Новости за 23.10.2021

LONDON: Chelsea proved they can cope without their injured strikers as Mason Mount’s hat-trick powered the Premier League leaders in their 7-0 demolition of Norwich on Saturday.

KANCHANABURI: Tourists flocked to Sangkhla Buri on Saturday, with most hotels and resorts in the district witnessing impressive occupancy over the long holiday weekend after months in the doldrums because of Covid-19.

Vietnam plans to reopen the resort island of Phu Quoc to vaccinated foreign visitors in late November, authorities said, as the country looks to reboot its tourism industry after almost two years of closure.

The first lot of half a million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Thailand in two weeks, raising the question of how they will be allocated between the two buyers.

KHON KAEN: Authorities on Saturday began increasing the discharge rate from the Ubolratana Dam, where water volume has exceeded the reservoir's capacity.

Only fully vaccinated people and those who had recently recovered from the coronavirus will be allowed to enter workplaces in Singapore from January, authorities said on Saturday.

Saudi Arabia has pledged to eliminate planet-warming emissions within its borders by 2060.

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple has updated its App Store rules to allow developers to contact users directly about payments, a concession in a legal settlement with companies challenging its tightly controlled marketplace.

Russia’s boldest moves to censor the internet began in the most mundane of ways — with a series of bureaucratic emails and forms.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Three people were killed and two others injured when their pickup truck skidded off a road and plunged into a canal in Non Daeng district in the early hours of Saturday.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Three villages in Non Sung and Bua Yai districts have been placed under lockdown until early November after new Covid-19 infections were detected there.

The use of kratom leaves in drinks and food products requires approval and safety clearance from the authorities, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reaffirmed.

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has submitted a revised plan to develop more than 50,000 square metres of space at Bang Sue Grand Station and 12 Red Line stations for commercial use.

Thailand logged 9,742 new Covid-19 cases and 74 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Saturday morning.

A recent survey conducted by a faction led by Capt Thamanat Prompow, secretary-general of the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP), shows the popularity of some MPs in the South has declined, a party source said.

Thammasat University has urged the government to work faster to remove any red tape hindering the delivery of 3 million doses of the Moderna vaccine from Poland.

About 60-70 privately-run schools have closed down over the past nine months due to financial problems, and 100 more are likely to follow suit, said Supaset Khanakul, president of the Association Board of Coordination and Promotion of Private Education (APPE) on Friday.

Rice exports are expected to pick up in the final quarter driven largely by a weaker baht, making Thai rice more competitive and prompting higher global demand.

Tourism operators in major travel areas are urging the government to include more countries in the quarantine-free list, particularly Russia and India, to drive demand in the upcoming high season.

The owner of the burnt-down Watana Footwear Company building in Samut Prakan claims the business in not closed and staff will be paid this month.

With the price of Bitcoin reaching new highs, cryptocurrencies are here to stay. What implications will this have for money and politics?

As the countdown begins for the country's reopening, we find ourselves trapped in the same old dilemma that led to the series of Covid outbreaks this year, including the Thong Lor cluster in April that led to a cumulative total of 1.8 million coronavirus infections.

Almost a year after its establishment, the national reconciliation committee has made little, if any, progress in nurturing unity in the country. This is not a surprise though.

In the past few months or so, several headwinds have emerged in the world economic arena. We have seen a sharp increase in commodity prices, including natural gas, crude oil, and coal, which has reached US$240 a tonne from about $70 last year. The result has been an electricity generation deficit in the biggest emerging economies such as China and India.

Tero Entertainment and Sabuy Technology has entered into a joint venture, Tero Sabuy, with the aim to combine the strengths of entertainment media and technology.