NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Two Thais were arrested at a checkpoint in Sikhiu district on charges of smuggling 20 Cambodian migrant workers crammed into a van on Saturday morning.

BLOOMBERG: Singapore again reported a sharp increase of coronavirus infections in foreign-worker dormitories as it seeks to tamp down rising case numbers island-wide that have pushed deaths from the pandemic to a record level.

KHON KAEN: A 12-year-old girl selling honey at a roadside stall in Ban Phai district has been rescued from a rape attempt allegedly by a foreign man wanted for the assault and rape of a masseuse at a traditional massage parlour on the same day.

TAIPEI: A record 38 Chinese military jets crossed into Taiwan's defence zone as Beijing marked the founding of the People's Republic of China, Taipei said on Saturday.

BEIJING: Beijing high schooler Chen Zhichu used to spend 30 minutes a day boosting actor Xiao Zhan online as one of a legion of superfans, before the practice fell foul of the government for promoting "unhealthy values".

Covid-19 deaths fell below 100 for the first time since July 26 but new infections in the previous 24 hours remained in five digits, the Ministry of Public Health said on Saturday.

WASHINGTON: US fatalities from Covid-19 surpassed 700,000 on Friday, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, a toll roughly equivalent to the population of the nation's capital Washington.

At least 3.68 million students have submitted requests for the Pfizer vaccine which the Ministry of Public Health is to start administering to school and university goers on Monday.

SAN FRANCISCO: Google has hit the brakes on a project to add mobile banking to its Pay app, even as the online financial services market for everyday investors heats up.

The Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR) has warned the public to brace for the effects of two major regional storms later this month.