Rural doctors complain about Covid vaccines overflowing fridges, yet more being sent

  THE RURAL Doctor Society complained via Facebook today (June 7) that Covid vaccine situation has reached a point where supplies are overflowing rural hospital refrigerators yet another large lot of 16.8 million doses is being sent despite the fact that the central government could reject additional stocks if need be, Sanook.com said. In its …

Prayut downplays hearsay of him taking helm of Palang Pracharath Party

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha today (June 7) downplayed hearsay that he would sooner or later become top leader of Palang Pracharath Party in place of its current leader, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan. Prayut told reporters at Government House he had never heard of such rumours until today that he …

Prisoners to start cleaning Bangkok’s sewers again from next month

THE BANGKOK Metropolitan Administration (BMA) reached an agreement with the Corrections Department today (June 7) to resume hiring prisoners to clean the capital's sewers from July 1 onwards in an effort to prevent flooding during the rainy season, Naewna newspaper said. Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt chaired a meeting with the department's team led by their …

Battle for Ukraine’s Sievierodonetsk rages through city’s streets

By Reuters and published by Channel NewsAsia  Kyiv - Ukrainian and Russian troops fought street by street for control of the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on Monday (June 6) in the pivotal battle of the Kremlin offensive in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. Which side had the upper hand remained unclear. Russian forces had the numerical …