Buddhipongse Punnakanta, minister of digital economy and society, elaborates on his complaint about illegal posts on social media, at the Technology Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok on Thursday. (Photo: Wassayos Ngamkham) The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society on Thursday asked technology crime suppression police […]
Tens of thousands of minorities in Myanmar remain without the right to vote, while access to information has been hampered due to internet restrictions and the coronavirus lockdown, rights groups told the United Nations in Geneva on Wednesday, saying the situation raises questions about the […]
Louisville, Kentucky – Demonstrators and activists in Louisville, Kentucky, have promised to continue their fight for justice after a grand jury decided not to indict any of the police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, an unarmed Black woman, on murder charges. […]
Two years ago, Nicola Bayless was taking her evening walk in Happisburgh, a tiny village on the eastern coast of England, when a big chunk of the cliff fell down. “It sounded like thunder. Like a click of fingers and it’s gone. You had no […]
China’s network of detention centres in the northwest Xinjiang region is much bigger than previously thought and is being expanded, even as Beijing says it is winding down a “re-education” programme for ethnic Uighurs that has been condemned internationally, new research released by an Australian […]
Warnings from United States Federal Reserve officials about the shakiness of the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and a tumble on Wall Street pulled shares in Asia sharply lower on Thursday. US Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida said on Wednesday that the US […]
Anger, frustration and sadness over the decision not to charge Kentucky police officers for Breonna Taylor’s death poured into the streets in the United States as protesters lashed out at a criminal justice system they say is stacked against Black people. In Taylor’s hometown, Louisville, […]
Football spactators have their temperature checked for signs of the Covid-19 disease before being allowed into PAT Stadium in Klong Toey district, Bangkok, to watch a match on Sept 13. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul) The government on Thursday reported two new cases of coronavirus disease, both […]
Japan and South Korea must cooperate to counter any threat from North Korea, Japan’s new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, told South Korea’s president on Thursday, calling for the uneasy neighbours to repair their frayed relationship. Ties between the two allies of the United States have […]
Bollywood superstar Deepika Padukone has been summoned for questioning as part of an escalating drugs probe into the suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian police said late on Wednesday. The investigation has already seen actress Rhea Chakraborty arrested for allegedly buying drugs for her […]
