Thailand’s new COVID-19 cases drop to lowest since July

BANGKOK, Sept. 7 (Xinhua/APP):Thailand registered 13,821 new COVID-19 cases, the fewest since July 22, while the number of new fatalities was still high at 241, the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration reported on Tuesday. Out of the new infections, over 6,000 cases and more than […]

UK’s PM breaks tax pledge to fund new care for elderly

London, Sept 7 (AFP/APP):Breaking an election pledge not to raise taxes, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday announced hefty new funding to fix a social care crisis and a pandemic surge in hospital waiting lists. The government said the tax hike brings Britain into […]

US condemns ‘shameful’ sentencing of Belarus opposition figures

Washington, Sept 6 (AFP/APP):The United States on Monday denounced prison sentences handed down against two opposition figures in Belarus who challenged President Alexander Lukashenko. “The United States condemns the politically motivated conviction and shameful sentencing today of Belarusian opposition figures Maria Kolesnikova and Maxim Znak,” […]

Russian court jails Navalny protester for three years

Saint Petersburg, Sept 6 (AFP/APP):A Saint Petersburg court on Monday sentenced a Russian man to three years in a penal colony for hitting a police officer at a rally in support of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. According to the prosecutors, Ilya Pershin, a local […]

UK pledges £5.4 bn for pandemic-hit state healthcare

London, Sept 6 (AFP/APP):The UK government on Monday announced £5.4 billion (6.3 billion euros, $7.5 billion) in extra funding for the state-funded healthcare system to treat virus cases and clear a massive backlog in routine operations. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and health minister Sajid Javid […]

Cricket: England v India 4th Test scoreboard

London, Sept 6 (AFP/APP):Completed scoreboard on the fifth day of the fourth Test between England and India at the Oval on Monday: India 1st Innings 191 (S Thakur 57, V Kohli 50; C Woakes 4-55, O Robinson 3-38) England 1st innings 290 (O Pope 81, […]

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