CENTRAL Investigation Bureau (CIB) police today (Oct. 27) revealed that an American man who is believed to have given information to CNN on used medical gloves being exported to the US is a suspect in the kidnapping of a Taiwanese man to collect debts, Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Gen. Jirapob Phuridet, CIB chief, told
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Deputy PM says export of millions of used medical gloves to US being probed
DEPUTY Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanavisit said the export of 80 million used nitrile gloves to the US as reported by CNN is being investigated with this being the result of huge demand for the product after Covid-19 pandemic swept the world which gave criminals an opportunity to fill the need, Sanook.com
Read moreIn a first, US surgeons attach a pig kidney to a human successfully
By Reuters Staff, published by The Straits Times New York – For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient’s immune system, a potentially major advance that could eventually help alleviate a dire shortage of human organs for transplant. The procedure done at NYU
Read moreMinister denies foot-dragging on additional US vaccine donation
DEPUTY Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (Sept. 23) denied Thailand has not signed and sent back documents to US for an additional donation of 1 million doses of Pfizer vaccine pointing out that the US embassy has not forwarded these papers, Sanook.com said. Earlier today Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan, chairman of the
Read moreFrance slams US, Australia over cancelled $60 billion submarine deal
By New York Times and published by The Straits Times Washington – The United States and Australia went to extraordinary lengths to keep Paris in the dark as they secretly negotiated a plan to build nuclear submarines, scuttling France’s largest defence contract and so enraging President Emmanuel Macron that on Friday (Sept 17) he
Read moreAustralia at centre of Indo-Pacific alliances to counter China
By Reuters and published by Swissinfo.ch Sydney – Australia finds itself as the common link in a new mesh of global alliances centred on the Indo-Pacific that are all but in name aimed at countering China’s rising military power and economic clout. Canberra’s 70-year-old defence alliance with Washington already commits Australia to act in response
Read moreAfghanistan: US says drone strike killed IS-K planner
By BBC THE US military says it believes it has killed a planner for the Afghan branch of the Islamic State group in a drone strike in the east of the country. The suspected member of the IS-K group was targeted in Nangarhar province. IS-K said it had carried out an attack outside Kabul airport
Read moreUS braces for more Islamic State attacks after 85 killed in Kabul airport carnage
By Reuters Staff, published by Channel NewsAsia US forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee new Taliban rule were on alert for more attacks on today (Aug. 27) after an Islamic State attack killed 85 people including 13 US service members just outside Kabul airport. General Frank McKenzie, head of US Central
Read moreUS, China accuse each other of ‘bullying’ nations
By Reuters, published by Channel NewsAsia Hanoi – US Vice President Kamala Harris today (Aug 25) again charged China with bullying its Southeast Asian neighbours, the second time in two days she has attacked Beijing during a regional visit aimed at countering China’s growing influence. Earlier today, Chinese state media accused Harris of seeking to
Read moreISIS terror threat forces US military to establish alternate routes to Kabul airport
By Barbara Starr, Oren Liebermann, Ellie Kaufman and Nicole Gaouette, CNN THE US military is establishing “alternative routes” to Kabul airport because of a threat the terror group ISIS-K poses to the airport and its surroundings, as President Joe Biden met with senior officials on Saturday to discuss the security situation in Afghanistan and
Read moreTaliban ‘hanging’ people who worked with US: source
By Fox News AS THE US military and State Department rush to evacuate American citizens and Afghan allies from Kabul’s airport, Taliban checkpoints are cutting off many from freedom and safety – and reports on the ground indicate the militants are summarily executing people who helped US forces over the years. Ryan Rogers, a retired
Read moreProtesters submit letters to US, Swiss and Chinese embassies
A PROTEST convoy went to the US, Swiss and Chinese embassies today (August 20) to submit letters about political movements in Thailand, especially the management of the Covid crisis by the Thai government, Thai Rath newspaper and Sanook.com said. The first stop of the Thalufah (Through the Sky) activist group was the Swiss embassy which
Read moreDoctor calls for allocating donated Pfizer vaccine to garbage collectors
A THAI doctor tweeted today (July 30) that some of the 1.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccine donated by the US that has just arrived here should be allocated to garbage collectors who are usually overlooked by the society, Sanook.com said. Dr. Tosaporn Sererak, a several- term MP from Phrae province and former deputy
Read moreThailand logs 17,345 new cases as Pfizer vaccine donated by US arrives
WITH Thailand’s daily Covid count remaining high at 17,345 new cases and 117 more deaths today (July 30) the first batch of much-needed 1.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccine donated by the US has arrived, Amarin TV said. Of today’s large new batch of cases, 12,823 emerged in surveillance and health systems, 3,833 through
Read moreNato designates China a ‘systemic’ challenge as Biden rebuilds bond with Western alliance
By Reuters Staff, published by The Straits Times Brussels – US President Joe Biden today (June 14) told fellow Nato leaders that the defence of Europe, Turkey and Canada was a “sacred obligation” for the United States, a marked shift from his predecessor Donald Trump’s threats to withdraw from the military alliance. Arriving in Brussels,
Read moreStudent deported by US arrives in Thailand
THE Thai student who was arrested at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the US, on a drug possession charge although what she was carrying was a massage oil spray and capsules of the Thai herb fah talai jone returned to Thailand at 11 p.m. last night, Sanook.com said this afternoon (June 12). Miss Sirindha Jinparu, 21,
Read moreThai student deported from US for carrying massage oil, herb capsules
A THAI student who was detained by US immigration officials for carrying a massage oil spray and capsules of the Thai herb fah talai jone has now been repatriated and banned from entering the country for five years, Amarin TV said this afternoon (June 11). Fox 5 Atlanta reported earlier this week that Miss
Read moreBiden starts sharing vaccines with world, some coming to Thailand
By Reuters Staff, published by Japan Today Washington – The White House laid out a plan for the United States to share 25 million surplus Covid-19 vaccine doses to the world, with the first shots shipping as soon as Thursday and some to reach Thailand too. US President Joe Biden said the United States
Read moreUS seeks freedom for 2 American journalists in Myanmar
By AP, published by MSN News A US State Department official called today (June 2) for the immediate release of two American journalists who were arrested by Myanmar’s military junta. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said the arrests of Danial Fenster and Nathan Maung were of deep concern, and urged that they be freed
Read moreHospital group to ask visiting US Deputy Secretary of State for vaccine help
THE Thai Private Hospital Association will today (June 2) ask Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman during a meeting with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha at Government House to help speed up delivery of Moderna coronavirus vaccine, TV Channel 7 said. Dr. Boon Wanasin, chairman of Thonburi Healthcare Group, said he will take representatives from
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