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  • COVID vaccines in the workplace: Can I ask who got their shots? | Thaiger

    COVID vaccines in the workplace: Can I ask who got their shots?

    Jon works for the local government in the US state of Virginia. The 40-year-old received both his COVID shots in April. Most of his coworkers are vaccinated, too. But how does he know that’s the case? “I find most people will volunteer the information,” Jon told DW. “Even though we’re not supposed to ask.” In many other workplaces around the…

  • UN report: Changes in Southeast Asia drug trafficking during the pandemic | Thaiger

    UN report: Changes in Southeast Asia drug trafficking during the pandemic

    While the notorious Golden Triangle remains a major production base for methamphetamine, drug syndicates in Southeast Asia have changed up trafficking routes and added production bases to not only survive but capitalise during the pandemic. Large-scale methamphetamine production has emerged in Cambodia during the pandemic, according to the annual UN Office on Drugs and Crime report on synthetic drugs in…

  • United States to return 27 stolen antiquities to Cambodia | Thaiger

    United States to return 27 stolen antiquities to Cambodia

    The United States is returning 27 stolen antiquities to Cambodia. The antiquities, which include Buddhist and Hindu statues from the Angkorian era, are valued at around USD$3.8 million. It’s unclear where the statues were found, or when they were smuggled to the US, but reports say investigators in New York spent years working to recover the antiquities. Operations from Manhattan’s…

  • China arrests 1,100 in cryptocurrency money laundering bust | Thaiger

    China arrests 1,100 in cryptocurrency money laundering bust

    In what will only fuel perception in China that cryptocurrency is nothing more than a money laundering tool, security officials have arrested 1,100 people accused of using criminal profits to buy crypto. Chinese officials have been cracking down on cryptocurrency trade, which is banned in the country. The Ministry of Public Security in China says that Chinese police reportedly caught…

  • Singapore restrictions to be eased in stages as Covid-19 infections drop | Thaiger

    Singapore restrictions to be eased in stages as Covid-19 infections drop

    Singapore is set to relax some of its Covid-19 containment measures as infection rates in the city state drop. The fall in case numbers comes after a month of strict restrictions that limited group sizes and imposed a ban on in-house dining at restaurants. Bloomberg reports that from June 14, the limit on group sizes increases from 2 to 5…

  • UN report: Myanmar could face mass starvation and death | Thaiger

    UN report: Myanmar could face mass starvation and death

    A new United Nations report predicts the imminent threat of mass starvation and death in Myanmar due to the civil unrest after the military coup that has upended the country since February. The UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar issued the grave warning as the countries infrastructure collapses in the ongoing chaos of protestors and insurgents clashing with…

  • Defrocked American priest on trial in East Timor for alleged child sex abuse | Thaiger

    Defrocked American priest on trial in East Timor for alleged child sex abuse

    The trial has started for the 84 year old defrocked American priest who allegedly sexually abused girls at an orphanage he founded in East Timor back in the early 1990s. Richard Daschbach, once revered by the Southeast Asian community for founding the Topu Honis Shelter to support impoverished children and orphans, is now facing charges of sexual abuse, child pornography and…

  • 11 dead in Mumbai building collapse | Thaiger

    11 dead in Mumbai building collapse

    Last night, a residential building collapsed in Mumbai, India’s city that is situated on the west coast. The collapse claimed 11 lives. Of the 11 dead, 8 were children. Indian media says the incident happened around 10:15 pm. Police say 18 people have been extracted from the debris, albeit only 7 lived. It is reported that the injured have been…

  • Burmese junta tells Doctors Without Borders to stop aid in Dawei | Thaiger

    Burmese junta tells Doctors Without Borders to stop aid in Dawei

    Thousands of lives have been placed in peril after the Burmese military junta currently controlling Myanmar commanded Doctors Without Borders to cease operation. The well-known medical charity famous for providing emergency healthcare worldwide regardless of geopolitical borders warns of the urgent danger of stopping care on thousands of HIV and tuberculosis patients. Yesterday the junta order that all medical charity…

  • Taiwan reports holdup on Thai-made AstraZeneca vaccine order | Thaiger

    Taiwan reports holdup on Thai-made AstraZeneca vaccine order

    Taiwan is expecting a holdup on its order of the Thai-made AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. Malaysia and the Philippines have also reported that shipments of the vaccine from the Siam Bioscience manufacturing plant in Thailand have been delayed. Siam Bioscience, which is wholly owned by a subsidiary of the Crown Property Bureau, is planned to be the AstraZeneca distribution hub for…

