Coronavirus Update for Phuket & Thailand
Thursday 13th of January, 2022: As of January 12th Phuket has had 452 new local infections confirmed across the island, but no new deaths, bringing the total number of people recognised as infected with COVID-19 in Phuket since Apr 3 to 24,968. Phuket is still open to...
In ’76 Days’, a Documentary Portrait of Lockdown in Wuhan
Advertisement“Papa!” screams a hospital worker, covered from head to toe in a Hazmat suit and PPE, in the opening moments of the documentary “76 Days.”This is in the early days of the pandemic in Wuhan, back in January and February when the city of 11 million went...
More tourist arrivals in the south since scrapping of “Thailand Pass”
Tourist arrivals at Phuket international airport and at two border crossings in the southern provinces of Songkhla and Yala have increased since yesterday (Friday), when requirement for a “Thailand Pass” was lifted. Monchai Tanod, general manager of Phuket...
Indian police arrest ‘masterminds’ behind execution of Hindu tailor
UDAIPUR/MUMBAI (REUTERS) - Indian police made fresh arrests in the case of the execution of a Hindu tailor in Rajasthan, a murder that stoked unease between the Hindu majority and Muslim minority and led to a clampdown on protests and the internet to prevent tensions...
What COVID-19 taught us about risk in a complex, inter-connected world
From the mangroves of West Bengal to the vast archipelago that makes up Indonesia, and from the bustling port city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, to the tropical shores of southern Togo, systemic risks from the COVID-19 pandemic have been exposed in stark human terms.Millions...
Ang Lee on ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ 20 Years Later
AdvertisementIt’s physically impossible to get to the forest scene atop the slender bamboo trees in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and not say out loud “Whoa.”Twenty years later, the exhilarating grace of Ang Lee’s martial-arts masterwork is just as breathtaking....
Nato deliberations stir regional concerns
The Korea Herald, South KoreaScaling down of economic ties with Beijing could be unavoidable if China continues to tie the economy to politics, experts say, as the new South Korean administration's top officials hint at a change in Seoul's China strategy.
UN Ocean Conference ends with call for greater ambition and global commitment to address dire state of the Ocean
Recognizing the past “collective failure” in the Conference’s final declaration, world leaders called for greater ambition to ensure that the dire state of the ocean is addressed, and admitted frankly to being “deeply alarmed by the global emergency facing the...
Landslide in India buries dozens, killing at least 18
NEW DELHI (NYTIMES) - At least 18 people were killed and more feared dead after days of heavy rainfall set off a landslide in India's remote and mountainous north-eastern state of Manipur. It is the latest tragedy in a country that has been plagued by catastrophic...
Eurozone inflation hits record, as gas crunch looms
Eurozone inflation accelerated to another record high in June, official data showed on Friday, as Russia’s war in Ukraine drives up energy prices and hammers the European economy. The EU’s Eurostat data agency said the increase in consumer prices in the 19 countries...
Pakistan: Reporting in a Pandemic
AdvertisementDisinformation has been growing since the outbreak of COVID-19 last December in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Social media users – including world leaders such as Donald Trump – shared false information about the virus, intensifying an already dire...
Telcos to help in properly managing overhead cables in Bangkok
Telecom service providers will be asked to tidy up their overhead cables in Bangkok, in a fresh bid to speed up the plan by the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) and the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) to put all cables...
Myanmar Apologizes After Jet Fighter Violated Thai Airspace
AdvertisementMyanmar’s military junta has apologized to Thailand after one of its fighter jets briefly crossed into Thai airspace, on the same day that a senior Thai military delegation was paying court to the country’s generalissimo Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing.“We...