ICON Siam, one of Bangkok’s luxury shopping malls, posted a message via social media today (Jan. 19) that it was investigating a security guard who appeared in a live video clip to have slapped a woman who had held up a protest sign earlier in the day, Sanook.com reported. The woman who was slapped was
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Diners flee restaurant as wild elephant strolls in
A GROUP of diners at a pork barbeque restaurant in Nakhon Nayok province fled in panic after a wild elephant strolled in but the jumbo too got frightened at seeing so many people and quickly went away, Sanook.com report this morning (Jan. 19). One of the customers at Khun Dan Moo Katha restaurant in Sarika
Read moreExclusive: Southeast Asia’s Grab Considering US IPO This Year – Sources
By Reuters Staff and published by US News & World Report Singapore: Southeast Asian ride-hailing and food delivery giant Grab is exploring a listing in the United States this year, encouraged by robust investor appetite for IPOs, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The IPO could raise at least $2 billion, one of
Read moreSiriraj Hospital personnel infected with Covid
THAILAND’S oldest and largest hospital Siriraj this evening (Jan. 18) confirmed reports that some of its medical personnel had got infected with coronavirus with random testing of nearly a hundred staff members having been undertaken, Siam Rath newspaper reported. Dr. Prasit Wattanapa, the dean of Siriraj’s Faculty of Medicine, will be giving the details at
Read moreIndia’s Covid-19 vaccination drive hits bump due to app glitch
By Reuters and published by Channel NewsAsia Satara, India: India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive hit a bump on the first day due to glitches in an app called Co-Win that is being used to coordinate the campaign, according to several officials involved in the immunisation programme. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched what his government has described
Read moreKidnapped protest guard safe after being released
FRIENDS of the Free Guards member who was said to have been kidnapped late last night (Jan. 16) after the group ended their protest at Samyan intersection earlier in the day has been released and is now safe with details of this event to be released later, Thai Rath newspaper reported. At 1.05 p.m. today
Read morePolice moving to arrest two suspects in ping pong bomb blast
POLICE are gearing up to issue arrest warrants for two suspects on the charges of throwing a ping pong bomb at protesters at Sam Yan intersection yesterday, Sanook.com reported today (Jan. 17). Pol. Maj. Gen. Piya Tawichai, deputy chief of Metropolitan Police, said it was initially discovered that a ping pong bomb was flung down
Read moreAt least 34 killed as strong quake rocks Indonesia’s Sulawesi
By Agencies and published by Channel NewsAsia Jakarta: At least 34 people were killed after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island early this morning (Jan. 15), said authorities. Hundreds more were injured when the earthquake struck in the early hours, triggering panic among the terrified residents of the island. “The latest information
Read more188 new Covid cases as Anutin says he will get the first Sinovac jab
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA’s) spokesman Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin said today (Jan. 15) there were 188 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours while Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul allayed fears about Sinovac Biotech’s vaccine by saying he would be the first person to get a dose, Siam Rath newspaper said. Of
Read moreIndonesia: Archaeologists find world’s oldest animal cave painting
By BBC ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered the world’s oldest known animal cave painting in Indonesia – a wild pig – believed to be drawn 45,500 years ago. Painted using dark red ochre pigment, the life-sized picture of the Sulawesi warty pig appears to be part of a narrative scene. The picture was found in the Leang
Read moreMan penniless after mobile phone fire guts house
A MAN in Trat province plunged into financial ruin after a mobile phone left charging by his grandchildren exploded and triggered a fire that completely gutted his two-storey wooden house, Amarin TV reported this afternoon (Jan. 14). Pol. Lt. Kasipat Jaroonroj, duty officer at Laem Ngop station, was alerted to the fire at Mr. Thawin
Read moreKlong Toey market shut for 3 days after coronavirus case emerges
KLONG TOEY district office ordered the closure of Klong Toey market for three day from Jan. 13 till 8 p.m. Jan. 16 after a vegetable vendor was found to be infected with Covid-19, Amarin TV reported. Another 14 people are at high-risk of catching this infection through exposure to this vendor. This new coronavirus case
Read moreTrump could declassify top-secret intelligence linking Covid to Wuhan lab
By The Sun DONALD Trump could declassify bombshell secret intelligence about the outbreak of Covid-19 linking it to a Wuhan research lab as one of his last acts as President. UK ministers are on “red alert” for a major intervention from the outgoing US government within days that claims the origin of the outbreak was
Read morePM opens door for local purchase of coronavirus vaccines
PRIME Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said today (Jan. 13) that local bodies may import Covid-19 vaccines out of their own funds but they have to pass the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards with many people having pinned their hopes on these vaccines, Siam Rath newspaper reported. The government has searched many channels in many countries
Read moreEight gorillas catch Covid and are showing same symptoms as humans
By Sian Elvin, Metro UK SEVERAL gorillas have coronavirus in what is thought to be the first known cases among primates in the world. The San Diego Zoo Safari Park has seen eight gorillas that live together test positive for Covid-19, with several of them coughing. They believe the infection came from a member of
Read more67 gamblers arrested in Rayong despite raging coronavirus outbreak
GAMBLING is still taking place in every district of Rayong province despite the severity of the Covid-19 outbreak in this coastal province with 67 suspects arrested in latest raids, Amarin TV reported today (Jan. 12, 2021). Rayong Governor Channa Iamsaeng told the press that there were nine more coronavirus cases and one death over the
Read moreTwitter shares dive 7% after Trump account suspension
By Reuters Staff and published by Livemint.com SHARES of Twitter slumped 7% today (Jan. 11), on course to knock off about $2.5 billion from the market value of the social media company after it permanently suspended the account of US President Donald Trump The slide came as some Republicans hit out over the weekend at
Read moreFish dying in badly polluted Central Plain canal
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PART OF A MAJOR canal in a Central Plain area is being critically polluted with blackish, odorous water, killing fish raised in submerged cages. Authorities are yet to find out about the polluted water which has been allegedly released into a drainage waterway which is connected with Raphiphat canal in Nong
Read moreMarine Corps sets sights on Chinese amphibious tanks
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THAILAND’S MARINE Corps plans to buy three light amphibious tanks from China for a combined price of 398 million baht. The VN16 light amphibious tanks would be supplied to the Marine Corps by Norinco of China in about a year after a purchase order has been signed, said a Marine Corps
Read moreArmy moving to get 60 more Stryker vehicles
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE THAI ARMY has planned to procure 60 more Stryker infantry carrier vehicles in order to make a total of 130 under deployment by a future Light Mechanized Infantry regiment. The 112th Infantry Regiment currently deploys 70 US-built Stryker infantry carrier vehicles and planned to procure 60 more in effort to
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