  • BTS meal closes Indonesian McDonald’s amid Covid-19 fears | Thaiger

    BTS meal closes Indonesian McDonald’s amid Covid-19 fears

    McDonald’s in Indonesia was the site of a BTS-inspired frenzy that forced them to close at least 13 stores for fears of a Covid-19 outbreak. The world-famous Korean Pop band partnered with the world-famous American burger joint to make a BTS meal deal that had rabid K-Pop fans swarming the restaurants. After yesterday’s release of the BTS meal deal, 5…

  • Biden uses first overseas trip to restore America’s place on the world stage | Thaiger

    Biden uses first overseas trip to restore America’s place on the world stage

    “The United States is back.” So US President Joe Biden opened the first overseas trip of his presidency yesterday. The American leader is anxious to restore his country’s place on the world stage and reassure European allies left alienated and troubled by former President Donald Trump. Biden was speaking in the small town of Mildenhall, in the eastern English county…

  • Malaysia reports delay for orders of the Thai-made AstraZeneca vaccine | Thaiger

    Malaysia reports delay for orders of the Thai-made AstraZeneca vaccine

    Several countries have reported delays for orders for the Thai-made AstraZeneca vaccine, and now Malaysia’s science minister says the country is expecting a delay. The reports of delays from the Thai vaccine plant come amid Thailand’s most severe wave of Covid-19 with limited vaccine doses available. Just over the past week, company Siam Bioscience handed over 1.8 million doses to…

  • US report says Covid-19 may have leaked from a Chinese lab | Thaiger

    US report says Covid-19 may have leaked from a Chinese lab

    Yesterday, a report was released that claimed “a virus leak from a Chinese lab in Wuhan is a credible assumption and worthy of additional investigation”. The report comes from the Wall Street Journal and is based on a classified document. According to US media, the study was conducted last May by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, which was…

  • 18 dead from chemical plant fire in India | Thaiger

    18 dead from chemical plant fire in India

    Yesterday, a fire erupted in a chemical plant in Rune, a city in western India. Reportedly, 37 workers were trapped in the building when the fire started. Alerted to the fire, rescue workers dashed to the scene. They saw plumes of purplish-grey smoke coming out of the building. Firemen broke walls to reach the people trapped inside. Officials say they…

  • Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to go on trial next week | Thaiger

    Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to go on trial next week

    The trial of Myanmar’s detained and ousted leader is set to go on next week. The military arrested Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy and a Nobel laureate, in the February 1 coup, saying the reason behind the takeover was due to a fraudulent election. She had won the election for state counsellor in a landslide. 75…

  • Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses concern over violence in Myanmar | Thaiger

    Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses concern over violence in Myanmar

    With more than 850 people killed by security forces since the February military coup in Myanmar, and the junta’s ongoing clashes with ethnic troops and rebel fighters, Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released a statement expressing concern over the violence in the neighbouring country. Along with reiterating the call to end violence and the release of detainees, the ministry’s spokesperson…

  • Labour party urges UK to close borders to Thailand, Vietnam | Thaiger

    Labour party urges UK to close borders to Thailand, Vietnam

    The Labour party in the United Kingdom has suggested that the UK border be closed to travellers from Vietnam and Thailand, citing the appearance and spread of a variety of Covid-19 variants. Home Secretary Priti Patel was warned Friday night by Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds that the two Southeast Asian nations should be moved to the red list and…

  • #FreePALESTINE billboard taken down in Bangkok | Thaiger

    #FreePALESTINE billboard taken down in Bangkok

    A billboard in Yan Nawa, a district in Bangkok, has been taken down. It was reportedly put up by a group of Thai Muslims who support the Palestinian cause. The billboard consisted of the Palestinian flag with “#FreePALESTINE” superimposed on the bottom of the flag, as well as the dome of the Al-Aqsa mosque. Reportedly, Thai officials had asked the…

  • Burmese coup leader says in interview he’s surprised by backlash | Thaiger

    Burmese coup leader says in interview he’s surprised by backlash

    In an interview with a Hong Kong TV channel recently aired on Burmese television, Burmese coup leader Min Aung Hlaing said that he was struggling to control Myanmar after a surprise backlash. The interview by the Chinese language Phoenix Television was just aired Thursday in Myanmar. In the interview, the military leader said he did not anticipate such widespread and…

