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Hurricane Ida death toll expected to soar
AFP, Published on 30/08/2021
» NEW ORLEANS - The death toll from Hurricane Ida was expected to climb "considerably," Louisiana's governor warned Monday, as rescuers combed through the "catastrophic" damage wreaked as it tore through the southern United States as a Category 4 stormsoar.
China targets jobs, wages and training in new 5-year economic blueprint
Published on 30/08/2021
» HONG KONG: China has released a five-year blueprint to boost employment, shifting focus to wage growth and expansion of the vocational education system to help drive domestic demand and upgrade industry.
Japan's Moderna vaccine contamination woes widen
Reuters, Published on 30/08/2021
» TOKYO: Moderna Inc's Covid-19 vaccine contamination woes in Japan have widened with another million doses being temporarily suspended after foreign substances were found in more batches and two people died following shots from affected lots.
Autopsy shows drug suspect died of suffocation
Online Reporters, Published on 30/08/2021
» Jeerapong Thanapat, the deceased drug suspect in police custody in Nakhon Sawan province, died of suffocation, according to the results of an autopsy seen on Monday.
Singapore PM pledges to ‘defuse resentments over foreigners’
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/08/2021
» Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong pledged to tighten restrictions on foreign workers, tackling an issue that has stirred anger in the traditionally open city-state as it recovers from a pandemic-induced recession.
First coach praises Paralympic champ on new world record
Published on 30/08/2021
» KHON KAEN: Paralympic champion Pongsakorn Paeyo's old school coach has praised him for the hard work and determination that earned him Thailand's first gold medal at the Tokyo Games while setting a new world record.
Sinopec plans to spend $4.6 bn on hydrogen energy by 2025
Reuters, Published on 30/08/2021
» BEIJING/SINGAPORE: China's Sinopec Corp plans to spend 30 billion yuan ($4.6 billion) on hydrogen energy by 2025 as the state oil and gas major pivots to producing natural gas and hydrogen as part of becoming a carbon-neutral energy provider by 2050.
Cabinet approves B44 bn in Covid relief measures
Published on 30/08/2021
» The cabinet on Monday approved a further 44.3 billion baht in relief measures, a government spokesman said, as the country struggles to tackle the worst Covid-19 outbreak to date.
Records tumble from pool to track as Tokyo Paralympics hits day six
AFP, Published on 30/08/2021
» TOKYO - China's youngest Paralympian broke her own world record in the pool in Tokyo on Monday, a day after Norwegian former refugee Salum Ageze Kashafali ran the fastest Paralympic Games 100 metres in history.
Worker shot dead over loud radio
Chinnawat Singha, Published on 30/08/2021
» PHITSANULOK: A Myanmar man allegedly shot dead a Thai colleague who told him to turn down his radio at a golf cart repair shop in Phrom Phiram district on Sunday night.