Flu vaccine ‘a top priority’ this year
Doctors are urging people to receive influenza vaccines to boost their immunity amid concerns that the flu is likely to rebound following the Covid-19 pandemic.Continue Reading
Ministry seeks court order to shut down site
The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) will ask the court to close down a website that hacked the personal information of 55 million Thais after finding more clues about the hacker.Continue Reading
Satun prayer building ‘not a mosque’
The Fourth Army has defended its decision to allow a Muslim prayer facility to be built at a military camp in Satun. It says the facility is not a mosque as some allege and is only meant for Muslim soldiers at the camp and their immediate family members.Continue Reading
Chinese suspects on the run
Police are collecting evidence so the court can issue arrest warrants for three Chinese men who they believed kidnapped and murdered a Chinese university student after failing to obtain a 2.5-million-baht ransom from her father in China.Continue Reading
Christian ‘refugees’ to be sent to court today
About half of the 63 Chinese Christian asylum seekers held in Pattaya last week for overstaying their visas will be sent to court today, according to an immigration officer.Continue Reading
Migrants bring home B299bn
More than 100,000 workers sent overseas by the Ministry of Labour last year and early this year sent back 299 billion baht in foreign currency to the local economy, according to the Department of Employment.Continue Reading
Security ‘ready’ at poll site
The Metropolitan Police Bureau (MPB) says it is ready to ensure security at the Bangkok Youth Centre (Thai-Japan) in Din Daeng district, Bangkok’s site for the election candidacy registration that will run from today until Friday.Continue Reading
Principal launches ESG-focused Shariah-compliant investment fund
Fund aims for companies that embrace sustainability values in business
Target fund is a qualified Sustainable and Responsible Investment fund Principal Malaysia has introduced the Principal Islamic Global Responsible Equity Fund, a Shariah-compliant investment fund that provides investors with an opportunity to invest across a diversified portfolio of equities while considering sustainability…Continue Reading
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Japanese electronic music maestro dies
The award-winning composer and producer, whose fans included David Bowie, has died aged 71.Continue Reading
Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto dies aged 71
TOKYO: Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto has died at the age of 71, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday (Apr 2). The pioneering composer had been battling cancer, his management team also said in a statement. Sakamoto died on March 28th, and was given a funeral attended only by close family,Continue Reading