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New York subway bomber sentenced to life in prison
AFP, Published on 22/04/2021
» NEW YORK - A Bangladeshi immigrant was sentenced to life in a US prison Thursday for a botched attempt to unleash carnage with a bomb attack in a crowded New York subway passage in the name of the Islamic State group.
Greta Thunberg blasts politicians for 'ignoring' climate crisis
AFP, Published on 22/04/2021
» WASHINGTON - Environmental champion Greta Thunberg assailed powerful politicians on Thursday for "ignoring" climate change, as she demanded an end to fossil fuel subsidies and implored the current generation of leaders to take the crisis more seriously.
'Watershed' year for Hollywood diversity amid pandemic streaming boom: report
AFP, Published on 22/04/2021
» LOS ANGELES - Female and minority actors were proportionately represented in Hollywood for the first time last year in a "watershed moment for diversity," says a report released Thursday.
Spokesman: Prosecutors won't indict Thanathorn
Online Reporters, Published on 22/04/2021
» Prosecutors are unlikely to indict Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit for applying to be an MP knowing he was not qualified as accused by the Election Commission, according to their spokesman.
Kremlin downplays pro-Navalny rallies after nearly 1,800 detained
AFP, Published on 22/04/2021
» MOSCOW - The Kremlin on Thursday downplayed opposition protests in support of jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny that saw nearly 1,800 people detained across Russia.
Pata calls for urgent vaccination strategy
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 22/04/2021
» The Pacific Asia Travel Association (Pata) is calling for an urgent mass inoculation programme in Thailand and pushing the government to adopt digital vaccination certificates that are recognised by the international community.
Infections rise in Chiang Mai, some at meditation centre
Published on 22/04/2021
» CHIANG MAI: An additional 237 Covid-19 cases were reported in Chiang Mai on Thursday, with at least 27 at a Buddhist meditation centre in Muang district.
Covid is killing the young in Brazil
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/04/2021
» RIO DE JANIERO: Rodolpho Sousa, a 28-year-old Brazilian lawyer, had been working from home near Rio de Janeiro when, in late February, one of his clients was jailed. Covid was hitting the prison and he was worried about her, less about himself. He went there to get her out.
Lampang jabs resume after serious case
Online Reporters, Published on 22/04/2021
» Lampang authorities have said nine of 604 recipients temporarily suffered undesirable effects 15 minutes after getting Sinovac Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday.
DSI head office being disinfected
King-oua Laohong, Published on 22/04/2021
» The head office of the Department of Special Investigation, at the government complex in Chaeng Wattana, was closed on Thursday for disinfection after an official there tested positive for Covid-19.