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Lawmakers vote for court review on charter change bill
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 09/02/2021
» The House and Senate on Tuesday voted 366-316 to seek a Constitutional Court ruling on the legality of the ongoing charter amendment process.
Desperate search for survivors after India glacier disaster
AFP, Published on 09/02/2021
» TAPOVAN, India: Indian rescue workers battled through tonnes of rock and mud Tuesday searching for survivors in a choked Himalayan tunnel after a deadly flood -- apparently triggered by a glacial burst -- smashed through two mountain dam projects.
Bitcoin powers to new high as Tesla takes it mainstream
Reuters, Published on 09/02/2021
» TOKYO: Bitcoin extended gains on Tuesday to a record high as the afterglow of Tesla Inc's investment in the cryptocurrency had investors reckoning it would become a mainstream asset class for both corporates and money managers.
Supremes singer Mary Wilson dies aged 76
AFP, Published on 09/02/2021
» WASHINGTON: Motown singer and the Supremes co-founder Mary Wilson has died, US media reported Tuesday. She was 76.
Policeman shot dead as he warns drinkers at petrol station
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 09/02/2021
» A man has been arrested in Chon Buri after a policeman was shot dead as he approached a group of people drinking alcohol at a petrol station in Suphan Buri early Monday morning.
Desperate search for survivors after India glacier disaster
AFP, Published on 09/02/2021
» TAPOVAN, India: Indian rescue workers battled through tonnes of rock and mud Tuesday searching for survivors in a choked Himalayan tunnel after a deadly flood -- apparently triggered by a glacial burst -- smashed through two mountain dam projects.
2m vaccine doses due by May 1, only govt can import
Online reporters and Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 09/02/2021
» Thailand will have 2 million Covid-19 vaccine doses by the end of April, beginning with 200,000 doses this month, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Tuesday.
China’s CanSino Covid vaccine shows 65.7% efficacy
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/02/2021
» CanSino Biologics Inc’s experimental coronavirus vaccine has an efficacy rate of 65.7% at preventing symptomatic cases based on an analysis from late-stage trials, adding a one-shot candidate to the world’s growing arsenal against Covid-19.
No baby boom in China as births fall further in 2020
AFP, Published on 09/02/2021
» BEIJING: China's number of registered births in 2020 dropped by nearly a third from the total births reported the year before, in the latest sign that relaxations in the country's strict family planning policy are failing to spark a baby boom.
Party over at Clubhouse, the app that had China talking
AFP, Published on 09/02/2021
» BEIJING - The repression of Muslim Uighurs, the Tiananmen Square crackdown, and S&M hook-ups -- nothing was off-limits in the rambunctious, unfiltered chatrooms of Clubhouse, before China's censors silenced the conversation.