The skies above Mars will witness some startling aeronautical displays in the next few days when three rival space robot probes reach the red planet after journeying for millions of miles across space. The United Arab Emirates’ probe Hope orbiter will arrive first, on Tuesday, (tomorrow) followed by China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft the next day. Finally,
Month: February 2021
The world’s bad guys are winning. Is anyone going to stand up to them?
Blame Joe Biden for not stepping in more quickly, or Donald Trump for encouraging authoritarian rulers. Blame Barack Obama for lifting sanctions. Easier still, blame China for propping up a military junta and putting profit before people. The International Court of Justice warned of ongoing genocide, but nobody was saved. UN security council members
Read moreWarning shots fired at protesters in Myawaddy, 6 arrested
A TENSE confrontation between anti-coup protesters and Myanmar police today (Feb. 7) at Myawaddy town, just across the river from Thai Mae Sot town, ended after police fired warning shots and then moved in to arrest them with six rounded up so far, Sanook.com reported. Those rallying on Myawaddy’s streets called for the release
Read moreThanathorn not discouraged despite being hit with many cases
PROGRESSIV Movement leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit said today (Feb. 17) that in entering the political arena he has now been hit with lots of cases which waste his time but have not led to any discouragement, INN News and Sanook.com said. Thanathorn, who is the leading government critic, was a few days ago ordered by the
Read moreSamut Sakhon’s Covid total reaching 15,000, Bangkok has 17 new cases
THE Public Health Ministry said at 1 p.m. today (Feb. 7) that Samut Sakhon still has the most Covid-19 cases in the country with this reaching 14,732 from Dec. 18, 2020 to this morning when 202 new cases were added over the past 24 hours, Siam Rath newspaper said. Bangkok had 17 new cases today
Read moreThousands rally again in Myanmar against military coup
YANGON: Thousands of anti-coup protesters in Myanmar poured back onto the streets today (Sunday), as an internet blackout failed to stifle growing outrage at the military’s ouster of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The fresh rally followed the largest protests to date on Saturday, when tens of thousands came out in cities across
Read moreUS billionaires vie to make space the next business frontier
Later this year Jeff Bezos, the first person to have led a business from nothing to a trillion-dollar valuation, will step down from his job as head of Amazon. But as you’d expect from a tech multibillionaire, his eyes are on a potentially bigger prize: outer space. Bezos will be dedicating more time to a
Read moreSecret flirting technique used by women ‘exposed’
It’s not really talked about, but there’s one thing women do if they like someone, says Jana Hocking – and now, scientists have backed it up. Ever had a whopping big old-fashioned crush on someone and walked away from a conversation pondering if the person was flirting with you? Or were they just being
Read moreMeghan Markle: Sister Samantha’s book full of wild claims
Meghan Markle’s sister Samantha has released her much-anticipated tell-all book — and it’s filled with wild assertions about her estranged half-sibling. The Duchess has not dignified the publication of The Diary of Princess Pushy’s Sister: Part 1 with a comment, but a friend told Vanity Fair it had has “barely registered on her radar”. “Meghan has not seen Samantha for
Read moreShocking sex toy myth women believe
A number of rumors about sex toys have been fabricated over the years – but this myth needs to be shut down fast, says sex guru Nadia Bokody. An official knock echoes through my apartment door. It’s that time of year again – my annual rental inspection; also known as the day I have to
Read moreIndian farmers block highways nationwide
(New Delhi) Tens of thousands of protesting Indian farmers have blocked highways across the country in defiance of the government’s internet and phone blackout, facing off against a heavy security deployment stationed behind rows of razor wire and concrete blocks. They’re demanding a repeal of laws pushed through parliament last year by the government of
Read moreDates set for Covid relief aid for 9m Thais
The Ministry of Labour said employees of private firms can begin registering for their slice of a new 4,000-baht financial relief package from Feb 16. Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin said he agreed with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha that the Covid-19 financial relief package should also be given to employees of private firms covered by Section
Read moreSiam Cement Group logs growth in Cambodia
Thai construction materials producer Siam Cement Group (SCG) reported a dip in revenue from sales in the fourth quarter of last year, marred by the spread of Covid-19 and seasonal flooding. According to the company’s unaudited operating results for 2020, SCG’s total consolidated assets amounted to $24.970 billion, of which $9.451 billion or 38 per
Read moreMore Covid19 cases as China vaccination gives hope
A total of 490 new Covid-19 cases — 479 local infections and 11 imported — were reported on Saturday, raising the total to 23,134 with no new deaths. Of the local infections, 412 were detected from active case finding in communities and 67 others were confirmed by
Read moreMyanmar anti-coup protests grow as army broadens Internet crackdown
By Wire Agencies and published by Channel NewsAsia (Yangon)- Myanmar saw its largest anti-coup protests yet on Saturday (Feb. 6) with young demonstrators spilling on to the streets to denounce the country’s new military regime, despite a nationwide Internet blackout aimed at stifling a growing chorus of popular dissent. Around 3,000 demonstrators gathered on a
Read moreTik-Tok star rates men on sex
A woman has become a TikTok star after creating a series about all the men she’s slept with – including a ranking order of their performance. They say you’ll never forget your first kiss – but after that, not all romantic encounters are quite so life-changing. Well in a bid to remember each
Read moreMyanmar military widens coup dragnet
By TNR’s special correspondent in Yangon Several hundred teachers and students protested at a Myanmar university on Friday as the military widened a dragnet against officials ousted in a coup that has drawn global condemnation and the threat of new sanctions. The rally took place after the arrest Win Htein, a key aide to
Read moreNuclear war with Russia and China a ‘real possibility’
(New York) A top US admiral has called on the nation’s leaders to seek new ways to face threats by Russia and China, including the “real possibility” of nuclear conflict. Admiral Charles Richard, who heads the US Strategic Command – which is responsible for nuclear deterrence – warned that Moscow and Beijing have
Read moreChina’s war on ‘feminisation’ aims to build ‘soldiers’
China has laid out a plan to stop the “feminisation” of Chinese boys following complaints the nation’s teens were too delicate, timid and effeminate. A letter from China’s state education ministry has announced the plan to prevent the “feminisation” of young Chinese males, arguing adolescents can be prevented from becoming too girly by exercising and being
Read moreChina and Russia form axis of power
China and Russia are forming a new axis of power, NATO’s top general has warned. Tod Wolters, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, or SACEUR, has told reporters that growing co-operation “really does suggest an emergence of a partnership of convenience”. It’s a partnership that potentially spans the globe, from the Middle East to the
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