Push to overcome vaccine delays
2023-03-02
Authorities are working to speed up the rollout of childhood immunisation programmes that have been delayed by Covid-19 for three years.Continue Reading
Move Forward campaigner dies after hit-and-run
2023-03-02
A prospective Move Forward Party candidate for Phrae who suffered serious injuries in a hit-and-run crash after campaigning on Sunday was pronounced dead on Thursday.Continue Reading
SIA to ‘take on board customer feedback’ after paper serviceware trial sparks criticism
2023-03-02
Singapore Airlines is currently trialling the use of serviceware made with Forest Stewardship Council-certified paper on selected medium- and long-haul flights.Continue Reading
PM: Local administrators’ pay rise not vote-getting
2023-03-02
UDON THANI: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Thursday repeated a pledge to raise the salaries of tambon (subdistrict) officials and upgrade their offices to municipal status, but denied he was campaigning for votes.Continue Reading
Five key takeaways from US House hearing on China
2023-03-02
In a rare show of bipartisanship, Republican and Democratic House members put on a united front as they probed how to respond to the perceived growing threat of China. The inaugural hearing of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party comes at a delicate time – […]Continue Reading
Surveillance boosted along southern border
2023-03-02
NARATHIWAT: Authorities will ramp up security surveillance and boost efforts to protect residents along the southern border as they continue to push for peace across the deep South.Continue Reading
Chinese embassy backs Thai crackdown on crime
2023-03-02
The Chinese embassy in Bangkok says it supports efforts by Thailand to deal with Chinese nationals involved in illegal activities in the kingdom.Continue Reading
LGBTQ rights: Japan PM under fire for same-sex marriage remarks
2023-03-02
Fumio Kishida is facing criticism for his remarks, just weeks after apologising over a separate scandal.Continue Reading
Spin doctor who made and broke with Putin is dead
2023-03-02
Vladimir Putin’s former adviser and spin doctor Gleb Pavlovsky, who has died aged 71, was once described as “Putin’s Karl Rove.” He was the man who got things done in the Kremlin, like Rove did for his political master, George W Bush. Pavlovsky – a dissident turned apparatchik turned dissident again – was at the […]Continue Reading
Vo Van Thuong: Vietnam picks new president in power shuffle
2023-03-02
Vo Van Thuong stands out for his relative youth and for a career devoted to the ruling communist party.Continue Reading