published : 23 Jul 2021 at 21:45 Flagbearers Savate Sresthaporn and Naphaswan Yangpaiboon lead their contingent in the athletes parade during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Friday. (Reuters photo) TOKYO: The Tokyo Olympics were declared open in an eerily empty stadium on Friday after defying a year’s pandemic delay and…
published : 23 Jul 2021 at 20:05 Phra Khru Patra Waranusit, assistant abbot of Wat Bang Nam Chon in Thon Buri district, Bangkok, inspects the temple’s demolished crematorium on Friday. The 25-year-old crematorium developed cracks early this month, worn out by heavy use during the Covid-19 epidemic. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut) A Bangkok temple began demolishing…
published : 23 Jul 2021 at 19:29 Covid-19 vaccine recipients wait to get vaccinated at the Bang Sue Grand Station in Chatuchak district, Bangkok, on Friday. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu) Doctors say a 39-year-old teacher who had received Sinovac-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines died of brain swelling but have yet to conclude whether it had anything to do…
published : 23 Jul 2021 at 19:18 Locals line up with their tanks to refill oxygen during the coronavirus outbreak in Yangon on Wednesday. (Reuters photo) A protest erupted at a prison in Myanmar’s commercial capital of Yangon on Friday against what activists said was a worsening Covid-19 outbreak at the jail, which is used…
Members of K-Pop band, BTS perform on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ show in Central Park in New York on May 15, 2019. (Reuters photo) HONG KONG: K-pop boy band BTS has just received a rare non-musical title – South Korea’s special envoy for public diplomacy.President Moon Jae-in appointed the seven-member group as the Special Presidential…
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