CNN visas revoked, charges pending over ‘unethical’ coverage
The Immigration Bureau has withdrawn visas issued for two CNN reporters after they entered the off-limits childcare centre where a mass shooting took place to report on the story.Continue Reading
Nursery massacre families pray to free children’s souls
Mourning families knelt Sunday outside a nursery in northeastern Nong Bua Lam Phu province where their children were murdered, performing a Buddhist ceremony to put their souls at rest.Continue Reading
Thousands throng Myanmar’s Shwedagon to mark Buddhist festival of lights
The country has been in turmoil since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s government in 2021, with fighting continuing across many regions and the economy in tatters. To mark Thadingyut last year the junta announced an amnesty for hundreds of protesters detained since the coup, sending families rushing toContinue Reading
Thaksin’s daugther overwhelms other PM candidates for northeastern voters
Paetongtarn Shinawatra led the pack of other potential candidates for prime minister among voters in the northeastern region, a Nida poll released on Sunday showed.Continue Reading
Thai police investigating CNN crew’s coverage of attack
UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand: Thai police are investigating a report that a CNN crew inappropriately entered the daycare centre where more than 20 pre-schoolers were slain as they were reporting on the attack, authorities said Sunday (Oct 9). Danaichok Boonsom, head of the local township administration, told reporters as he leftContinue Reading
Grieving families pray at Thai temple for slain nursery victims
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is expected to attend an evening prayer at one of the temples later Sunday. The mass killing on Thursday was the nation’s deadliest, with the perpetrator killing dozens at the Young Children’s Development Center in Uthai Sawan and wounding several others. He then left theContinue Reading
Police plan action against CNN team for entering mass shooting crime scene
Police will take legal action against a CNN crew for entering the crime scene of the mass shooting in Nong Bua Lamphu province, deputy national police chief Surachate Hakparn has said, after its news coverage drew strong opposition from media organisations in the country.Continue Reading
Moderna/Spikevax bivalent vaccine same safety profile as original dose, 6 in 100,000 report serious adverse events
All who have reported serious adverse events after taking the shot have recovered or are recovering, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung.Continue Reading
Philippine police kill 3 inmates amid rampage in Manila jail
Jailed Philippine human rights campaigner Leila de Lima was briefly taken hostage during the attempted breakout by three inmates.Continue Reading
MHI, Hitachi reviving Japan’s nuclear power industry
After Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in late August, ordered the development and construction of new nuclear power plants, Japan’s nuclear power plant builders are quickly following up with new and safer reactors. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) on September 29 announced the conceptual design of a new light-water nuclear reactor with additional safety features. The […]
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