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Navalny allies under house arrest ahead of new Russia protests
AFP, Published on 29/01/2021
» MOSCOW - Key allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny were placed under house arrest ahead of new rallies, as Russian authorities warned Friday that protesters could face charges of taking part in "mass unrest".
European regulator gives green light for AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine
Reuters, Published on 29/01/2021
» AMSTERDAM: Europe's medicines regulator on Friday recommended approving AstraZeneca and Oxford University's Covid-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18, the third vaccine to be cleared for use in the European Union.
J&J Covid vaccine moderately effective, less against S. Africa variant
AFP, Published on 29/01/2021
» WASHINGTON - Johnson & Johnson's single-shot Covid-19 vaccine has an overall efficacy of 66 percent, the company announced Friday, following results from a phase 3 trial of almost 44,000 people across many countries.
UN, embassies fret over Myanmar coup talk
AFP, Published on 29/01/2021
» YANGON: More than a dozen embassies, including the US and EU delegations, on Friday urged Myanmar to “adhere to democratic norms”, joining the United Nations in a chorus of international concern about a possible military coup.
Ratchanok bows out of badminton tour finals
Online Reporters, Published on 29/01/2021
» Thailand will be well represented in the semi-finals of the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals on Saturday, but the country’s highest-profile player won’t be among the contenders.
'Ice Metal Casket' gets life for murder
Published on 29/01/2021
» Apichai Ongwisit, aka “Ice Metal Casket”, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a young woman whose body was found stuffed inside a metal casket at his Bangkok house.
Dutch court orders Shell to pay Nigerian farmers for spills
AFP, Published on 29/01/2021
» THE HAGUE: A Dutch court on Friday ordered Shell to pay compensation in a long-running case brought by four Nigerian farmers who accuse the oil giant of causing widespread pollution.
Trade watchdog eyes Shopee courier selection
SUCHIT LEESA-NGUANSUK, Published on 29/01/2021
» Competition regulators are looking at the decision by Shopee, the country’s most popular e-commerce platform, to choose delivery services rather than letting customers do so, saying the practice could run afoul of the Trade Competition Act.
Drug suspect burns police car to flee
Online Reporters, Published on 29/01/2021
» A drug suspect tried to escape detention on Friday by setting fire to a police pickup truck carrying him and three other detainees to the provincial court in Udon Thani.
Sports tournaments, beauty contests allowed
Online Reporters, Published on 29/01/2021
» The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration will allow sports tournaments and beauty contests this year but disease control measures will be applied, including 14-day quarantine.