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...
Dozens in China infected with Langya virus found in shrews
This photo taken on August 10, 2022 shows a health worker conducting a swab test on a child for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Xiamen, in China’s eastern Fujian province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT Dozens of people in China have fallen ill with a new virus that is also...
Barbados: New UN disaster preparedness hub built on ‘frontlines of climate change’
The facility is a partnership between the UN agency, the Barbadian Government, and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), and will be located at the international airport in the capital, Bridgetown. It's official! @WFP will establish a new...
Langya virus: What are the symptoms?
A virus discovered in the eastern Chinese provinces of Shandong and Henan is causing concern after scientists found that it had the potential to prove fatal to humans.However, just 35 cases of Langya Henipavirus have been diagnosed so far and none have proven deadly...
Sri Lanka’s ousted president arrives in Thailand for temporary stay
Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in Thailand on Thursday, as he seeks temporary shelter in a second Southeast Asian country after fleeing his island nation last month amid mass protests. Rajapaksa...
Malaysian FM Again Pushes for Talks With Myanmar Opposition
AdvertisementMalaysia wants the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to begin engaging directly with the opponents of Myanmar’s military junta and has aired the possibility of involving outside countries in the bloc’s peace plan, Foreign Minister Saifuddin...
Google opposes Facebook-backed proposal for self-regulatory body in India: sources
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) - Google has grave reservations about developing a self-regulatory body for the social media sector in India to hear user complaints, though the proposal has support from Facebook and Twitter, sources with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters....
The Taiwan Crisis Could Spill Over Into Southeast Asia
AdvertisementEven after her departure from Taiwan, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi controversial trip early this month has revived tensions in the Taiwan Strait, escalating the already tense relationship between China, Taiwan, and the United States. The visit to...
Pro-democracy activists reiterate demands at Wednesday’s rally after long hiatus
Pro-democracy groups have reiterated their core demands, for monarchy reform, the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his clique and the drafting of a People’s Constitution, at a rally yesterday at Thammasat University’s Rangsit campus in Pathum Thani,...
TAT co-hosts Thailand gastronomy networking event in India
Bangkok, 11 August, 2022 – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) recently co-hosted the ‘Amazing New Chapters: Thailand Gastronomy Experience Networking Lunch’ to promote and reiterate Thailand’s growing status as a world-class gastronomy tourism destination....
Former Workers Sue Multinational Firms Over Alleged Malaysian Labor Abuses
AdvertisementFormer workers at the Malaysian rubber glove maker Brightway Holdings have sued two foreign companies in a United States court, accusing them of “knowingly profiting” from the supplier’s alleged use of forced labor.The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday by...
The high price of a Sri Lankan family’s bid to flee crisis
KUDAMADUWELLA, SRI LANKA (REUTERS) - As anarchy gripped the Sri Lankan city of Colombo in May, Meenu Mekala and Nirosh Ravindra gambled their family's life savings on a two-week, 4,700km voyage aboard a rusting trawler with their two young sons. The decision ended in...
Belarus: Rights experts denounce withdrawal from key environmental agreement
The Aarhus Convention, adopted in 1998, also requires that individuals exercising these rights are not persecuted, penalized or harassed for doing so. Belarus’s President Aleksandr Lukashenko signed a decree on 18 July effectively ending the country’s...