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US to host Asean leaders in mid-May
AFP, Published on 16/04/2022
» United States President Joe Biden will meet in mid-May with the leaders of Southeast Asian nations, with a likely focus on the rising power of China, the host country announced on Saturday.
Spurs suffer setback at home
AFP, Published on 16/04/2022
» LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur blew a chance to strengthen their grip on fourth place in the Premier League as they suffered a 1-0 home defeat by Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday.
Sri Lankan stock market closing for a week
Published on 16/04/2022
» COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will suspend share trading for all of next week to avoid a possible stock market collapse, as its economic crisis deepens and protests against the government spread.
Lockdowns affecting 373 million Chinese
Kyodo News, Published on 16/04/2022
» About 373 million people in 45 cities across China have come under some form of lockdown due to a surge in coronavirus cases, according to estimates by a Nomura International analysts in Hong Kong.
Songkran road death toll reaches 204
Online Reporters, Published on 16/04/2022
» Traffic fatalities on the first five days of Songkran holiday travel have reached 204, a decrease from 222 reported in the same period last year, according to government data released on Saturday.
Lawyer exposes late-night antics at Phuket nightspot
Online Reporters, Published on 16/04/2022
» PHUKET: Crusading lawyer Sittra Biebangkerd has trained his sights — and a video camera — on a nightspot that has been operating well beyond legal closing hours on this resort island.
Prinn meets police, denies sex charges
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/04/2022
» Prinn Panitchpakdi, a former deputy leader of the Democrat Party, is scheduled to appear in court on Sunday morning to answer sex charges, which he denied in his first meeting with Lumphini police on Saturday.
Russia bars entry for UK PM Johnson
AFP, Reuters, Published on 16/04/2022
» Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday that it had barred entry to the country for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and 10 other British government members and politicians.
Sinopharm testing Omicron vaccine
Reuters and Bloomberg, Published on 16/04/2022
» BEIJING: The Chinese drugmaker Sinopharm says a subsidiary has received approval for clinical trials of a new vaccine specifically to target the Omicron coronavirus variant.
Rebels sidelined from talks admit to Pattani blast
News, Wassana Nanuam, Abdullah Benjakat and Reuters, Published on 16/04/2022
» PATTANI: Rebels sidelined from peace talks claimed responsibility on Saturday for deadly bombings that broke a Ramadan truce agreed between the main rebel group and the government in the troubled southern border provinces.