Новости за 25.10.2021

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: US President Joe Biden will attend a meeting with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) on Tuesday, the US embassy in Brunei told Reuters.

GENEVA: Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record last year and the world is "way off track" on climate goals, the UN weather agency said on Monday, showing the scale of the task facing governments scrambling to avert dangerous levels of warming.

JAKARTA: Indonesia is "finalising" a deal with Merck & Co to procure its experimental antiviral pills, named molnupiravir, to treat Covid-19 ailments, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said on Monday.

Graduates of Chulalongkorn University have come out to support the Phra Kieo parade after the student union decided to drop it from the annual football match with rival Thammasat University.

US drugmaker Merck & Co Inc said on Monday the European Union's drug regulator has initiated a real-time review of its experimental Covid-19 antiviral drug for adults.

KANCHANABURI: A border patrol arrested 48 Myanmar nationals who illegally crossed the border into Thailand in two groups, in Sai Yok district on Monday.

Thailand logged 44 new Covid-19 fatalities and 8,675 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Monday morning.

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's parliament on Monday passed constitutional amendments barring holders of the country's top posts, including prime minister, from being citizens of other countries.

Culture Minister Itthiphol Kunplome met Russell Crowe on Sunday to thanks him for the goodwill the Hollywood actor has shown during his visit to the kingdom.

SAGAING, Myanmar: When dawn arrives in normal times, 80-year-old Buddhist monk Maha Bodhi Myaing Sayadaw emerges from his meditation on the plains of northern Myanmar to silently receive food offerings from a handful of followers.

Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo pushed for travel to reopen in Southeast Asia, saying this would help economic recovery in the region that has seen coronavirus cases recede.

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico: Alec Baldwin was rehearsing a scene that involved pointing a revolver “towards the camera lens” when the gun — which the crew had been told did not contain live rounds — suddenly went off and killed the cinematographer, according to the film’s director, who was quoted in an affidavit released Sunday night.

Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai lost to Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino of Japan in the mixed doubles at the Denmark Open on Sunday night.

KHARTOUM, Sudan: Unidentified armed men arrested a number of Sudanese leaders and politicians in dawn raids Monday, a government source told AFP, after weeks of tensions between the military and civilian transitional authorities.

SYDNEY: Australia plans to make social media companies obtain parental consent for users under the age of 16 and threaten fines of up to A$10 million (US$7.5 million) for internet platforms which fail to comply, under draft legislation published on Monday.

KANCHANABURI: Police arrested 120 Myanmar nationals for illegally crossing the border into Thailand, in Sai Yok district on Sunday.

How must performance management change? How can we build the new combination of skills required at speed and scale? Who can we learn from now? These are three questions on the minds of Thai human resources practitioners.

Entertainment operators have said the government's reopening plan must include the night-time economy.

Thailand logged 44 new Covid-19 fatalities and 8,675 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Monday morning.

Thailand logged 44 new Covid-19 fatalities and 8,675 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Monday morning.

Culture Minister Itthiphol Kunplome met Russell Crowe on Sunday to express the government's appreciation for the goodwill the Hollywood actor has shown during his visit to the kingdom.

Hospitals are planning to start administering the 560,000 Moderna Covid-19 vaccine doses which arrive next week to those who have pre-ordered by Nov 8, pending the required clearance process.

Some might see it as the invisible economy, as it only happens at night. However, we cannot help admitting that the night-time economy brings valuable economic, social and cultural sparkle to urban areas.

The state should come up with urgent plans to help residents affected by construction of irrigation projects in Nakhon Si Thammarat, a recent study argued.

Development of the electric vehicle (EV) industry is gaining momentum as state and private sectors are working to translate plans to make Thailand a major EV production hub into actions.