Another Singapore crypto firm in trouble
SINGAPORE: The beleaguered cryptocurrency lender Hodlnaut says it is the subject of “pending proceedings” involving Singapore police and that it has slashed its workforce.
Mountain B pub inferno death toll rises to 20
The death toll from the Mountain B pub fire in Chon Buri rose to 20 on Friday, when a 50-year-old man with critical burns died at Chon Buri Hospital after 14 days of treatment.
BG Pathum end Kitchee's Asian Champions League dream
Thailand's BG Pathum United ended Kitchee's fairytale Asian Champions League run with a 4-0 win over the Hong Kong side in the round of 16 on Friday.
Japan court recognises trans woman as parent of girl born before transition
A Tokyo court on Friday acknowledged the parent-child relationship between a transgender woman and her daughter conceived using her frozen sperm and born to her female partner before legally transitioning, partially overturning an earlier family court decision.
Covid vaccine plan for the very young
The government plans to buy 2.9 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer for children aged from six months to four years.
Thailand to allow foreign tourists to extend stay as Covid eases
Thailand will permit an extended length of stay for foreign tourists between October and March in a bid to support its economic recovery as pressures from Covid-19 ease, Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) spokesman Taweesilp Visanuyothin said on Friday.
Soldier slain at army camp gate, corporal prime suspect
NAKHON PHANOM: Police will ask the military court to issue a warrant for the arrest of an army corporal accused of shooting dead a private outside a military camp in Pla Pak district on Thursday evening.
Fuel price hikes, scarce rice add to hardship in Myanmar
People queue under monsoon drizzle for subsidised cooking oil in Yangon, waiting for one of the many commodities that have become scarce as economic misery strikes the city.
2,110 new Covid inpatients, 27 more deaths
There were 27 more Covid-19 fatalities and 2,110 new patients admitted to hospitals on Thursday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Friday.
Covid-19 to be declared endemic in October
The government will declare Covid-19 endemic in October, and from November responsibility for dealing with it will devolve to provincial disease committees, a spokesman says.
NATO races to counter Russia’s threat in Europe’s weak spot
BUCHAREST: It didn’t take long after Russia attacked Ukraine for French Colonel Clement Torrent to get his orders: He had six months to build a base for 1,000 soldiers on NATO’s eastern frontier.
Rangers arrest 2 men, seize 3m meth pills after pursuit
Soldiers arrested two fleeing men in Mae Chan district of Chiang Rai and later seized about 3 million methamphetamine pills dumped while they were being chased through nearby Mae Ai border district of Chiang Mai early Friday morning.
Torrential rain causes havoc in New Zealand, hundreds forced from homes
WELLINGTON: Torrential rain hit parts of New Zealand for a fourth day on Friday, forcing hundreds of people from their homes as rivers overflowed their banks and waterlogged ground becomes unstable.
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Cambodia says lost artifacts found in Gallery 249 at the Met
Cambodian officials believe several artifacts exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York were stolen.
Popular actress indicted, denied bail in Forex-3D fraud case
Actress Sawika "Pinky" Chaidet, her mother and her brother were arraigned in court and denied bail on Thursday on charges of operating a forex Ponzi scheme that cheated thousands of victims out of about 2 billion baht.
CCSA to mull Covid downgrade
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) will on Friday discuss a proposal by the national communicable disease committee to downgrade Covid-19 to a communicable disease under surveillance from its current state as a serious communicable disease.
City Hall to receive B79.7bn budget
Bangkok Council on Thursday unanimously approved a budget of 79.71 billion baht for the coming 2023 fiscal year, starting Oct 1, as City Hall plans to use most of the money to ease the city's most nagging problems including flooding and traffic congestion.
Facebook bans major US anti-vaccine group
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook-owner Meta said Thursday it had kicked one of the most influential US anti-vaccination groups off the social media network for spreading Covid-19 misinformation.
Huge complex of 500 standing stones found in Spain
MADRID: A huge megalithic complex of more than 500 standing stones has been discovered in southern Spain which could be one of the largest in Europe, archaeologists said on Thursday.
