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Sun, 16 May 2021 14:44:00 +0700
Leicester's FA Cup win fulfills late Thai owner's dreams
First was the League Cup trophy. Then the Premier League champions. And now the FA Cup winners.

Sun, 16 May 2021 10:06:00 +0700
Most think 'work from home' can help contain Covid: poll
A majority of people think the government's "work from home" policy for employees in both the public and private sectors can help reduce the risk of contracting Covid-19, a survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University (Suan Dusit Poll) reveals.

Sun, 16 May 2021 08:25:00 +0700
24 new Covid deaths, 2,302 new cases Sunday
Twenty-four Covid-19 deaths and 2,302 new cases were reported on Sunday, bringing the accumulated totals to 589 fatalities and 101,447 cases.

Sun, 16 May 2021 07:00:00 +0700
Thai worker injured in Gaza Strip
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed the Ministry of Labour to provide help to a Thai labourer in Israel who was injured in an explosion in the Gaza Strip.

Sun, 16 May 2021 05:00:00 +0700
Vaccine study finds jabs effective
China's Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine and the formula by AstraZeneca have both been found to boost antibody responses in almost all vaccine recipients.

Sun, 16 May 2021 04:00:00 +0700
'Serpent' a huge TV draw
The Netflix limited series The Serpent has revisited the crime spree of conman and killer Charles Sobhraj who was linked to the unsolved murders of Western tourists on the so-called Hippie Trail of Southeast Asia in the early 1970s.

Sat, 15 May 2021 19:23:00 +0700
1,219 more cases found in 3 prisons
The Corrections Department has found another 1,219 people infected with Covid-19, six of them in critical condition, in three prisons in Greater Bangkok.

Sat, 15 May 2021 14:11:00 +0700
Myanmar cash crisis taking heavy toll
If you need cash in Myanmar, you have to get up early. Queues start forming outside banks at 4am, where the first 15 or 30 customers are given a plastic token that will allow them to enter the bank when it opens at 9:30 and withdraw cash.

Sat, 15 May 2021 09:56:00 +0700
17 new Covid deaths, 3,095 new cases
Seventeen Covid-19 deaths and 3,095 new cases were reported on Saturday, bringing the total to 565 fatalities and 99,145 cases.

Sat, 15 May 2021 07:02:00 +0700
Airlines bemoan lack of coordinated approach to Covid effort
Travel restrictions in many parts of the world caused by new outbreaks triggered by virus mutations and differing paces of vaccination threaten recovery prospects for the aviation industry, which is suffering its worst crisis.



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