2 Thai Teens Travelled Nearly 24,000km in Pandemic to Get Back Home
BANGKOK — Two Thai exchange students were dancing the tango to Latin beats and visiting a lake at Argentina’s southernmost tip when they were told to drop whatever they were doing, pack their bags, and head back to Thailand.
Beijing’s Silent Cafe Makes Hearing-Impaired Baristas Easy on the Ear
BEIJING (Xinhua) — Chen Zizhong, 27, clad in a brand-new black apron, won the coveted title of "coffee master" among his colleagues in Beijing's one and only Starbucks signing store.
AP Exclusive: China Testing Blunders Stemmed From Secret Deals With Firms
WUHAN, China (AP) — In the early days in Wuhan, the first city struck by the virus, getting a COVID test was so difficult that residents compared it to winning the lottery.
Anutin: ‘Selfish’ Returnees Pose Risk Of Renewed Outbreak
BANGKOK — Health minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Thursday slammed a group of returnees who snuck across the Thai-Myanmar border and later found infected with the coronavirus, calling them “selfish.”
I (Don’t) NEED U: K-Pop Fans Move Ads From Skytrains to Tuk-Tuks
BANGKOK — Some K-pop fandoms are no longer posting ads on two of Bangkok’s most popular transit systems in retaliation for shutting down their services during pro-democracy protests last month.
Gov’t Injects 43.5 Bil. Baht Package to Spur New Year Spending
BANGKOK (Xinhua) — Thailand's Ministry of Finance on Wednesday announced that the Thai cabinet had greenlighted another 43.5 billion baht (1.438 million U.S. dollars) package to boost domestic consumption and local travel, as Thailand is still reeling from a flagging economy triggered by COVID-19.
Britain OKs Pfizer Vaccine and Will Begin Shots Within Days
LONDON (AP) — Britain became the first country in the world to authorize a rigorously tested COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday and could be dispensing shots within days — a historic step toward eventually ending the outbreak that has killed more than 1.4 million people around the globe.
In Video, Trump Recycles Baseless Voter Fraud Claims
WASHINGTON (AP) — Increasingly detached from reality, President Donald Trump stood before a White House lectern and delivered a 46-minute diatribe against the election results that produced a win for Democrat Joe Biden, unspooling one misstatement after another to back his baseless claim that he really won.
‘WeVo’ Protest Guards Withdraw Amid Infighting, Assault
BANGKOK — One of the largest groups of protesters’ security details on Tuesday announced they will no longer provide their service after one of their members was assaulted by another guard unit.
New Budget To Assist Rice Farmers Approved as Price Plummets
BANGKOK (Xinhua) — Thailand's cabinet approved the National Rice Policy Committee's proposal on Tuesday to raise the budget for the rice farmers' income guarantee scheme from 28.711 billion baht (948 million U.S. dollars) to 46.807 billion baht (1.54 billion U.S. dollars).
