There were 16,031 new Covid-19 cases and 220 more fatalities recorded during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Thursday morning.

JAKARTA: The death toll from a blaze that tore through an Indonesian jail has risen to 44, as authorities pledged to look at whether more inmates could receive rehabilitation for drug-related offences to ease chronic overcrowding in the prison system...

The economy should grow this year, picking up pace in the third and fourth quarter, after the easing of tougher restrictions to contain the country's biggest coronavirus outbreak, a deputy prime minister said on Thursday.

BEIJING: Chinese authorities have ordered gaming giants Tencent and NetEase to end their focus on profits and cut content perceived to be breeding "effeminacy", as Beijing tries to direct youth culture, gender ideals and the reach of big tech.

PHITSANULOK: A 79-year-old man was lucky to survive when a riverbank collapsed and plunged his house kitchen into the rain-swollen Yom River in Bang Rakam district on Thursday morning.

CHAIYAPHUM: Ten people being kept in isolation at a temple returned from Covid-19 tests on Wednesday morning only to find the building they stayed in had been hit by a landslide during their brief absence.

THE HAGUE: The European Medicines Agency has listed the neurological disorder Guillain-Barre syndrome, which can cause temporary paralysis, as a "very rare" side effect of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

Banpu Next Co, an energy technology arm of the Banpu Group, plans to use its smart farming solutions to support farmers, including those interested in developing cannabis plantations, as digital technology is expected to play an increasing role in th...

The ongoing spread of Covid-19 has become a major challenge for Thailand in trying to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030, warns the government's planning unit.

A single shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine has proved to be the cause of death of a person who developed a blood clot and thrombocytopenia, according to the Ministry of Public Health.