Medical personnel of Songklanagarind Hospital in Songkhla province receive moral support as they leave for a field hospital for severely ill Covid-19 patients in Nonthaburi province on Thursday. (Photo courtesy of Songklanagarind Hospital) The National Health Security Office (NHSO) will seek an additional budget of […]
Members of the Social Security Fund arrive at the Thai-Japanese youth centre in Din Daeng district of Bangkok for free Covid-19 tests on May 8. (Photo: Apichit Jinakul) The Social Security Office (SSO) is to seek the cabinet’s approval to cut social security fund (SSF) […]
Prices paid to U.S. producers rose in April by more than forecast, adding to signs of a growing wave of inflationary pressure that’s extending to American consumers. The producer price index for final demand increased 0.6% from the prior month after a 1% gain in […]
Amazon is seeking to hire 75,000 people in a tight job market and is offering bonuses to attract United States workers, including $100 for new hires who are already vaccinated against COVID-19. The jobs are for delivery and warehouse workers, who pack and ship online […]
Wall Street ended sharply higher at the close of a broad rally on Thursday, bouncing back from three straight days of selling on upbeat labour market data. All three major United States stock indexes notched solid gains, with the Nasdaq, weighed by Tesla Inc, picking […]
With tech’s recent pummeling, the cash Cathie Wood is managing in her ETF lineup has just dropped below $40 billion — but her loyal fan base is largely hanging on for the ride. The founder of Ark Investment Management LLC now controls $39.7 billion in […]
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Thursday that World Trade Organization negotiations over intellectual property waivers for COVID-19 vaccines are a chance for the deeply divided trade body to make itself relevant to the world’s needs. Tai, speaking to the House Ways and […]
Mangya, China – In an uninhabited area of China’s Qinghai province, two people step out of a tent into a landscape that resembles a planet in outer space under a sometimes sepia sky. Wearing bulky and worn-out space suits, they start to wobble across the […]
Civil rights lawyer Benjamin Crump joined the family of Pamela Turner, a Black woman killed by a Texas police officer in 2019 at a rally on Thursday, calling for justice in her killing on the second anniversary of her death. Turner, 44, was killed in […]
Armenia’s leader has accused Azerbaijani troops of crossing the southern border and trying to stake claim to territory in a new escalation of tensions between the regional foes. Nikol Pashinyan, the country’s acting prime minister, convened an emergency meeting of his security council on Thursday, […]
