Military-style exercises in British schools
In the UK, a company founded by the government sends former soldiers to help school children coping with stress caused by the COVID-19.
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In the UK, a company founded by the government sends former soldiers to help school children coping with stress caused by the COVID-19.
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Monday the United States was “addicted to quitting” following Washington’s decision to leave the World Health Organization (WHO) and said the withdrawal reveals a pursuit of power politics and unilateralism. Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters during a daily briefing that the international community disagreed with what he
Thai people may, belatedly, be able to celebrate the traditional Thai New Year, or Songkran, in July if the third phase of the easing of lockdown restrictions this month goes smoothly. CCSA spokesman Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin said today that the Government might declare special public holidays in July, in lieu of the suspended Songkran holidays
Thailand recorded one new COVID-19 case and no new fatalities today (Monday). CCSA spokesman Dr. Taweesin Visanuyothin said that the new patient is 43-year old Thai woman, who arrived from Russia on May 20th and entered state quarantine in Chon Buri province the same day. She tested negative for COVID-19 on May 24th, but a
On-going moves to form new political parties by key individuals within the Pheu Thai Party and its offshoot, the now-defunct Thai Raksa Chart, only prove one thing – the rifts inside the top opposition party may be too deep to heal. However, many political observers believe the moves are merely powerplays among Pheu Thai factions,
Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana and Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong have lost their posts, as party leader and secretary-general of the ruling Palang Pracharat party respectively, effective today after 18 members of the executive committee quit en masse. Mr. Paiboon Nititawan, party deputy leader, told a news conference this afternoon (Monday) that the resignation of the
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tense protests over the death of George Floyd and other police killings of black people grew Saturday from New York to Tulsa to Los Angeles, with police cars set ablaze and reports of injuries mounting on all sides as the country convulsed through another night of unrest after months of coronavirus lockdowns.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Protesters took to the streets across America again Sunday, with violence flaring in pockets of largely peaceful demonstrations fueled by the killings of black people at the hands of police. A truck driver — apparently deliberately — drove into demonstrators in Minneapolis nearly a week after George Floyd pleaded with an officer