezuela's opposition wrapped up a "popular consultation" on Saturday, in a symbolic poll hailed as "historic" by organizers but which did not prompt the massive mobilization seen during protests last year.