One of last week's non-Covid 19 news was about a DLTV (Distance Learning Television) class for kindergarten students, whose teacher taught them the names of native animals.
It was no surprise that Senior Gen Min Aung Hlaing, who seized power from Myanmar's civilian government six months ago, declared himself the country's prime minister early last week.
Covid-19 has intensified the race to battle climate change, renewing focus on critical efforts to drastically cutt greenhouse gas emissions to reach a 50% reduction by 2030 and net zero by 2050.
As waging war on corruption in the public sector is a core policy declared by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, there should be no excuse for his assets and wealth to be withheld from the public.
On Tuesday, July 27, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned the Chinese Communist Party to cease its aggressive operations in the Pacific. Speaking at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Singapore, Mr Austin declared that the United States "will not flinch when our interests are threatened". One of these "interests", according to Mr Austin, involves the protection of Taiwan.
'I will never kneel before such a destructive force [as the Taliban'," declared Ashraf Ghani, the soon-to-be ex-president of Afghanistan. "We will either sit knee-to-knee for real negotiations at the table, or break their knees on the battlefield."
The show must go on. This maxim may explain the reason why Dr Boon Vanasin, chairman of Thonburi Healthcare Group, came out again on Aug 3 to talk to the Thai media with a new claim that he was in the process of signing a deal with the Defence Ministry to procure an unspecified amount of the mRNA Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for import into Thailand.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has hired consulting firms to provide analysis ahead of a public-private partnership (PPP) for the capital's new monorail project.
Phuket authorities will be making all-out efforts to restore tourist confidence following the murder of a Swiss tourist which has dealt a serious blow to the "sandbox" opening programme.
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Raheem Sterling, Kyle Walker, John Stones and Phil Foden were all absent as Manchester City lost the Community Shield 1-0 to Leicester at Wembley
A new analysis of Government data has shown 900,672 kids are now being taught in the overcrowded classes - a growth of 153,141 since 2010 - and poorer areas have been hit harder
Manchester City lost the Community Shield to Leicester on Saturday though will go into the Premier League season as favourites having won the title last campaign
But steel prices have declined from the historical highs of July 2021 despite the slight rise in global steel prices.
TEHRAN, Aug. 09 (MNA) – Aluminum production in Iran has increased by 26 percent in the first four months of the Iranian calendar year (started MArch 21, 2021).
The board of directors of Channel 13 unanimously decided Sunday to appoint journalist Aviram Elad as CEO of the company.
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Markie Post, the actress best known for "Night Court" and "The Fall Guy," has died at age 70.
Tom Rogic was among the scorers as the Scottish giants hammered Dundee 6-0 at Celtic Park.
