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Covid found in 397 more migrant workers
Gary Boyle, Published on 22/12/2020
» The government on Tuesday reported 427 new cases of the novel coronavirus, including 397 migrant workers, raising the total since the start of the pandemic to 5,716.
Covid found in 397 more migrant workers
Online reporters, Published on 22/12/2020
» The government on Tuesday reported 427 new cases of the novel coronavirus, including 397 migrant workers, raising the accumulated total since the start of the pandemic to 5,716.
Climate change ravages Kashmir's 'red gold' saffron crop
AFP, Published on 22/12/2020
» PAMPORE (INDIA) - On sweeping fields once blanketed in lush purple, a thin and bedraggled crop of flowers is all farmers in Indian-administered Kashmir's saffron-growing region Pampore have to show for this year's harvest.
Hundreds of Thai workers found dying in S. Korea
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 22/12/2020
» BANGKOK/SEOUL: The deaths of hundreds of mainly undocumented Thai migrant workers in South Korea have been uncovered by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, prompting the United Nations to call for inquiry into the fate of migrants known as "little ghosts".
Virtual idols take to the real-life stage in China
AFP, Published on 22/12/2020
» BEIJING: Liu Jun has long been a fan of a Chinese star called Amy, a teenage pop singer with red hair whose autograph he treasures -- and who only exists in the digital world.
Tests for Covid-19 infections conducted in Chiang Mai
Phanumet Tanraksa, Published on 22/12/2020
» CHIANG MAI: Medical teams are conducting tests on people deemed at risk in the province for Covid-19 after a woman in Ayutthaya, who had worked as a beautician in Mae Ai district, tested positive for the virus.
Navalny says he tricked FSB agent into admitting poisoning
AFP, Published on 22/12/2020
» MOSCOW: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday he had tricked a security agent into admitting the Federal Security Service (FSB) sought to kill him this summer and placed poison in his underwear.
US poised to grant Sudan immunity over past attacks
AFP, Published on 22/12/2020
» WASHINGTON: US lawmakers were set Monday to back legislation granting Sudan legal immunity for past attacks, a final step in a historic deal removing Khartoum from Washington's blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism.
'Make the Yuletide gay': Christmas films finally show same-sex couples
AFP, Published on 22/12/2020
» LOS ANGELES: When Jonathan Bennett's agent called about a leading romantic part in a new Christmas movie, the actor's first reaction was "Great, who's the girl?"
The Best-Managed Companies of 2020 -- and How They Got That Way
Business, Patrick Thomas, Published on 22/12/2020
» The technology giants that shape so much of our lives dominate in yet another way: They lead the pack of the country's best-run companies.