Новости за 05.11.2021

WASHINGTON: The US labour market got back on track last month with a larger-than-forecast and broad-based gain in payrolls, indicating greater progress filling millions of vacancies as the effects of the Delta coronavirus variant faded.

WASHINGTON: Pfizer said on Friday that a clinical trial of its pill to treat Covid-19 had shown it is highly effective.

JAKARTA: Indonesia has seized land tied to an automaker owned by the son of the late dictator Suharto in a fresh bid to recoup money from the influential clan, the government said on Friday.

HANOI: Vietnam plans to restart international commercial flights with 15 countries from January next year, its aviation authority said on Friday, eyeing a full resumption by July.

A video showing a powerful Vietnamese official enjoying a bite of steak smothered in gold leaf at a luxury London restaurant has sparked online anger in the Southeast Asian country, where the average person earns a few dollars a day.

KANCHANABURI: Nineteen illegal job seekers from Myanmar and their Thai driver were arrested when a pickup truck was stopped at a border village in Muang district on Thursday night.

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A 16-year-old college student died on Wednesday, one week after receiving her second dose of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in Lampang. Her parents have called for an inquiry into the cause of death.

TOKYO: The first step in Japan's planned phased re-opening of borders, which centres on business travellers, will be put into effect from Nov 8, the government said on Friday.

The Philippines relaxed the restrictions on public movement in the capital region on Friday and said minors may now be allowed in indoor establishments to spur economic recovery as Covid-19 infections declined.

The headline consumer price index (CPI) rose more than expected by 2.38% in October from a year earlier, driven by higher oil and vegetable prices, the Commece Ministry said on Friday.

HONG KONG: The number of child abuse cases reported in Hong Kong in the first nine months of the year has jumped by two-thirds compared with the same period in 2020, police have said.

SURAT THANI: Visitors flocked to Koh Tao on Friday with ferries from the Chumphon and Surat Thani mainland full of passengers, mostly foreigners.

Thais were quick to visit the Temple of the Emerald Buddha when it reopened to the public on Monday. | Jetjaras Na Ranong

As more schools are preparing to reopen doors to students, some have decided to shut their gates after reopening for a few days due to the detection of Covid-19.

CHIANG MAI: Twenty-three illegal Myanmar migrants were arrested on Thursday night in Fang district of this northern province.

This week: Thailand reopening, Pattaya raid, school reopenings and a ship crash.

Myanmar jade traders are running from junta troops and dodging rebel attacks to sell dwindling volumes of the green gemstone, as the billion-dollar industry loses its shine months on from the coup.

NEW YORK: She was a young moose, not even 2 years old, still getting used to her surroundings, when she took a wrong turn Thursday and crashed through the window of an elementary school classroom in Saskatoon, in Canada’s central prairie.

WASHINGTON: In the 1998 Hollywood blockbuster "Armageddon," Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck race to save the Earth from being pulverized by an asteroid.

Thailand logged 80 new Covid-19 fatalities and 8,148 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Friday morning.

MUMBAI: Bollywood action flick "Sooryavanshi" kicks off a slate of holiday season blockbuster releases on Friday as India's Covid-battered cinemas try to lure audiences back into theatres and away from booming online streaming services.

Thailand logged 80 new Covid-19 fatalities and 8,148 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Friday morning.

WASHINGTON: The United States announced a $10 million reward Thursday for help finding leaders of the high-profile ransomware gang DarkSide, authorities' latest try at combating spiking cyber-extortion attacks.

PARIS: World food prices rose for a third straight month in October to reach a fresh 10-year peak, led again by increases in cereals and vegetable oils, the UN food agency said on Thursday.