The army's annual training camp for territorial defence students, held in Muang district of Kanchanaburi province, has been cancelled on Covid-19 transmission concerns.

Chinese authorities are urging residents not to make "unnecessary" trips to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year holiday, as the country grapples with fresh coronavirus outbreaks.

The Public Health Ministry has been allocated 4.66 billion baht from the government's central budget for use in battling the new wave of coronavirus disease.

The central banks of Thailand and China have renewed a baht-yuan bilateral currency swap arrangement for five years to support trade and investment in the local currencies, the Bank of Thailand said on Friday.

HANOI: A US probe into Vietnam's currency and timber could harm bilateral relations and negatively impact workers and consumers in both countries, Vietnam said on Friday, citing remarks by its trade minister to the US Trade Representative (USTR).

PARIS: 2020 has tied 2016 as the hottest year on record, the European Union's climate monitoring service said on Friday, keeping Earth on a global warming fast track that could devastate large swathes of humanity.

People living near the Pattani River have been warned to move their belongings to high ground as the town area could be flooded by Saturday morning, as heavy rain continues to pound the southernmost region.

People in the Covid-19-hit provinces of Chanthaburi, Chon Buri, Trat, Rayong and Samut Sakhon must use the MorChana position-tracking app, according to the spokesman of the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration.

TOKYO: Tokyo Olympics organisers insisted Friday that the coronavirus-postponed Games will still go ahead despite Japan declaring a state of emergency less than 200 days before the opening ceremony.

The government on Friday reported 205 new cases of novel coronavirus disease - 131 local infections, 58 from active testing and 16 arrivals, raising the total to 9,841.