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SINGAPORE: Officials in Singapore extended voting in the city-state’s general election by two hours on Friday night after apologising for long queues at polling stations.

HONG KONG: Hong Kong will close all schools again after a spike in locally transmitted coronavirus infections, the city’s education minister said on Friday.

Key backers of Prawit Wongsuwon have been appointed as his deputies as the retired general consolidates his leadership of the Palang Pracharath (PPRP), the largest party in the governing coalition.

The German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz (Thailand) says it has managed to ride out the Covid-19 crisis, using digital marketing to attract customers and ending the first six months of 2019 with sales surging for two models.

TOKYO: Japan on Friday started allowing up to 5,000 people to attend sporting and other events, despite a recent rise in the number of coronavirus cases.

Thousands of patients will be questioned by police investigating an alleged 72 million baht in fraudulent claims for treatment by community health clinics in Bangkok operating under the government's 30-baht scheme.

TOKYO: Japan is looking to begin discussions with around 10 countries and regions including China, South Korea and Taiwan next week on easing travel restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, Japanese government sources said Friday.

The Scala movie theatre closed its doors with a special event

Model prisoners may be fitted with electronic tags and released on probation, to help relieve congestion in prisons, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin said on Friday.

HONG KONG: PTT Plc, Thailand’s largest energy company, raised US$700 million from the sale of a 50-year bond in Asia's longest dollar corporate debt deal, and bankers believe the shift toward longer-dated terms in the region will continue.

SAMUT PRAKAN: Knock, knock, knock on the animal clinic door.

The government on Friday reported no new cases of coronavirus disease, with the total remaining at 3,202 and the death toll unchanged at 58.

The government on Friday reported no new cases of coronavirus disease, with the total remaining at 3,202 and the death toll unchanged at 58.

PARI: "We have lift-off, we have lift-off!"

BORGLOON, Belgium: Rather than take a summer holiday abroad during the coronavirus pandemic, some Belgians are trying a novel camping experience at home, spending a night in a tear drop-shaped tent hanging from a tree.

Disruption comes in many guises, from seismic shocks to the system that turn everything on its head to tidal waves you can still surf to at least a semblance of success.

CHACHOENGSAO: A taxi crashed into a concrete guardrail and burst into flames, but passersby pulled the two badly injured passengers and driver to safety, in Bang Pakong district early on Friday morning.

The army sealed and sanitized the areas where the United States army chief-of-staff will go during his visit to army headquarters on Friday.

Seven-seat GLB SUV to woo buyers at next week’s 2020 Bangkok International Motor Show.

A teacher who forcibly gave a high school student an ugly haircut in Si Sa Ket has apologised after being reprimanded, according to the local education office.

An anti-graft petition has been filed against an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) committee for allegedly failing to acknowledge calls from residents to amend construction plans for a luxury condominium in the Ekkamai area of Bangkok.

Line Thailand is joining hands with Tellscore, a local influencer marketing startup, to embark on influencer commerce, hoping to help brands increase their sales during the economic downturn while attracting influencers to the platform.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and Silpakorn University are teaming up to turn Rattanakosin Island into a smart city.

As most local tourists flock to popular destinations during the weekends, tour operators are asking the government to help fill up weekdays by creating more trips for the elderly and state agency meetings.

Thailand's IPO market is expected to become active again in the second half, with 16 companies already approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise funds from the public.