Новости за 06.07.2021

MOSCOW: A passenger plane with 28 people aboard crashed in far eastern Russia on Tuesday, authorities said, in the latest blow to the country’s sprawling but ageing domestic aviation industry.

A fresh fire broke out amid the ruins of the Ming Dih Chemical factory in Samut Prakan late on Tuesday afternoon.

A fresh fire broke out amid the ruins of the Ming Dih Chemical factory in Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan late on Tuesday afternoon.

A 51-year-old woman still waiting for a hospital bed five days after testing positive for Covid-19 injured herself jumping from a second-floor window on Tuesday, and was rushed to a hospital.

JAKARTA: Russia strongly supports the Southeast Asian diplomatic effort to end the crisis in Myanmar and has conveyed similar messages to the country's military leadership, its foreign minister said on Tuesday.

The cabinet has approved the signing of a supply agreement for 20 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine and the purchase of another 10.9 million doses of the Sinovac Biotech vaccine.

Indonesia reported another deadliest day in the coronavirus pandemic as hospitals become overwhelmed and local oxygen supply struggles to keep up with surging demand.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has gone into self-quarantine for 14 days after a business leader he was photographed with in Phuket tested positive for Covid-19 on his return home to Surin, a Government House spokesman said on Tuesday.

KABUL: Afghan authorities on Tuesday deployed hundreds of commandos and pro-government militiamen to counter the Taliban's blistering offensive in the north, that has seen more than 1,000 government troops flee into neighbouring Tajikistan.

Many small and medium-sized enterprises, the backbone of Thailand’s economy, are struggling with crushing debt loads that could force them out of business as the latest wave of Covid infections dims the prospects for an economic recovery.

BEIJING - Chinese regulators urged ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxin to delay its $4.4 billion New York IPO to examine security concerns, advice the company did not heed, according to a report.

WASHINGTON: Up to 1,500 businesses around the world may have been affected by a major ransomware attack that has shuttered hundreds of Swedish supermarkets, according to the American IT company at the centre of the hack.

CANNES (FRANCE) - The famed Cannes Film Festival opens Tuesday, and despite social distancing subduing some of its signature glamour, excitement is rife for the first fully fledged film festival since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

The fire that had raged through a plastics factory in Samut Prakan since early Monday has been brought under control, but some small fires continued through Tuesday morning.

Thailand's exports are expected to rise more than 7% in the third quarter from a year earlier and 6% in the final quarter of the year, lifted by higher global demand and a weaker baht, the Thai National Shippers’ Council said on Tuesday.

A field hospital for Covid-19 patients in Chiang Mai that was closed on June 9 will be reopened on Tuesday to cope with a surge of new infections.

The government is considering introducing a tax on share sales by individual investors on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) to generate additional revenue, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Just three months after the government threw a 350 billion baht lifeline to businesses struggling to survive the pandemic, a scion of Thailand’s wealthiest business dynasty is betting the bailout won’t be enough to stanch a deluge of distressed assets.

The Delta variant accounts for 52% of Covid-19 patients in Bangkok with a virus expert expecting it to become the dominant strain in the country by the end of the month.

Health authorities on Tuesday said there were 57 more Covid-19 fatalities and 5,420 new transmissions diagnosed in Thailand on Monday.

LONDON - The 23 members of the OPEC+ group of oil producers cancelled a meeting scheduled on Monday that was supposed to overcome an impasse over crude output levels.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to drop in the second quarter because of the harsh impact of new infections, which began in April.

The consumer price index (CPI), a gauge of headline inflation, rose for a third straight month in June, but at a slower pace from the previous two months.

In Gucci Guilty's new campaign image, Lana Del Rey and Jared Leto reconnect in a peculiar setting, the motel, to introduce the new eau de toilette for women placed side by side with the previous version for men.

Long working hours can cause physical and mental health issues, and the coronavirus epidemic is exacerbating the problem when people are forced to work from home and spend the entire day in front of a computer.