"News Update"

The US Embassy in Bangkok posted on Twitter on Saturday that the US will donate an additional 1 million doses of safe and effective vaccines to Thailand.

Schools will finalise the list of students who opt for the Pfizer vaccine on Sunday to send it to the Ministry of Education.

The long-neck Karen were reportedly among tourism entrepreneurs in Mae Hong Son province who received jabs of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine allocated by the Chulabhorn Royal Academy.

A ponzi scheme through an online application has defrauded over 4,000 people and their losses could amount to over Bt1 billion, the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) revealed recently.

Eco-traveller Jirayu Ekkul updated on his Facebook page that a total of new Brydes whales were born in Thailand since 2020.

Police cracked down on a drug party held at Galaxy Resort in Bangkok’s Bang Khen area on Friday.

Thailand’s Covid-19 caseload dipped slightly to 11,975 with 127 deaths in the past 24 hours on Saturday. Of the new cases, 92 were in prisons.

The Thoracic Society of Thailand under Royal Patronage, together with the Interstitial Lung Disease and Lung Disease from Occupational and Environmental Diseases (ILD assembly), organized a ‘Fill Up The Air’ live seminar on the ILDs Facebook page to improve awareness and understanding of Fibrotic-ILD (Fibrotic-Interstitial Lung Disease), a rare disease that has become more difficult to detect as a result of COVID-19 during screening, diagnosis and treatment. COVID-19 patients with severely damaged lungs may find their symptoms develop into pulmonary fibrosis which has a high risk of death if not treated early.

TORONTO - The two Canadians detained in China in what Western officials had called a blatant display of "hostage diplomacy" have been released from prison and are on their way to Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.

NEW YORK - Meng Wanzhou, a top Huawei Technologies executive detained for nearly three years in Canada, can return home to China after striking a deal with U.S. Justice Department officials in which she acknowledged helping to conceal the companys direct dealings in Iran, which violated U.S. sanctions.

WASHINGTON - A Republican-commissioned review of nearly 2.1 million ballots cast last year in Arizona confirmed the accuracy of the official results and President Joe Bidens win in Maricopa County, according to a final report released Friday, striking a blow to former president Donald Trumps efforts to undermine confidence in the 2020 election.

Russ Kick, a writer, editor and self-described "rogue transparency activist" who pried loose government records, using Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain overlooked documents and peek behind the curtain of official secrecy, died Sept. 12 at his home in Tucson, Ariz. He was 52.