The Bank of Thailand and the Thai Bankers’ Association said on Tuesday the series of fraudulent online transactions reported by tens of thousands of account holders was not a result of a leak of information from the banking system.

ATHENS: Activists on Tuesday called for the postponement of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as China prepared to receive the Olympic flame, a day after a protest disrupted the lighting ceremony in Olympia.

HANOI: Poachers in Vietnam have shot dead five critically endangered langurs, a type of monkey killed for bushmeat and traditional medicine, state media said Tuesday.

Police on Tuesday morning arrested a male teacher for the alleged sexual abuse of at least three schoolboys he taught, Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division (ATP) commander Pol Maj Gen Wiwat Khamchamnan said.

The cabinet on Tuesday approved a further 54.5 billion baht in relief measures as the country deals with its biggest and most prolonged coronavirus outbreak.

A new airline with ties to Beijing is trying to muscle into Hong Kong, a patch long dominated by stalwart Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.

Singapore on Tuesday began quarantine-free entry for fully vaccinated passengers from eight countries -- not including Thailand -- as part of a plan to ease restrictions while the business hub gears up to live with the coronavirus.

There were 9,122 new Covid-19 cases and 71 more fatalities recorded during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Tuesday morning.

The president of the Chanthaburi provincial administration organisation, a temple abbot and two other people have been arrested for alleged theft of 17 million baht earmarked for the Chanthaburi Buddha Monthon Foundation.

YANGON: Family members of Myanmar's pro-democracy prisoners crowded outside a jail Tuesday, hoping their relatives would be among thousands the junta has promised to release as it faces growing international pressure.