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Former FIA president Max Mosley dies aged 81
AFP, Published on 24/05/2021
» LONDON - Max Mosley, the former president of motorsport's world governing body the FIA, has died aged 81, ex-Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone announced on Monday.
Anutin: AstraZeneca shots to be available as planned
Online Reporters, Published on 24/05/2021
» Authorities have said more AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine will be delivered by schedule next month, following a concern the much-anticipated shots made by a local facility might not be available as planned.
UN chief declares 'war' on Covid as India toll tops 300,000
AFP, Published on 24/05/2021
» GENEVA - The UN chief on Monday declared the world "at war" against Covid-19, as India's death toll crossed 300,000 and Japan opened its first mass vaccination centres -- just two months before the start of the Olympics.
US journalist detained in Myanmar: employer
AFP, Published on 24/05/2021
» YANGON: An American editor of a Myanmar-based news outlet was detained by authorities in Rangoon as he attempted to board a flight out of the country Monday, his employers said.
Italy cable car crash probed as child fights for life
AFP, Published on 24/05/2021
» STRESA (ITALY) - Investigators probed the causes Monday of a terrifying cable car crash in the Italian mountains that left 14 people dead, including five Israelis, and a young child fighting for life.
Traders in limbo after escape from China's 'shaking building'
AFP, Published on 24/05/2021
» SHENZHEN: Business owners face uncertain prospects after being shut out of a skyscraper in southern China that started to shake unexpectedly last week and sent passersby running in panic.
Siam Commercial Bank to launch online travel app
Reuters, Published on 24/05/2021
» Siam Commercial Bank said on Monday it plans to launch a hotel booking application next year that does not charge hospitality operators a gross profit fee.
Defiant Belarus defends diversion of plane carrying activist
AFP, Published on 24/05/2021
» MINSK: A defiant Belarus on Monday defended its forced diversion of a European plane carrying an opposition activist, after the unprecedented move provoked a global outcry and calls for a tough response.
Man, pregnant wife caught sneaking back from Malaysia
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 24/05/2021
» SONGKHLA: A Thai man and his five-months-pregnant wife were caught after scaling a wall to cross the border illegally from Malaysia and re-enter Thailand, in Sadao district, in the early hours of Monday.
Virus clusters spotlight conditions for migrant labour
Reuters, Published on 24/05/2021
» A series of coronavirus clusters among construction workers in Bangkok, including the first local cases of the variant first identified in India, has put a fresh spotlight on migrant labour rights as the country grapples with the deadliest outbreak so far.