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'I quit!' says Britney Spears in new, furious Instagram post
AFP, Published on 18/07/2021
» LOS ANGELES - Britney Spears, in a furious Instagram post, said she has "quit" doing live performances and slammed her father's control over her affairs.
South African cases spark cluster scare in Olympic Village
AFP, Published on 18/07/2021
» TOKYO: Two South African footballers and a video analyst have tested positive for the coronavirus in the Tokyo Olympic Village, officials said on Sunday, raising fears of a cluster just days before the opening ceremony.
All domestic flights in Covid-risk areas to halt Wednesday
Reuters, Published on 18/07/2021
» Domestic flights to and from Bangkok and other provinces classified by the government as high risk from Covid-19 will be suspended starting Wednesday, the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) said on Sunday
Covid response runs underground in junta-ruled Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 18/07/2021
» For a week, 21-year-old student Phoe Thar has been out by dawn to gather oxygen cylinders from the homes of coronavirus sufferers in Myanmar's second city of Mandalay.
Landslides kill at least 25 in Mumbai after heavy rains
Reuters, Published on 18/07/2021
» MUMBAI: At least 25 people died in three Mumbai suburbs when several houses collapsed after landslides triggered by heavy rain, local officials said on Sunday.
Police fire water cannon, rubber bullets, tear gas at protesters
Online reporters and Reuters, Published on 18/07/2021
» Police in Bangkok on Sunday fired water cannon, rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters demanding that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha step down and the government be held accountable for its gross mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Taliban leader 'favours political settlement' to Afghan conflict: statement
AFP, Published on 18/07/2021
» KABUL: The Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada on Sunday said he "strenuously favours" a political settlement to the conflict in Afghanistan even as the hardline Islamist movement has launched a sweeping offensive across the nation.
Olympic athletes infected, Covid travel woe hits Europe: world update
AFP, Published on 18/07/2021
» Two athletes became the first to test positive for the coronavirus in the Tokyo Olympic Village, officials said Sunday, as new border rules in Europe caused last-minute travel frustration.
13 provinces to be under curfew, lockdown until Aug 2
Online Reporters, Published on 18/07/2021
» The government is to extend the existing curfew and other tight restrictions in Greater Bangkok and four southern border provinces to at least Aug 2, and add three more provinces to the list on Tuesday.
Zuma graft trial to resume despite deadly S.Africa protests
AFP, Published on 18/07/2021
» JOHANNESBURG - The dragging corruption trial of South Africa's jailed ex-president Jacob Zuma resumes on Monday despite deadly violence that swept the nation after his imprisonment in an unrelated case.