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Europe imposes fresh curbs as global cases top 30 million
AFP, Published on 18/09/2020
» MADRID: Large parts of Europe on Friday geared up for broad new restrictions to stop the coronavirus and Israel enforced a second nationwide shutdown, as infections worldwide topped the 30-million mark.
US to ban TikTok downloads, WeChat use from Sunday
AFP, Published on 18/09/2020
» WASHINGTON - The United States on Friday ordered a ban on downloads of popular Chinese-owned video app TikTok and use of the messaging and payment platform WeChat, saying they threaten national security.
MRT station guard caught photographing women
Online Reporters, Published on 18/09/2020
» Bangkok Expressway and Metro Plc says it has taken legal action against a security guard for taking photos of female passengers and posting them online with obscene messages.
US bans WeChat use, TikTok downloads
AFP, Published on 18/09/2020
» WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday ordered a ban on downloads of the popular Chinese-owned video app TikTok and use of the messaging and payment platform WeChat, saying they threaten national security.
Google pulls Indian payment app over gambling
Published on 18/09/2020
» MUMBAI: Google on Friday removed one of India’s biggest digital payment apps from its online store for breaching gambling rules, a day before the start of the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament.
Fresh curbs in Europe as global cases top 30m
AFP, Published on 18/09/2020
» MADRID: Large parts of Europe on Friday geared up for broad new restrictions to stop the coronavirus and Israel became the first developed country to enforce a second nationwide shutdown, as infections worldwide topped the 30-million mark.
Bangkok protesters brace for rain
Online Reporters and AFP, Published on 18/09/2020
» Pro-democracy protesters may have to defy rain this weekend, as the capital is an expected target of tropical storm Noul, which already drenched some northeastern provinces on Friday.
Hasidic Jewish pilgrims leave Ukraine border
AFP, Published on 18/09/2020
» KIEV - Hundreds of Hasidic Jewish pilgrims, who had massed along the Belarusian border attempting to enter Ukraine, began leaving Friday after Kiev upheld an entry ban to guard against the coronavirus.
Prosecutors to indict 'Boss' on cocaine, reckless driving charges
King-oua Laohong, Published on 18/09/2020
» Prosecutors have decided to indict Red Bull scion Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya on charges of cocaine use and reckless driving causing death, stemming from his fatal hit-and-run case in Bangkok in 2012.
Bayer campaign against glyphosate ban revealed
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Reuters, Published on 18/09/2020
» The chemicals giant Bayer and the US government cooperated closely last year to lobby Thailand to reverse its ban on glyphosate, used in the company’s controversial weedkiller Roundup, documents obtained by an environmental group and reviewed by Reuters show.