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Turkish opposition TV station shuts after 26 days
AFP, Published on 26/12/2020
» ISTANBUL - A private Turkish TV station that aired pro-Kurdish opposition views has shut down less than a month after launch, underscoring press freedom concerns in a country often chastised by rights groups.
Japan to ban all foreign arrivals
Published on 26/12/2020
» TOKYO: Japan will ban entry from all countries effective from Monday to prevent the spread of the more contagious UK strain of the coronavirus, the government announced on Saturday.
Poll: Health workers 'deserve person of the year'
Post Reporters, Published on 26/12/2020
» Medical doctors and other healthcare workers at the forefront of the fight against Covid-19 deserve to be recognised as Person of the Year in Thailand, according to a public opinion survey.
Chinese man, Cambodians caught in glove factory raid
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 26/12/2020
» PATHUM THANI: A Chinese employer and 11 illegal Cambodian migrant workers were arrested during a raid on an illegal medical glove factory in Lam Luk Ka district.
EU gets first jabs, Tokyo sets daily record
Published on 26/12/2020
» European Union countries began taking delivery of their first Covid-19 vaccines on Saturday, with immunisations scheduled to begin in several countries on Sunday.
Rayong adds 27 cases, Nakhon Pathom 13
Online Reporters, Published on 26/12/2020
» Forty-two more Covid-19 infections were reported on Saturday afternoon, hours after authorities confirmed 110 new cases as the virus spreads at a rate unseen in months.
HK ‘speedboat fugitives’ face China trial Monday
Published on 26/12/2020
» HONG KONG: Ten of the 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists arrested as they tried to flee the territory by speedboat to Taiwan will face trial in mainland China on Monday, campaigners and family members say.
Emergency decree rules tightened
Online Reporters, Published on 26/12/2020
» Curbs on mass gatherings, restricted movement in and out of disease-control areas and restricted movement of migrant workers are among the rules that will be strictly enforced under the emergency decree to curb the new outbreak of Covid-19, the government says.
China hails its 'extraordinary' success curbing virus
AFP, Published on 26/12/2020
» BEIJING: China's ruling Communist Party leaders have congratulated themselves on their "extremely extraordinary" success in handling the Covid-19 outbreak domestically, ahead of a World Health Organization probe into the disease's origins.
EU begins vaccine rollout as new virus strain spreads
AFP, Published on 26/12/2020
» PARIS - The European Union began a vaccine rollout Saturday, even as countries in the bloc were forced back into lockdown by a new strain of the virus, believed to be more infectious, that continues to spread from Britain.