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Morocco mourns 'little Rayan' after daring well rescue bid fails
AFP, Published on 06/02/2022
» IGHRANE (MAROC) - Morocco was in shock Sunday after emergency crews found a five-year-old boy dead at the bottom of a well in a tragic end to a five-day rescue operation that gripped the nation and the world.
China's pet economy booms as more millennials delay marriage and kids for fur babies
South China Morning Post, Published on 06/02/2022
» HONG KONG: He Qi, an English teacher from Guangzhou city, divorced last month. He and his ex-wife split their properties quickly and amicably, but could not escape a big quarrel over their two dearest possessions - the pet dogs.
Almost 2m meth pills seized after Isan car chase
Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 06/02/2022
» KHON KAEN: Highway police seized 1,980,000 methamphetamine pills from a minivan after a chase in Nam Phong district of this northeastern province on Sunday morning.
Philippines' raucous election campaign season to kick off
AFP, Published on 06/02/2022
» Philippine election candidates will hit the hustings Tuesday for the official start of campaigning, with the son and namesake of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos leading the presidential race as he seeks the ultimate revival of the family brand.
New Zealand win historic Olympic gold but wind delays downhill
AFP, Published on 06/02/2022
» BEIJING - "Super-proud" snowboarder Zoi Sadowski Synnott made history for New Zealand after winning their first ever Winter Olympics gold medal on Sunday but bad weather played havoc with the eagerly anticipated men's downhill skiing.
When baby well runs dry
News, Penchan Charoesuthipan and Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/02/2022
» Thailand has become an aged society and will become a "super-aged" society by 2031 when 28% of the population will be 60 or older. The country has witnessed a low birth rate for several decades, but it was not until last year that more deaths than births were recorded. In 2021, deaths outnumbered births at 563,650 versus 544,570.
Kingdom predicts 4% economic growth amid uncertainty posed by pandemic
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 06/02/2022
» Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith is confident of the kingdom's economic outlook, saying it will achieve 4% growth this year as forecast by several domestic and foreign agencies.
Lorry convoy to protest high diesel
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/02/2022
» The Land Transport Federation of Thailand (LTFT) is gearing up for a fresh rally on Tuesday in Bangkok to pressure the government to bring down the price of diesel.
UN's Guterres says expects China to let rights chief visit Xinjiang
AFP, Published on 06/02/2022
» UNITED NATIONS, US: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told leaders in Beijing he expects them to allow UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet to make a "credible" visit to China including a stop in the troubled Xinjiang region, his spokesman said Saturday.