By Reuters, published by Channel NewsAsia Yangon – People displaced by an upsurge of fighting in Myanmar’s Chin State voiced concerns over shelter and supplies as more flee the conflict that has sprung up between the army and insurgents opposed to the junta that seized power in February. The exodus also threatens to push more
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‘No truth’ in Indian minister’s claims of Singapore Covid-19 variant
By Channel NewsAsia Singapore – Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has expressed its concerns to India’s High Commissioner over comments made by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal about a purported Covid-19 variant found in Singapore. In a press statement today (May 19), MFA said it “regrets the unfounded assertions made on Facebook and Twitter”
Read moreChinese gangsters injure 2 policemen in Chonburi shooting
A CHINESE gang shot and wounded two transnational crime unit police officers who had gone to their luxury house in Chonburi province with a search warrant to inspect it this afternoon (May 19), TV Channel 7 said. Led by Pol. Maj. Gen. Thiti Sangsawang, acting head of Chonburi police, and accompanied by tourist, immigration and
Read moreYingluck commemorates 2010 military crackdown
FORMER prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra today (May 19) posted a message on her Facebook page commemorating the 11th anniversary of the military crackdown on the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) protests in central Bangkok that left over 85 people dead including more than 80 civilians and according to the Erawan EMS Centre two
Read moreDaily Covid tally tops 3,000 while market defends its field hospital
THE Public Health Ministry said early this morning (May 19) that there were 3,394 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours while 29 more patients died taking the death toll to 678, Amarin TV said. Meanwhile Pathum Thani province’s See Mum Muang market management explained on its Facebook page last evening that the purpose
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