A quiet beach in Phuket on Tuesday. (Photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran) The Phuket governor has ordered the entire island sealed off, with travellers from other provinces not allowed to enter Phuket starting from Aug 3, while the fate of the Phuket Sandbox scheme is yet to […]
“We now see our friends in Thailand enduring hardship, and we want to do everything we can to help you save lives and recover from this outbreak,” said Michael Heath, Chargé d’Affaires of the US Embassy in Thailand. The first batch of 1.5 million Pfizer […]
The first flight evacuating Afghan interpreters and others who worked alongside the United States forces in Afghanistan has landed at Washington Dulles International Airport, according to an internal US government document and a commercial flight tracking service. An airliner carrying 221 Afghans, including 57 children […]
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has denied a report that Pakistani fighters have crossed the border into Afghanistan to aid the Taliban in its fight against the Afghan government. “This is absolute nonsense”, Khan said in an interview with PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff. Prime […]
Gyasi Zardes scored in the 86th minute as the United States beat Qatar 1-0 to reach the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup where they will take on Mexico who beat Canada in the other semi-final. Zardes replaced Daryl Dike in the 63rd minute and […]
The United Nations humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths and US aid head Samantha Power will hold talks in Ethiopia this week to push for urgent access into the conflict-hit Tigray region, where hundreds of thousands of people there face the world’s worst famine crisis in 10 […]
The United Nations humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths and US aid head Samantha Power will hold talks in Ethiopia this week to push for urgent access into the conflict-hit Tigray region, where hundreds of thousands of people there face the world’s worst famine crisis in 10 […]
The first person convicted under Hong Kong’s national security law has been sentenced to nine years in prison, judges said, in a watershed ruling with long-term implications for the city’s judicial landscape. Former waiter Tong Ying-kit, 24, was convicted on Tuesday of terrorism for driving […]
The first person convicted under Hong Kong’s national security law has been sentenced to nine years in prison, judges said, in a watershed ruling with long-term implications for the city’s judicial landscape. Former waiter Tong Ying-kit, 24, was convicted on Tuesday of terrorism for driving […]
The Tokyo Olympics organisers are running a village for athletes and coaches where more than 80 percent are vaccinated against the coronavirus, testing is compulsory and movement is stringently curtailed. None of that is true for the giant Japanese capital that surrounds the Olympic “bubble”. […]
