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Shanghai to lock down and test 2.7 million as Covid fears linger
AFP, Published on 09/06/2022
» SHANGHAI: Shanghai will lock down a district of 2.7 million people on Saturday to conduct mass coronavirus testing, city authorities said, as the Chinese metropolis struggles to fully emerge from punishing curbs.
Soldier shoots dead estranged wife before killing himself in hospital
Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 09/06/2022
» KHON KAEN: A soldier shot dead his estranged wife, a nurse at a public hospital in this northeastern province, in the early hours of Thursday before turning the gun on himself.
Tatum, Brown spark Celtics over Warriors for NBA Finals lead
AFP, Published on 09/06/2022
» BOSTON - Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown combined for 53 points as the Boston Celtics outmuscled the Golden State Warriors 116-100 to take a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals on Wednesday.
Chadchart vows traffic fix in a year
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/06/2022
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt aims to ease traffic congestion in Bangkok within one year.
Kofi Annan's lessons in global leadership
Oped, Nane Annan, Mark Malloch-Brown, Comfort Ero, Susana Malcorra and Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, Published on 09/06/2022
» The world is facing a set of acute crises without recent parallel: a war in Europe that could escalate into a nuclear conflict, skyrocketing food prices that are hitting the poor the hardest, the Covid-19 pandemic and the climate emergency. We need principled statesmen and women to forge bold, morally consistent responses to these and other global problems. Sadly, such leaders are in short supply.
Man charged with plotting murder of US Supreme Court justice
AFP, Published on 09/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - A California man upset about mass shootings and the looming Supreme Court rulings on abortion and gun rights was charged Wednesday with attempting to murder conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh.