Traders on Wednesday arrange durians into batches ready for distribution at Simummuang Market in Pathum Thani where 867 people there tested positive for the virus. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut) More than 860 new Covid-19 cases have been found at Simummuang Market in Pathum Thani, while Bang Kapi […]
Thai Airways aircraft remain grounded at Suvarnabhumi airport in Samut Prakan province. (Photo: Apichit Jinakul) Thai Airways International’s (THAI) creditors on Wednesday formally approved the airline’s debt rehabilitation plan which emphasises the state’s role in helping the struggling flag carrier access fresh cash injections. The […]
Doha, Qatar – A Kenyan security guard working in Qatar’s capital Doha is still in detention two weeks after his arrest as rights groups’ concerns grow over the lack of information and clarity on the charges surrounding his arrest. A Qatari government official told Al […]
Amazon announced plans for a new warehouse that will bring more than 500 jobs to north Alabama in the United States just weeks after workers at another company facility in the state soundly defeated a push for unionisation. The company said the 93,000-square-metre (1 million-square-foot) […]
Progressive United States legislators have introduced a measure to block the sale of $375m in weapons to Israel, saying the Biden administration should not be “rubber-stamping” arms transfers to the Israeli government as it bombs the besieged Gaza Strip. On Wednesday, a group of Democratic […]
Anti-government protests have stretched into their fourth week in Colombia, as student groups, unions and others took to the streets again on Wednesday to demand social change amid continuing talks between the government and strike leaders. About 8,000 people attended protests in the capital, Bogota, […]
Seoul, South Korea – “Is South Korea a dictatorship?” asked Park Sang-hak, a North Korean defector and leader of Fighters for a Free North Korea who regularly sends helium balloons laden with leaflets about the North across the border. “Is it a free and democratic […]
Asian energy officials on Wednesday disputed a call from the International Energy Agency (IEA) for no new oil, natural gas and coal investments for the world to be able to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, viewing that approach as too narrow. The IEA, which […]
Body camera footage obtained by The Associated Press news agency shows Louisiana state troopers stunning, punching and dragging a Black man as he apologised for leading them on a high-speed chase during a deadly arrest. “I’m your brother! I’m scared!” Ronald Greene can be heard […]
Progressive United States legislators have introduced a measure to block the sale of $375m in weapons to Israel, saying the Biden administration should not be “rubber-stamping” arms transfers to the Israeli government as it bombs the besieged Gaza Strip. On Wednesday, a group of Democratic […]
