Tourism sector expects 500,000 Russian visitors after Sputnik V vaccine endorsement
THE Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) hopes to add 500,000 Russian visitors to its 1 million international tourists this year, after the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) allowed tourists inoculated with the Sputnik V vaccine to visit “sandbox” destinations in the country, NNT said today (Aug. 19). TAT governor Yuthasak Supasorn said Russia was […]
Read MoreProtests against Afghan Taleban spread in early signs of resistance
By Reuters, published by The Straits Times Kabul – Flag-waving protesters took to the streets of more Afghan cities today (Aug. 19) as popular opposition to the Taleban spread, and a witness said several people were killed when the militants fired on a crowd in Asadabad in the east. “Our flag, our identity,” a […]
Read MoreIn pictures: Protesters cover Democracy Monument with black cloth
PROTESTERS kept up their unrelenting pressure on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down by assembling at the Democracy Monument today (August 19) with two of them climbing to the top and covering the carved representation of a palm-leaf manuscript box holding the 1932 Constitution with black cloth, Siam Rath newspaper said. Organised by […]
Read MoreOnly 22 of over 2,000 infected pregnant women got Covid jabs
THE Public Health Ministry today (Aug. 19) said 2,237 pregnant women contracted coronavirus from April 1 to August 18, 2021 with only 22 of them having been vaccinated, TV Channel 7 said. Dr. Ekachai Piansrivachara, director of the ministry’s Office of Health Promotion, said of the 2,237 pregnant women who caught Covid in this period, […]
Read MoreAir Force blasted for handing out disciplinary penalties to police-bashing officer
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST GROUP United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration yesterday (Aug. 18) posted online to condemn the military for allegedly standing in the way of democratic rule by delivering disciplinary penalties to an air force officer who has criticised police crackdowns on anti-Prayut street protesters. On its Facebook page, the […]
Read More