Police seize a banner from activists outside the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry on Friday during a protest against the eviction of ethnic Karen villagers. (Photo by Nutthawat Wicheanbut) A civic group protested in front of the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry building on Friday as […]
Public transportation costs, including trishaw fares, are included in the government’s new financial relief scheme, called ‘Rao Chana’ (We Win). (Photo by Pattarapong chatpattarasill) The Finance Ministry is preparing to reconsider the eligibility criteria for receiving financial aid under the Rao Chana (We Win) scheme, […]
A fund set up to provide money to scores of women who say they were abused by financier Jeffrey Epstein when they were as young as 14 has abruptly suspended payouts over uncertain funding – an action the Virgin Islands attorney general blamed Thursday on […]
Lawyers have filed an amended complaint in the US-based lawsuit against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) containing allegations about attempts to “lure” an ex-spymaster’s family to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and summons for two alleged members of the “Tiger” hit squad. The […]
Oil prices rose about one percent on Friday, after hitting their highest in a year and closing in on $60 a barrel, supported by economic revival hopes and supply curbs by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the producer group’s allies. Oil […]
Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company on Friday announced six new projects in development for Netflix Inc, including a love story with a supernatural twist and a young adult thriller. The former president and first lady’s Higher Ground Productions will adapt British-Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid’s […]
The US Air Force ordered a broad review of security at all its installations on Friday, after an unarmed man got access to the flight line at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland and entered an aircraft used by top US and military officials. Air Force […]
United States stocks rose on Friday and the SP and Nasdaq indexes registered their biggest weekly percentage gains since the US election in early November, boosted by optimism about earnings, stimulus talks and progress in vaccine roll-outs. The SP 500 rose for a fifth straight […]
In South Korea, retail investors have given Cathie Wood a nickname: “Money Tree.” Looking at the pile of cash now managed by Ark Investment Management, it’s easy to see why. Ark’s exchange-traded fund assets under management crossed $50 billion this week, up from only $3.6 […]
President Joe Biden gave his strongest indication yet that he will push for his $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan without Republican support, saying that a weak jobs report shows the risk of doing “too little.” “If I have to choose between getting help right now […]