  • Covid-19 sees a rise in dangerous scams in India | Thaiger

    Covid-19 sees a rise in dangerous scams in India

    While Covid-19 was wreaking havoc across India, some devious scammers saw the desperation of a pandemic crisis as an opportunity. India has frequently been known to be a hotbed for ripoffs and scams, and the Coronavirus pandemic has only worsened the situation. In December an Indian call centre made US $14 million by cheating 4,500 Americans whom they tricked into…

  • BTS make musical history with a slice of ‘Butter’ | Thaiger

    BTS make musical history with a slice of ‘Butter’

    Four #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 12 months! South Korean band BTS have made history again with ‘Butter’, topping Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart this week… the 4th #1 hit from the 7-member BTS on Billboard’s Hot 100 Singles chart in 1 year, following ‘Dynamite’ and ‘Life Goes On’, and their collaboration on the ‘Savage…

  • Man arrested for allegedly smuggling durian into Thailand | Thaiger

    Man arrested for allegedly smuggling durian into Thailand

    Last night, a man was arrested and charged with smuggling durian into Thailand from Myanmar. 25 year old Pairat Wattanom, a Thai Man from the Thai Province Ranong, which is part of the isthmus that has the Andaman Sea on one side and the Gulf of Thailand on the other, has been arrested and waits for the judicial system to…

  • India places order for 300 million doses of unapproved vaccine | Thaiger

    India places order for 300 million doses of unapproved vaccine

    India signed an order yesterday for 300 million doses of an unnamed Indian vaccine that will cost US $205-206 million. The currently untitled vaccine comes from the Indian firm Biological E, which is in Phase 3 trials. The vaccine has shown “promising results” in the first two phases, says the government. From the government: The arrangement with Biological-E is part…

  • Train accident kills 9 in China | Thaiger

    Train accident kills 9 in China

    Early this morning, 9 people were confirmed dead from a railway accident in China’s Gansu Province, a northcentral province south of Mongolia. Reportedly, the train rammed workers. The train was coming from Urumqi and was head to Hangzhou, when it crashed into railway workers around 5:25 in the morning in Jinchang city. Emergency responders were sent to the scene to…

  • Epidemiologist says “zero Covid” countries risk isolation unless vaccination is ramped up | Thaiger

    Epidemiologist says “zero Covid” countries risk isolation unless vaccination is ramped up

    A leading infectious diseases specialist in Australia says countries using tight border control measures to maintain their “zero Covid” status risk being left in limbo unless vaccination is accelerated. According to a Bloomberg report, Greg Dore from the University of New South Wales in Sydney says border restrictions that have kept Covid-19 deaths below 1,000 in Australia are not sustainable.…

  • Indonesian submarine salvage efforts called off | Thaiger

    Indonesian submarine salvage efforts called off

    After the tragic search for Indonesia’s missing submarine ending in finding it had sunk with no survivors April 21, the government has officially ended attempts to salvage the sub. The KRI Nanggalla 402 was engaging in live torpedo trainings but disappeared in April with 53 crew members aboard. Days of frantic searches and hopes for survivors came to a close…

  • Serbian volleyball player makes racist gesture during Thai match | Thaiger

    Serbian volleyball player makes racist gesture during Thai match

    A volleyball match in the Nations League is making waves after a Serbian volleyball player made a gesture many considered racist during a game with the Thai team. Sanja Djurdjevic was signalling her teammates during the match when she tugged on the corner of her eyes, narrowing them into a gesture that has often been used as a racist jab…

  • ASEAN delegation to visit Myanmar to help find a solution to ongoing crisis | Thaiger

    ASEAN delegation to visit Myanmar to help find a solution to ongoing crisis

    To help find a solution to the ongoing situation in Myanmar following the military coup, an ASEAN delegation will visit Myanmar tomorrow to meet with the leaders of the junta’s State Administrative Council, which has taken the place of the elected civilian government led by the National League of Democracy. Since the February military takeover, an estimated more than 800…

  • WHO assigns alternative names for Covid variants based on Greek alphabet | Thaiger

    WHO assigns alternative names for Covid variants based on Greek alphabet

    After criticism over naming new variants of Covid-19 based on the country it was first detected, the World Health Orginisation has announced alternative names for the “variants of concern” based off the Greek alphabet… Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, etc. Last week, media outlets in the UK released reports last week saying more than 100 people had tested positive for the…

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