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'Our homeland is burning': Volunteers join Siberia wildfire fight
AFP, Published on 30/07/2021
» BYAS-KYUEL (RUSSIA) - The father and son stood in the forest burning around them, the elder with a shovel in hand, the younger with a plastic bottle filled with gasoline.
US condemns 'harassment' of foreign journalists in China
AFP, Published on 30/07/2021
» WASHINGTON - The United States is "deeply concerned" over the harassment and intimidation of foreign correspondents covering deadly floods in China, a State Department spokesman said Thursday.
School's out? Tuition curbs pile on the anxiety for China's parents
AFP, Published on 30/07/2021
» BEIJING - In Beijing's exclusive Haidian district, Zhao says she ploughs $10,000 a year into extra classes for her eight-year-old, a leg up in the competitive scramble of modern China -- and an advantage the state now wants to restrict.
Myanmar's strike holdouts maintain defiance of 'wicked junta'
AFP, Published on 30/07/2021
» BANGKOK: Doctors healing patients from hiding, teachers giving up their classrooms and bankers losing their savings are among the stubborn holdouts still on strike to protest Myanmar's military coup six months ago.
1.54m US Covid vaccine doses arrive
Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 30/07/2021
» A total of 1.54 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and donated by the United States arrived at Suvarnabhumi airport on Friday morning.
'Flawed' scientific papers fueling Covid-19 misinformation
AFP, Published on 30/07/2021
» WASHINGTON: Scientific studies with poor methodology and inaccurate findings are exacerbating a Covid-19 misinformation crisis that is discouraging vaccination and putting lives at risk.
Hong Kong police investigate Olympic chants, China anthem booing
AFP, Published on 30/07/2021
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong police on Friday said they had launched an investigation into Olympic Games fans who booed China's national anthem and drowned it out with chanting during a public screening at a mall.
Hubris: Experts add up reasons for US 'failure' in Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 30/07/2021
» WASHINGTON: Lies, ego, hubris and self-deception: US experts are counting up the reasons for failure in the two-decade US war in Afghanistan, calling it ill-fated from the beginning, comparable to the American experience in Vietnam.
Phuket governor orders entire island sealed off
Gary Boyle, Published on 30/07/2021
» The Phuket governor has ordered the entire island sealed off, with travellers from other provinces not allowed to enter Phuket starting from Aug 3.
117 Covid fatalities, 17,345 new cases Friday
Gary Boyle, Published on 30/07/2021
» There were 117 new Covid-19 fatalities and 17,345 new cases over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Friday morning.