By AFP and published by CNA JOHANNESBURG: South African customs officials arrested a Thai national trying to smuggle 50 suspected endangered parrot eggs through Johannesburg’s main airport, the environment ministry said on Wednesday (Aug. 26). The 50-year-old was arrested last week at OR Tambo International Airport after officials found the eggs concealed inside a
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Hatyai school moves classes online after alleged threats by former foreign teacher
HATYAI Wittayalai School announced moving classes online on Monday and Tuesday (Aug. 10-11) after a former foreign teacher allegedly posted messages and images of weapons that appeared to be a threat to shoot the administrators and teachers, TV Channel 7 and PPTVHD36 said this evening (Aug. 8). At 4.20 p.m. Ms. Thivichaya Meechuworapong, the
Read moreMexico get World Cup party started with 2-0 win over nine-man South Africa
By Reuters and published by CNA MEXICO CITY: Mexico got the World Cup party started as the co-hosts swept away South Africa 2-0 on Thursday (June 11) in an encounter with three red cards as the pyrotechnic smoke of the opening ceremony gave way to a cloud of red mist at a thrumming Azteca
Read moreForeigners held for overstaying on Koh Phangan
TOURIST Police arrested a South African man on Koh Phangan for overstaying in Thailand for 1,255 days after he was accused of extorting money from tourists claiming it was to treat his disabled leg, Naewna newspaper said today (July 9). Mr. Schalk Jacobus Botha, 51, was arrested after police got a complaint that he
Read moreBRICS summit to be ‘physical’ despite Putin warrant: South Africa
By AFP and published by CNA Johannesburg – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday (July 9) that next month’s BRICS summit, which Vladimir Putin has been invited to attend, will be held in-person despite an arrest warrant on the Russian leader. South Africa is the current chair of the BRICS, a
Read moreNew ‘most mutated Covid-19 variant’ found in South Africa
By Dnaindia.com, Daily Mail and Sanook.com South Africa – A new Covid-19 variant, C.1.2, detected in South Africa and several other countries, has put global health experts on alarm. As per a new study that is preprint and awaits peer review, the C.1.2 variant may be more infectious and have the ability to evade
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