Day: August 9, 2021
Australia flags democracies’ trade swing from China to India
By AP and published by Channel NewsAsia Canberra – Australian special envoy and former Prime Minister Tony Abbott said a free trade agreement between his nation and India would signal the “democratic world’s tilt away from China”. Abbott visited New Delhi last week as Australia’s special trade envoy for India as the Australian government gives …
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UN sounds clarion call over humans ‘irreversible’ impact on climate
By Reuters Staff, published by Channel NewsAsia THE UN panel on climate change sounded a dire warning today (August 9), saying the world is dangerously close to runaway warming – and that humans are “unequivocally” to blame. Already, greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere are high enough to guarantee climate disruption for decades if …
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Ex-premier gearing up to launch Thaksin Official website
FORMER premier Thaksin Shinawatra’s son, Mr. Panthongtae Shinawatra, said in a Facebook post that a revival of the programme “Prime Minister Thaksin Talks to the People” is in the works with the website Thaksin Official to be launched soon, Thai Post said today (August 9). Panthongtae, or Oak, mentioned that the former premier placed …
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Police warn against holding a rally at Ratchaprasong tomorrow
METROPOLITAN Police strongly warned Thammasat and Assembly group from holding a demonstration at Ratchaprasong intersection at 1 p.m. tomorrow (August 10) as this is a maximum control zone where coronavirus is spreading heavily and they would also be violating the emergency decree that currently bans gatherings, Siam Rath newspaper said this afternoon. Pol. Maj. …
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Covid count hits 19,603 cases as Korat gets only 15,800 Pfizer vaccine doses
WITH Thailand still logging a high daily total of 19,603 Covid-19 cases and 149 deaths today (August 9) Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) province revealed that it has only been allotted 15,800 out of 1.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccine donated by the US, Thai Rath newspaper said. Of today’s large batch of cases, 19,290 were …
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