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Staging Olympics 'a suicide mission', says Japanese exec
News Agencies, Published on 15/05/2021
» Holding the Olympics as planned in Tokyo in two months would be like a “suicide mission” because Japan has been so late in vaccinating its population, a Japanese business leader has warned.
One of three Krabi murder suspects surrenders
Online Reporters, Published on 15/05/2021
» KRABI: One of three men wanted for the murder of a 54-year-old man whose body was found buried in a rubber plantation has turned himself in to police and implicated a cousin in the fatal shooting.
1,219 more cases found in 3 prisons
Online Reporters, Published on 15/05/2021
» The Corrections Department has found another 1,219 people infected with Covid-19, six of them in critical condition, in three prisons in Greater Bangkok.
Myanmar school reopening order resisted
Kyodo News, Published on 15/05/2021
» Myanmar’s military government says it aims to reopen public schools on June 1 but many teachers and students have said they will refuse to return, in protest against the junta that seized power in a Feb 1 coup.
Police hold four linked to high-profile scam
Online Reporters, Published on 15/05/2021
» Police have arrested four high-profile suspects in connection with a fraudulent investment ring, including a well-known tourism project, with damage estimated at 1 billion baht.
Covid outbreak closes Korat sausage factory
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 15/05/2021
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Authorities have ordered the closure of a sausage factory in Muang district for 14 days after the number of Covid-19 infections linked to a cluster in the factory rose to 30.
Jab-booking app for foreigners coming soon
Published on 15/05/2021
» The government is developing a vaccination registration app especially for foreign residents, who will also be eligible for walk-in service as soon as it is available, a spokesman said on Saturday.
Two tornadoes strike China, killing at least 12
AFP, Published on 15/05/2021
» BEIJING - Two tornadoes that struck central and eastern China killed at least 12 people and injured more than 400, authorities said Saturday.
Myanmar cash crisis taking heavy toll
By Thu Thu Aung, Shoon Naing and Antoni Slodkowski, Reuters, Published on 15/05/2021
» If you need cash in Myanmar, you have to get up early. Queues start forming outside banks at 4am, where the first 15 or 30 customers are given a plastic token that will allow them to enter the bank when it opens at 9:30 and withdraw cash.
Ying Charoen market to close as Covid cases rise
Online Reporters, Published on 15/05/2021
» Ying Charoen market at Saphan Mai in Bang Khen district of Bangkok will close all zones from Sunday until May 23 after 10 more people contracted Covid-19, raising total infections there to 24.