With Myanmar at a crossroads amid continuing violence toward those opposed to military rule following a February coup, neighbouring Thailand, caught in a dilemma over its close military ties with Myanmar, appears determined to lay low for now.

Thai Airways International's creditors have voted to approve the airline's restructuring plan, its legal advisor said on Wednesday.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration on Wednesday opened its sixth field hospital, at Wat Sri Sudaram in Bangkok Noi district, with 200 beds for asymptomatic Covid cases and those with mild symptoms.

People displaced by an upsurge of fighting in Myanmar's Chin State voiced concerns over shelter and supplies as more flee the conflict that has sprung up between the army and insurgents opposed to the junta that seized power in February.

The Public Health Ministry on Wednesday reported 29 new Covid-19 fatalities, bringing the toll to 678, and 3,394 new cases, raising the total to 116,949.

MAHUVA, India: Eighty-nine people remained missing in India and hundreds of thousands were without power on Wednesday in the wake of a major cyclone, adding to the country's woes as it suffered a record number of Covid-19 deaths.

Hospitals and field hospitals are ready to receive the wave of new Covid-19 patients from construction workers' camps in Laksi and Watthana areas of Bangkok, deputy government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek said on Wednesday.

ALEXANDRA LAND:"The enemy shall not pass," exclaims commander Ivan Glushchenko, standing in the glistening white snow that surrounds an ultra-modern Russian military base in the heart of the Arctic, the site of Moscow's stand-off with NATO.

PARIS: Researchers in Australia want to transform single-use Covid masks into road material. In the United States, the protective gear is recycled into benches. And in France, they are reborn as floor carpets for cars.

BEIJING: Bitcoin plunged below $40,000 for the first time in more than three months Wednesday after China said cryptocurrencies would not be allowed in transactions and warned investors against speculative trading in them.