Day: February 10, 2022

COVAX cuts North Korea’s vaccine allotment after no deliveries accepted

SEOUL – The COVAX global COVID-19 vaccine-sharing programme has scaled back the number of doses allocated for North Korea, international aid organisations said, as the country has so far failed to arrange for any shipments.A website dashboard maintaine…

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Cambodian protester takes loan to pay fine following release from jail

A Cambodian woman freed on Wednesday after serving four years in jail for posting a video of herself throwing a shoe at a poster of Prime Minister Hun Sen said she had taken out a loan to pay the fine imposed to secure her release.Sam Sokha, a supporte…

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Thammanat’s group votes with Opposition over Thailand’s draft liquor bill

Several Thai Economic Party MPs, led by former Palang Pracharath party secretary-general Thammanat Prompao, voted with the Opposition in supporting the draft liquor bill, aimed at breaking the domestic liquor oligopoly, and opposed the proposal to send…

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Black globules found on beaches in Rayong , Chon Buri sent for tests

A large number of the globules, believed to be dissolved oil, have been found scattered along the beaches in the eastern provinces of Rayong and Chon Buri as well as an oil sheen, and have been sent for analysis, according to the Marine and Coastal Res…

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Bhumjaithai leader says party has no problem with government

Thailand’s Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul insists that his Bhumjaithai party’s relationship with the government remains good and problem-free, despite their differences over the extension of the concession contract for the operation of the …

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