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Canada police ready to move in to clear trucker-led protests
AFP, Published on 17/02/2022
» OTTAWA - Canadian police massed in the capital Thursday, readying to clear a trucker-led protest that has choked Ottawa's streets and provoked the government to call on rarely-used emergency powers.
Japan eases virus border rules for workers, students from March 1
AFP, Published on 17/02/2022
» TOKYO: Japan will ease its strict virus border rules to allow students and businesspeople into the country from March, but tourists will still be barred, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday.
China's zero-Covid policy under review as economic pressure mounts
South China Morning Post, Published on 17/02/2022
» HONG KONG: Multiple teams in China are studying how to improve the country's anti-pandemic policies, as economic pressure from its zero-Covid approach intensifies, according to one of the nation's most prominent epidemiologists.
Australia's largest coal-fired power plant to close
AFP, Published on 17/02/2022
» SYDNEY - Australia's largest coal-fired power plant will shut in 2025 -- several years sooner than planned -- operators announced Thursday, saying the facility is no longer viable given the low cost of renewables.
Asean talks in Cambodia focusing on Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 17/02/2022
» PHNOM PENH: Southeast Asian nations were holding talks in Cambodia on Thursday, amid divisions in the bloc over how to restore stability in Myanmar after the military coup there a year ago.
Police issue ultimatum to protesters to leave Canada capital
AFP, Published on 17/02/2022
» OTTAWA - Canadian police issued an ultimatum Wednesday to protesters who've been choking Ottawa streets for 20 days to leave the capital, as provincial and US state leaders called for an end to the cross-border vaccine requirement that sparked the trucker-led movement.
High US inflation 'not acceptable' but recovery on track: Yellen to AFP
AFP, Published on 17/02/2022
» WASHINGTON: Soaring US inflation rates are "not acceptable" but the health of the world's largest economy is fundamentally sound thanks to policies that have mitigated the impact of the pandemic, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told AFP.
State advised to rejig manufacturing
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 17/02/2022
» The government is being urged to pay more serious attention to speeding up the production sector's restructuring to create new jobs and boost economic growth.
ACT calls to defer Green Line ruling
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/02/2022
» The Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT) has suggested the cabinet halt any debate on a plan to extend the 30-year concession of the Green Line railway for Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) and wait for the city's next-elected governor to make a decision.
Cabinet passes tobacco plan
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/02/2022
» A five-year action plan aimed at curbing tobacco consumption and reducing the harm to people's health caused by smoking has been approved by the cabinet.