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Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:05:00 +0700Myanmar protester dies after 10 days on life support
YANGON: A young woman protester in Myanmar who was shot in the head last week as police dispersed a crowd died on Friday, her brother said, marking the first death among opponents of the Feb 1 military coup since they began demonstrating two weeks ag...
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 15:55:00 +0700Hundreds more hotels, shops accused of defrauding travel subsidy
The Tourism Authority of Thailand has brought charges against 934 more hotels and shops for fraudulent claims on the government's "We Travel Together" co-payment scheme, with total damage now estimated at 1.7 billion baht.
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 15:37:00 +0700School principal arrested for young woman's murder 8 years ago
A school director was arrested in Suphan Buri on Friday on a warrant for the murder of a 19-year-old woman in Prachin Buri eight years ago.
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:51:00 +0700Thai Airways says it has cut about 240 executive positions
Thai Airways International announced on Friday it had cut around 240 executive positions at the airline as part of its bankruptcy restructuring process.
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:40:00 +0700Chinese caught sneaking across border on mountain trail
TAK: Soldiers arrested three Chinese nationals and their guides illegally entering Thailand, in Mae Ramat district, late on Thursday night.
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 12:56:00 +07001 Covid-19 death, 130 new cases
The government on Friday confirmed that a doctor who treated patients infected with Covid-19 had himself caught the disease and died, raising the death toll to 83.
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 12:28:00 +0700Chinese man caught with firearms, thousands of cartridges
SAMUT PRAKAN: A Chinese man supected of selling firearms online was arrested and nine assault rifles, two grenades and large amount of ammunition seized at a condominium room in Bang Phli district on Thursday.
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 12:12:00 +0700Famous black hole gets a massive update
NEW YORK: One of the biggest and first known black holes in the Milky Way galaxy is more massive than astronomers thought, a team of scientists announced on Thursday.
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:45:00 +0700Australia and Facebook in talks over sweeping news ban
SYDNEY: Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg held talks with the Australian government on Friday over a law that would force the social media giant to pay for content, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison insisted the country would not bend to "threats" from b...
Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:53:00 +0700Nasa's astrobiology rover Perseverance lands safely on Mars
LOS ANGELES: Nasa's Mars rover Perseverance, the most advanced astrobiology lab ever sent to another world, streaked through the Martian atmosphere on Thursday and landed safely inside a vast crater, the first stop on a search for traces of ancient m...