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Lebanese protesters back on the streets as economy crumbles
AFP, Published on 28/04/2020
» TRIPOLI (LEBANON) - Lebanese protesters confronted army troops for a second day Tuesday as anger over a spiralling economic crisis re-energised a months-old anti-government movement in defiance of a coronavirus lockdown.
French football, rugby seasons off until September
AFP, Published on 28/04/2020
» PARIS: French professional sports leagues including football and rugby cannot restart before September because of coronavirus restrictions, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Tuesday.
B50bn approved to improve rural schools
Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 28/04/2020
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved a budget of 50 billion baht to improve the quality of 8,000 outstanding primary and secondary schools in remote areas nationwide from 2020 to 2022.
Man posing as woman held for extortion
Post Reporters, Published on 28/04/2020
» CHIANG MAI: A man who allegedly posed as a woman to blackmail a male university student online was arrested on Tuesday, according to police.
Farming households get B15,000 aid
Online Reporters, Published on 28/04/2020
» The cabinet has approved financial aid of 5,000 baht a month for three months each for 10 million farming households and increased the number of eligible self-employed people affected by coronavirus measures to 16 million from 14 million.
State of emergency extended
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 28/04/2020
» The cabinet on Tuesday officially extended the state of emergency to control the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) for another month to May 31, maintained the curfew and set guidelines for easing the lockdown of businesses.
Korawat made new DSI chief
King-oua Laohong, Published on 28/04/2020
» The cabinet on Tuesday approved the Justice Ministry's proposal to appoint Pol Lt Col Korawat Panprapakorn, the ministry's inspector-general, the new director-general of the Department of Special Investigation (DSI), Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said.
Next year's Olympics will be cancelled if pandemic not over: Games chief
AFP, Published on 28/04/2020
» TOKYO - The postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will have to be cancelled if the coronavirus pandemic isn't brought under control by next year, the organising committee's president warned, ruling out further delays.
City Hall shares reopening plan
Gary Boyle, Published on 28/04/2020
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration plans to reopen restaurants, markets, exercise venues, parks, hairdressers, clinics, animal hospitals and grooming parlours, golf courses and driving ranges.
Thai coronavirus medics feel strain even as cases decline
Reuters, Published on 28/04/2020
» For Bangkok nurse Kanjana Kamoun, the coronavirus Intensive Care Ward is not only where she works all day, it is where she thinks she is when she wakes up in the middle of the night, anxious and afraid.