France donates 1m new Moderna doses
2023-03-13
Another batch of just over one million doses of Moderna’s bivalent Covid-19 vaccine from the French government was handed over to Thailand yesterday.Continue Reading
Police team defuse car bomb
2023-03-13
PATTANI: A woman found an improvised explosive device made from a gas cylinder strapped to the undercarriage of her SUV on Saturday night, which authorities have managed to defuse safely.Continue Reading
Russia and China threaten to create global ‘danger and disorder’, says Britain
2023-03-13
SAN DIEGO: Britain cast China as representing an “epoch-defining challenge” to the world order, in an update to its foreign policy framework published on Monday (Mar 13) which declared that the UK’s security hinged on the outcome of the Ukraine war. In the refresh of Britain’s blueprint for security andContinue Reading
Russia and China threaten to create global ‘danger and disorder’, Britain says
2023-03-13
SAN DIEGO: Britain cast China as representing an “epoch-defining challenge” to the world order, in an update to its foreign policy framework published on Monday (Mar 13) which declared that the UK’s security hinged on the outcome of the Ukraine war. In the refresh of Britain’s blueprint for security andContinue Reading
Taliban health ministry launches annual polio vaccination drive
2023-03-13
KABUL: Afghanistan has launched its annual polio inoculation campaign aimed at reaching 9 million children, the health ministry said on Monday (Mar 13), the second year in a row the vaccination drive has taken place under Taliban rule. Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan are the last countries with endemic polio, anContinue Reading
Rishi Sunak: China represents challenge to world order
2023-03-13
The PM says the UK will increase defence spending because “the world has become more volatile”.Continue Reading
Along with Xi’s ‘steel,’ new premier offers US sugar
2023-03-13
The new leader of China’s State Council called Monday for strengthening trade relations between China and the United States, the world’s two largest economies – although American politicians are pushing forward a decoupling and his own boss, President Xi Jinping, had just vowed to confront enemies with a “steel Great Wall.” “Some people in the US […]Continue Reading
Pattaya honours elephants as part of Thai heritage
2023-03-13
CHON BURI: Thailand celebrated National Elephant Day on Monday, honouring the beast that is a beloved symbol of the country with feasts of fruits and vegetables.Continue Reading
15 guinea pigs found abandoned in food delivery bags
2023-03-13
Ms Aarthi Sankar, SPCA’s executive director, said: “One guinea pig was also found dead under the bags with a swarm of flies surrounding it.” The remaining guinea pigs were taken to SPCA’s Community Animal Clinic for medical checks, Ms Sankar added. SPCA thanked the caller – who also found another twoContinue Reading
Start-ups in Singapore to face more difficulties in fundraising after US bank failures, say experts and VCs
2023-03-13
In the near term, some start-ups in Singapore with US-based venture capitalists or investors may see funding being delayed, industry players told CNA.Continue Reading