US Reopens to International Travel, Allows Happy Reunions
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Parents held children born while they were stuck abroad. Long-separated couples kissed, and grandparents embraced grandchildren who had doubled in age.
Entertainment Giant Mulls Plan For 'Low Cost' Cinema
(27 August) Kantana Group
is planning to launch a low-cost ?Community Cinema? in early 2014, targeting movie lovers who wish
to pay less for...
Restrictions Reimposed as Virus Resurges in Much of Asia
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taxi drivers are starved for customers, weddings are suddenly canceled, schools are closed, and restaurant service is restricted across much of Asia as the coronavirus makes a resurgence in countries where it had seemed to be well under control.
Article 44 to Shred Departure Cards (For Thais): Gov’t
BANGKOK — By the end of the year, Thai citizens can dispense with filling out departure and arrival cards when they travel, a government spokesman said Tuesday.
Prayuth Wants Prompt Prosecution of Dead Elephant’s Owner
BANGKOK — Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha urged officials to find out who was responsible for a young elephant that died while being forced to beg on the street, a government spokesman said Monday.
Barbados Says Goodbye to Queen, Transforms Into Republic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history.
Telephone Owned by Adolf Hitler Sells for $243,000
CHESAPEAKE CITY, Maryland — A telephone owned by Adolf Hitler has sold at auction for USD $243,000.
NACC Indicates Actual Wrongdoing in Persons Who Aided Thai Red Bull Heir
On September 14, 2023, the National Anti-Corruption Commission Thailand (NACC) published a press release about the 11-year-old involving Vorayuth "Boss" Yoovidhya, the fugitive Red...
On the Streets of Tehran, Iranians Feel Protesters’ Pain
TEHRAN, Iran — As Iranians take to the streets in the biggest demonstrations in nearly a decade, residents of the increasingly tense capital say they sympathize with the protesters' economic grievances and anger at official corruption.
Officials Pledge Actions Over Violent Anti-Govt Students
(28 August) The Minister
of Education, Mr. Jaturon Chaisaeng, has chaired a meeting with other officials to discuss possible
actions against the vocational students...
