Some armed with knives and clubs, others firing slingshot and throwing stones, supporters of Myanmar's military attacked opponents of the coup in downtown Yangon on Thursday, while Southeast Asian governments groped for ways to end the crisis.

The day the military seized power in Myanmar three weeks ago, Phyu delved into her company's emergency funds and gave her staff a one-month advance on their salaries.

SYDNEY: Facebook and Google will be forced to pay for Australian news under legislation passed on Thursday that is being closely watched globally for precedents in the battle between Big Tech and media companies.

Facebook said it has banned all remaining accounts linked to the Myanmar military on Thursday, citing the junta's use of deadly force against anti-coup demonstrators.

NARATHIWAT: Two ranger volunteers were killed and another one wounded by a bomb explosion and gunfire when their foot patrol was attacked in a mountainous forest area of Ra-ngae district on Thursday morning.

BURI RAM: A 52-year-old woman in Lam Plai Mat district whose identity card was wrongly issued to another woman 12 years ago is finally getting her name back, along with her lost rights to government assistance.

A new Covid-19 cluster has been found, centred on Bangkok and adjacent Samut Sakhon province, with a student futsal team as its core.

The government on Thursday reported 72 new Covid-19 cases confirmed over the past 24 hours comprising 63 local infections and nine imported, raising the total to 25,764.

MELBOURNE: A sheep found wandering in the wilderness of the Australian bush has been sheared of a huge 35 kilogramme fleece after an estimated five years of unchecked growth.

SURAT THANI: Koh Samui will receive its first delivery of Covid-19 vaccine before the end of the month and inoculations will begin early next month, with people in the disease control and tourism sectors among the first.