KYIV: Ukraine on Tuesday urged its Western allies to hit Russia with "tough sanctions" after President Vladimir Putin recognised two breakaway regions as independent and ordered in his troops.

Public prosecutors on Tuesday indicted a junior policeman who hit and killed a woman on a pedestrian crossing while riding a powerful motorbike in Bangkok last month.

UN Security Council members China and Russia, as well as Serbia, have continued supplying Myanmar's junta with weapons used to attack civilians since last year's coup, a UN rights expert said Tuesday.

Equity markets plunged while oil and haven assets rallied Tuesday after Russia's Vladimir Putin ordered troops into two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine, ramping up geopolitical tensions and fears of a conflict.

Digital and disruptive technologies and development of a circular economy can earn Thailand up to 110.1 billion baht (US$3.4 billion) each year in additional investments, savings and revenue, the World Bank said on Tuesday.

KYIV: The Ukrainian military on Tuesday said two soldiers have been killed and 12 wounded in shelling by pro-Russian separatists in east Ukraine in the past 24 hours, the most casualties this year, as ceasefire violations increase.

BURI RAM: Authorities have ordered the closure of all service venues and restaurants with musical entertainment after more than 300 Covid-19 cases were linked to these venues.

KHON KAEN: A young man was caught by the neck and yanked off his moving motorcycle by a low-hanging overhead cable in Muang district on Monday afternoon.

Thai Beverage Public Company Limited is set to revive the initial public offering of its brewery unit in Singapore after shelving the planned first-time share sale twice due to Covid-19, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

There were 35 more Covid-19 fatalities and 18,363 new cases registered during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Tuesday morning.