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Biden pushes unity two days before taking over crisis-laden White House
AFP, Published on 18/01/2021
» WASHINGTON - Just 48 hours before becoming president, Joe Biden pressed Monday for unity, while President Donald Trump remained secluded in the White House at the center of a capital inundated with troops and security barriers.
Uganda eases internet shutdown imposed over election
AFP, Published on 18/01/2021
» KAMPALA - Internet was partially restored in Uganda on Monday almost five days after a near-total blackout was imposed across the East African country ahead of elections the opposition says were rigged.
PM urges pro-EU lawmakers to back Italy's fragile govt
AFP, Published on 18/01/2021
» ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte appealed to liberal, pro-European lawmakers Monday to support his teetering government or risk handing power to the nationalist right.
Thai AirAsia to furlough 75% of workforce
Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 18/01/2021
» Thai AirAsia will keep only one-fourth of the staff and ask the rest to take a leave-without-pay offer for four months, starting February, as the re-emerging coronavirus outbreak has dealt a heavy blow to the aviation sector.
France, UK boost vaccine campaigns, Britain shuts travel corridors
AFP, Published on 18/01/2021
» PARIS: France and Britain on Monday joined a growing list of nations starting mass vaccinations for all elderly citizens as the UK began demanding all arrivals quarantine to try and halt the spread of a new Covid-19 variant.
Private hospitals reserve Covid-19 vaccines ahead of approval
Reuters, Published on 18/01/2021
» Two private hospitals have ordered millions of doses of coronavirus vaccines ahead of regulatory approval, adding to government orders of vaccines as Thailand tackles a second wave of the virus.
Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez to perform at Biden inauguration
Life, Published on 18/01/2021
» Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez will take the stage at US President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony in Washington this week alongside other performers in what his transition team said would showcase a diverse America.
Cable theft gang busted in Ubon
Published on 18/01/2021
» UBON RATCHATHANI: Three men have been arrested for stealing cables and wires from various spots in the Nakhon Ubon Ratchathani Municipality and selling them to junk shops, Pol Col Thanapan Padungkan, commander of the Muang police station, said at a press conference on Monday.
China GDP grows at slowest pace in more than four decades in 2020
AFP, Published on 18/01/2021
» BEIJING - China's GDP grew at the slowest pace in more than four decades in 2020, official data showed Monday, but it was still expected to be the only major economy to grow at all after a strong rebound from the coronavirus crisis.
CCSA frets about Malaysia virus spill
Published on 18/01/2021
» Still struggling to control illegal migration through the northern border, authorities have a new worry in the South, where a spike in Covid-19 cases in Malaysia threatens to spill over into Thailand.