As the country struggles with its worst coronavirus outbreak yet, researchers at Chulalongkorn University have developed a machine to draw out Covid-19 vaccine doses more efficiently and optimise lower-than-expected supplies.

BEIJING: China reopened a key terminal at the world's third-busiest cargo port on Wednesday, after a shutdown to control the coronavirus caused major backlogs elsewhere and worsened export already extended delays caused by the pandemic.

PARIS: When the website OnlyFans announced plans to ban sexually explicit content, the internet was awash with comparisons to another site that famously went down the "family-friendly" route -- and promptly lost many of its users.

PATTAYA: The Marine Department has ordered Pattaya City to halt the building of recreational areas on the ocean side of the footpath along Beach Road because it may be in in breach of the law, a department official said.

The construction of three electric train lines has been delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand governor Pakapong Sirikantaramas said on Wednesday.

The fiscal position remains strong and it can raise its public debt ceiling if necessary, Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said on Wednesday, as the country deals with its worst Covid-19 outbreak to date.

There were 297 Covid-19 fatalities, raising the death toll above 10,000, and 18,417 new cases diagnosed over the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Wednesday morning.

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared he will run for vice president next year to continue his "crusade" against drugs and insurgents -- a move critics said was a "smokescreen" and driven by fear of criminal charges.

A court has approved arrest warrants for a senior police officer and six subordinates in Nakhon Sawan for alleged torture after a video clip on social media showed a drug suspect being suffocated to death with a plastic bag.

KABUL: Afghans on Wednesday faced an increasingly desperate race to escape life under the Taliban after President Joe Biden confirmed US-led evacuations will end next week.