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Anguish and anger after Taiwan building blaze kills 46
AFP, Published on 15/10/2021
» KAOHSIUNG (TAIWAN) - Taiwanese residents voiced anguish and outrage on Friday after 46 people perished in an inferno that tore through a dilapidated housing block as investigators searched for what sparked the island's deadliest fire in decades.
Bill Clinton in hospital with non-Covid infection
AFP, Published on 15/10/2021
» WASHINGTON: Former president Bill Clinton has been hospitalised with a non-Covid-related infection, a spokesman said Thursday evening.
'Human trafficker' nabbed
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 15/10/2021
» A woman was arrested in Samut Prakan on Thursday for allegedly luring Thai women into forced prostitution in Bahrain.
Govt eyes purchasing Covid pills
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 15/10/2021
» The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Thursday approved a plan to buy 50,000 courses of molnupiravir pills -- the world's first oral medication to treat Covid-19.
Detention hearing for Norway bow-and-arrow attacker
AFP, Published on 15/10/2021
» KONGSBERG (NORWAY) - A judge in Norway will rule in a custody hearing on Friday for the man who confessed to a deadly bow-and-arrow attack that police have said was probably an act of terror.
Asian deer's comeback marks rare China conservation success
AFP, Published on 15/10/2021
» BEIJING: An Asian deer's comeback from the brink of extinction marks a rare success for China's conservation efforts, which have long faced criticism for focusing on only a handful of flagship species.
Microsoft shuttering LinkedIn in China as rules tighten
AFP, Published on 15/10/2021
» NEW YORK: Microsoft on Thursday said it will shut down career-oriented social network LinkedIn in China, citing a "challenging operating environment" as Beijing tightens its control over tech firms.
US port logjam brings early Christmas for importers
AFP, Published on 15/10/2021
» LOS ANGELES: Christmas came early -- June, to be precise -- at the port of Los Angeles, as American importers raced to get ahead of a pandemic-sparked logjam that has snarled global shipping.
Norrie crushes Schwartzman, Dimitrov holds off Hurkacz in Indian Wells
AFP, Published on 15/10/2021
» INDIAN WELLS: Great Britain's Cameron Norrie used a precise service game to overpower Diego Schwartzman 6-0, 6-2 to reach the semi-finals of the ATP Indian Wells Masters on Thursday.
Ministry plans B600m concerts
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/10/2021
» The Tourism and Sports Ministry expects to spend 500-600 million baht on concerts in Bangkok and Phuket after it was confirmed that two artists -- 'Lisa' and Andrea Bocelli -- will perform.