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Cathay Pacific parks half its fleet, slashes March flights
South China Morning Post, Published on 02/03/2020
» Cathay Pacific Group has 120 planes sitting on the tarmac at any given time, accounting for about half of its fleet, and has scrapped more than three-quarters of its weekly flights in March.
Gulf bourses dive as coronavirus hits oil price
AFP, Published on 02/03/2020
» DUBAI: Stock markets in the oil-rich Gulf states plunged Sunday over fears about the impact of the coronavirus which also battered global bourses last week.
Probe into 'virus death'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/03/2020
» Doubts have been raised over the cause of death of a Thai man who was initially diagnosed with Covid-19.
Student rallies need careful handling
News, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 02/03/2020
» The wave of student "flash mobs" has been spreading fast in Thailand's universities and high schools. It began on the second day after the Constitutional Court on Feb 21 ordered the dissolution of the Future Forward Party (FFP) and banished its executive committee members from politics for 10 years at the Pridi courtyard in Thammasat University, Tha Prachan campus, with a few hundred of students attending.
AIS meeting NBTC to secure train services
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 02/03/2020
» The telecom regulator plans to meet Friday with Advanced Info Service (AIS), a transport agency and the two companies that operate electric train services regarding spectrum filter equipment installation to ensure that the 2600-megahertz spectrum range does not disturb mass transit services.
The biometric threat
Asia focus, Jayati Ghosh, Published on 02/03/2020
» Around the world, governments are succumbing to the allure of biometric identification systems. To some extent, this may be inevitable, given the burden of demands and expectations placed on modern states. But no one should underestimate the risks these technologies pose.