Day: June 24, 2021
Hong Kongers snap up final edition of Apple Daily newspaper
By AFP, published by Channel NewsAsia Hong Kong – Hong Kongers queued today (June 24) for the final edition of the city’s beloved pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily after it was forced to close under a sweeping new national security law, ending a 26-year run of taking on China’s authoritarian leaders. The sudden death of the …
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Retailers bound to meet halfway, literally
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FARMERS HARVESTING CASH CROPS in eastern provinces of Chanthaburi, Rayong and Trat have called on fruit retailers in the northeastern, northern and central regions to literally meet them half way under the sustained pandemic situation. Dozens of farmers growing and harvesting durian, mangosteen, rambutan and longkong in those eastern provinces have …
Govt whip dashes for cover amid jeers from demonstrators
PEOPLE’S Party demonstrators jeered at a government whip as he gave a short speech on the stage they had set up outside Parliament this afternoon (June 24) forcing him to dash inside the building for cover, Siam Rath and Sanook.com said. This occurred during a symbolic rally to mark the 89th anniversary of the June …
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Over 4,000 new Covid cases as Delta strain spread to 25 provinces
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said this afternoon (June 24) that there were 4,108 new coronavirus cases and 31 fatalities over the past 24 hours while the Delta variant has now spread to 25 provinces, Amarin TV said. The cumulative confirmed total since the start of the pandemic has now reached 232,647 and …
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Ex-conscript who killed Covid patient, store worker arrested
A FORMER army conscript who shot dead a convenience store worker then barged into a field hospital in Pathum Thani province and killed a Covid-19 patient before heading south in a white pickup truck has been arrested at his grandmother’s house in Ranong province, Siam Rath newspaper said this afternoon (June 24). Several police …
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