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.
US Ex-Diplomat Defends Private Mission to Troubled Myanmar
BANGKOK (AP) — Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson acknowledges criticism of his humanitarian visit to Myanmar, but says he feels his trip was constructive.
Bangkok Gov. Apologizes for Lack of Flood Warning
BANGKOK — Social media is awash with criticism against junta-appointed Governor Aswin Kwanmuang for his failure to warn residents in the capital about the flood that struck many riverside communities on Monday.
Gov’t Promises to Fix ‘Thailand Pass’ Following Tourist Complaints
BANGKOK — The government said it’s urgently looking into glitches and delays that afflict the online registration system for entering Thailand during the tourist reopening phase.
Crowd Surge Kills at Least 8 at Houston Music Festival
HOUSTON (AP) — The crowd at a Houston music festival suddenly surged toward the stage during a performance by rapper Travis Scott, squeezing fans so tightly together that they could not breathe or move their arms and killing eight people in the chaos.
China’s 1st Woman to Spacewalk Works 6 Hours Outside Station
BEIJING (AP) — Wang Yaping has become the first Chinese woman to conduct a spacewalk as part of a six-month mission to the country’s space station.
UN Investigator: Crimes Against Humanity Under Myanmar Junta
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. body investigating the most serious crimes in Myanmar said Friday that preliminary evidence collected since the military seized power on Feb. 1 shows a widespread and systematic attack on civilians “amounting to crimes against humanity.”
USA, Germany Top Most Arrivals Since Thailand Reopens
BANGKOK — More than 13,000 people arrived in Thailand through international airports since the tourism reopening came into effect earlier this week, government officials said on Friday.
Thai Companies Accused of Fraud in Sales of Medical Gloves
BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand announced Wednesday the arrest of the head of a company suspected of cheating overseas buyers of millions of dollars they paid for undelivered medical rubber gloves during the coronavirus pandemic.
Pretty Please! Gov’t Urges Tourists to Drink Responsibly in Pandemic
BANGKOK — The Department of Health on Thursday said that restaurants allowed to serve alcohol in key tourist destinations must do so responsibly in order to avoid a new cluster of coronavirus infections.
