Dancers perform a classical Khon dance at Suvarnabhumi airport last week as part of a public relations campaign ahead of the upcoming Apec summit next month. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard) Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Tuesday most of the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) leaders […]
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Airports put on alert for Ebola cases
Airport staff take part in a drill to practise screening arrivals at Suvarnabhumi airport last year. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb) The Public Health Ministry is beefing up health checks on incoming travellers from Africa in a bid to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus in […]
Horizon Europe Awards Synergy Grants to Four Austrian Researchers
The Austrian Federal Minister for Education, Science and Research, Martin Polaschek, congratulates the four top researchers on their new projects and wishes them every success in realizing their projects. This year, four Austrian research institutions are involved in the successful Synergy Grants. With a total […]
Twitter is losing its most active users, internal documents show
“Is Twitter dying?” billionaire Elon Musk mused in April, five days before offering to buy the social media platform. The reality, according to internal Twitter research seen by the Reuters news agency, goes far beyond the handful of examples of celebrities ghosting their own accounts. […]
Alphabet’s revenue miss fans fears of economic slowdown
Google parent Alphabet Inc has missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue as advertisers cut back on spending in the face of an economic slowdown. The negative results on Tuesday reinforced worries on Wall Street that inflation will continue to hurt advertising spending. Last week, […]
Indigenous child compensation deal falls short: Canadian tribunal
A human rights tribunal in Canada has rejected an agreement to compensate Indigenous children who faced discrimination in the welfare system, saying the government’s plan did not meet all the requirements and could exclude some individuals affected by the policies. Canada announced in early January […]
How have Myanmar’s ethnic conflicts evolved since the coup?
At least 60 people have been killed in a Myanmar military air raid on a celebration by one of the country’s most prominent ethnic rebel groups. Those who were killed had been marking the anniversary of the foundation of the Kachin Independence Army’s political wing. […]
US school shooter armed with rifle, 600 rounds: Police
The gunman who killed a teacher and a 15-year-old girl in a deadly school shooting in the US city of St Louis, Missouri, was heavily armed and equipped with hundreds of rounds of ammunition, police say. Police Commissioner Michael Sack said on Tuesday that the […]
US school shooter armed with rifle, 600 rounds: Police
The gunman who killed a teacher and a 15-year-old girl in a deadly school shooting in the US city of St Louis, Missouri, was heavily armed and equipped with hundreds of rounds of ammunition, police say. Police Commissioner Michael Sack said on Tuesday that the […]
Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan announces march on capital
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says he will begin a protest march with his supporters from the eastern city of Lahore to the capital on Friday to call for early elections. Smaller protests by Khan’s supporters took place last week after Pakistan’s top election […]