SYDNEY: An Australian software developer says he has made thousands of non-fungible token images freely available, calling it an art project that aims to show the absurdity of property-rights concepts in digital assets.

CHIANG MAI: Another 20 illegal border crossers from Myanmar were arrested in Fang district early on Friday, along with four Thais assisting them.

OSLO: Norway's Telenor and Charoen Pokphand (CP Group) are in discussions to explore a potential merger of their telecom units in Thailand, the Norwegian company said on Friday.

Narcotics suppression officials seized 6.4 million methamphetamine pills, 300 kilogrammes of crystal meth and 200kg of marijuana and arrested 12 suspects in seven cases this month, it was announced on Friday.

There were 6,855 new Covid-19 cases and 51 more fatalities recorded during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Friday morning.

HONG KONG: Cathay Pacific has fired three cargo pilots who were infected with Covid-19 in Frankfurt after an internal investigation by the Hong Kong carrier found the trio were involved in a "serious breach" while overseas.

KUALA LUMPUR: Singapore has recently returned to Malaysia about $16.3 million linked to a multi-billion-dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB, Malaysia's anti-graft agency said on Friday.

BEIJING: The head of the Women's Tennis Association says that he is willing to pull tournaments out of China if tennis star Peng Shuai remains unaccounted for and her sexual assault allegations not investigated.

MANILA: The Philippines has approved a plan to allow entry soon to foreign tourists vaccinated against Covid-19, its tourism ministry said on Friday, following moves by other Southeast Asian countries to relax travel curbs.

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday he had decided to repeal three controversial farm laws against which farmers have protested for more than a year, a significant climbdown by the government.