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Oil rockets as Trump signals end to price war
AFP, Published on 02/04/2020
» LONDON: Oil prices rocketed Thursday after US President Donald Trump said Russia and Saudi Arabia planned to end their price war by slashing output.
Iran, US heat up war of words on Iraq despite virus pandemic
AFP, Published on 02/04/2020
» TEHRAN - Iran said Thursday it "only acts in self-defence" after President Donald Trump warned it against attacks on US troops in Iraq, as a new war of words heated up despite the coronavirus pandemic.
Govt temporarily blocks all travel
Online Reporters, Published on 02/04/2020
» The government will block all travel to Thailand, including by Thais, for half a month to prepare "state quarantine" facilities after more local patients have been linked to imported cases.
Pakistan overturns Briton's death sentence in Daniel Pearl murder
AFP, Published on 02/04/2020
» KARACHI - A Pakistani court on Thursday overturned the death sentence for British-born militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who had been convicted in the 2002 killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl.
Shenzhen bans eating of cats and dogs after coronavirus
Reuters, Published on 02/04/2020
» SHENZHEN, China: The Chinese city of Shenzhen has banned the eating of dogs and cats as part of a wider clampdown on the wildlife trade since the emergence of the new coronavirus.
Coronavirus pause could force global football to change
AFP, Published on 02/04/2020
» PARIS - Football has ground to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the immediate concern is the simple survival of many clubs because of the financial impact, but there is hope that the global game could ultimately emerge better from this crisis.
Shoppers and nudists get to grips with masks in virus battle
AFP, Published on 02/04/2020
» VIENNA - Austria is preparing to join neighbouring states in turning to mask wearing as a further weapon to fight the coronavirus, presenting citizens under lockdown with another challenge to cultural norms due to the pandemic.
Trump casts doubt on Chinese coronavirus figures
AFP, Published on 02/04/2020
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump cast doubt Wednesday on the accuracy of official Chinese figures on its coronavirus outbreak after US lawmakers, citing an intelligence report, accused Beijing of a cover up.
AFS students trickle home
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 02/04/2020
» The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has assured parents of Thai exchange students stranded in the United States that they will return to Thailand this month, as the US notches up the most confirmed cases globally at 189,000-plus.
Covid-19 impact on airlines 'severe': IATA
News, Onnucha Hutasing & Kamolwat Praprutitum, Published on 02/04/2020
» Thai Airways International (THAI) operated its last international service out of Suvarnabhumi International Airport Wednesday, before the flag carrier goes into an "operational hibernation" because of the Covid-19 pandemic.