The anti-viral drug molnupiravir has been included in the list of essential medications covered by the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients (Ucep) Plus scheme, according to deputy government spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: DBS Group chief executive Piyush Gupta earned S$15.4 million in 2022, a 13 per cent increase in what was a banner year for Southeast Asia’s biggest lender. That included a cash bonus of S$5.8 million, his salary of S$1.5 million as well as deferred pay, the Singapore bank’s latest annualContinue Reading
Move Forward Party MP Rangsiman Rome lodged a petition with the Judicial Commission on Wednesday seeking a probe into the role of several judges regarding the revocation of an arrest warrant against a senator suspected of having links with drug trafficking rings.Continue Reading
A Congressional inquiry into the 2021 withdrawal hears emotional testimony from a bomb victim.Continue Reading
Move Forward Party MP Rangsiman Rome lodged a petition with the Judicial Commission on Wednesday seeking a probe into the role of several judges regarding the revocation of an arrest warrant against a senator suspected of having links with drug trafficking rings.Continue Reading
BEIJING: China’s annual consumer inflation slowed down in February as consumers remained cautious despite the abandonment of strong pandemic controls late last year, official data showed on Thursday (Mar 9). Producer deflation extended into a fifth month. The consumer price index (CPI) for the month was 1.0 per cent higherContinue Reading
NAMIE, Japan: Jinichi Abe grins as he watches diggers working earth near his rice fields, knowing they are returning still more fields to productivity after Fukushima nuclear reactors exploded and sprayed the area with radiation over a decade ago. Even better, Abe knows the rice that he and a cooperativeContinue Reading
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) held a workshop to launch the so-called Urban Sandbox: Klang Model at BMA General Hospital, which aims to improve healthcare for the increasing number of elderly people in Bangkok’s inner-city areas.Continue Reading
Kittipong “Big” Kachornboonthaworn, one of four brothers who allegedly ran the macau888 online gambling website, has contacted police to turn himself in on condition he gets bail.Continue Reading
Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh said an odd thing on March 7 when TASS asked him to compare his version of the Nordstream 1 and 2 pipeline explosions (US Navy divers did it, he had reported February 8) with a newly released version from the New York Times and German media that points to non-governmental Ukrainians […]Continue Reading