Whether the new coronavirus was man-made or not and where exactly it came from remains a mystery. Even though some experts have said that it is a naturally occurring strain among bats and not a bioweapon, it has claimed more than 320,000 lives and sickened over 5 million people around the world so far.
For the past two months or so, many of the world's popular tourist destinations have been shuttered to visitors, leaving beaches, restaurants, shops, bars and streets almost empty.
Despite opposition by pro-democracy academics and opposition parties, the cabinet is likely to endorse the decision of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) to extend the state of emergency for another month until the end of June at its meeting tomorrow.
As I've been following progress of the Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Myanmar, I can see the project receives little attention from the mainstream Thai media, despite the fact the contentious project involves a big investor, the Thai government -- and human rights violations.
The government is set to reallocate 150 billion baht from the 2020 and 2021 fiscal budgets if additional funds for economic and social restoration are needed to blunt the fallout from the pandemic, says the Budget Bureau.
The world's top luxury brands make much of their European heritage, but their future is looking more Chinese than ever. However this contradiction plays out in the long run, it poses one immediate problem: too many boutiques on their home continent.
Hertz Global Holdings Inc., one of the nation's largest car-rental companies, filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, saddled with about $19 billion in debt and nearly 700,000 vehicles that have been largely idled because of the coronavirus.
Seaside hotels in Phuket will remain closed until the fourth quarter of this year, as international tourist demand is expected to return at a slower pace and selling advance vouchers to locals is considered ineffective.
Agriculture, tourism and state spending will be instrumental in rebooting the economy in the third and fourth quarters, says Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.
A rapid increase of arrests in the month after the government declared a state of emergency in late March to fight the Covid-19 outbreak threatened to overwhelm the already overcrowded prison population.
The Red Devils played Sporting Lisbon in a pre-season friendly in 2003 and a teenage Ronaldo certainly caught the eye of everyone in the team
United ended Arsenal's rampant 49-game unbeaten run in a hotly-contested clash at Old Trafford in 2004 - which was dogged with controversy before pizza went flying in the tunnel
Ferguson and Beckham's relationship was irreversibly tarnished following an altercation in the dressing room after Man Utd's defeat to Arsenal in the FA Cup in 2003
Exclusive: Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson infamously kicked a boot at David Beckham's head in 2003, which Mikael Silvestre says left everyone in the dressing room "shocked"
This year’s NTT Indycar Series Genesys 300 is racing from NBC Sports to NBC for the first televised primetime of the series since 2013. The race from Texas Motor Speedway is set to air on June 6 at 8pm ET moving from its originally scheduled window on NBCSN. Programming will kick off at 1:30pm ET […]
Actress Emily Atack shared her early morning routine with her online following as she confessed she 'doesn't know what day it is' as she continues lockdown alone
On May 11, the White House recommended states test all nursing home residents within two weeks.
It's bad news for "Some Good News" host John Krasinski.
Coming into Round No. 5 of the virtual FIA ABB Formula E Series event, BMW i Andretti Formula E's team were hoping for a better turnaround than last weeks event after failing to the finish the race at the virtual Hong Kong.
Dr. Michael Mantell recalls hearing that a well-adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous. What’s the secret? The link is what you think, of course. And Mantell claims the right mindset brings the secret out into the public: it’s resilience. And if you are fortunate enough to live in […]
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Only 21% of people living in care home have been tested for the coronavirus since the pandemic began, with 40% of homes having had no residents checked for the deadly bug
I’m just so proud of Matt McCall and all our guys and the way we have to communicate right now, and get through everything as far as those last-minute details and those fine adjustments.
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