Meet Half-Mochi, Half-Rabbit ‘Usagyuuun’ and Mascot Friends This Weekend
BANGKOK — Everyone’s favorite fast-paced rabbit is coming to Thailand this weekend to pump up local fans.
Chinese Tourists ‘Barred From Hua Hin Hotels’ Due to Virus Fears
HUA HIN — A Chinese tourist and her child nearly had to sleep on the streets in the resort town of Hua Hin because no hotel would take them, an activist said Tuesday.
Evac Plane Leaves for Wuhan; Anutin Not Onboard
BANGKOK — A plane dispatched by the Thai government is en route to China’s Wuhan on Tuesday morning to evacuate Thai nationals stranded in the locked down city.
Sapporo Snow Festival Opens Amid Coronavirus Fears
TOKYO (Kyodo) — The annual Snow Festival began in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo on Tuesday, hit by fears over the coronavirus outbreak and soaring costs involved in transporting snow to the site amid a warm winter.
HK Hospitals Cut Back Services as Workers Strike Over Coronavirus
BEIJING (AP) — Hong Kong hospitals cut services Tuesday as medical workers were striking for a second day to demand its borders with mainland China be shut completely to ward off a virus that caused its first death in the semi-autonomous territory.
Why Experts Don’t Consider Coronavirus to be a Pandemic, Yet
Health authorities are preparing for a possible pandemic as they work to contain a respiratory illness in China that’s caused by a new virus.
Anutin’s Pledge to Evac Thais Tomorrow is Still Unconfirmed
BANGKOK — Thai evacuees from China’s Wuhan city are expected to land and be quarantined at a naval base outside Bangkok, navy chief said Monday.
Chiang Mai Restaurant Told to Remove ‘No Chinese Allowed’ Sign
CHIANG MAI — A restaurant owner in the northern province of Chiang Mai said on Sunday he was instructed by Tourist Police to remove a sign barring Chinese customers from eating there.
China Brings Home 89 Stranded Citizens From Phuket
GUANGZHOU (Xinhua) — A charter flight has brought back 89 stranded Hubei residents from Thai resort of Phuket following the novel coronavirus epidemic in China, according to an airline.
Man Wearing Fake Bomb Stabs 2 in London, Shot to Death
LONDON (AP) — A man recently released from prison after serving time for terrorism-related offenses strapped on a fake bomb and stabbed two people on a busy London street Sunday before being shot to death by police, officials said.
