KHON KAEN: The Nakhon Khon Kaen Municipality is consdering buying Covid-19 vaccines for its population of 110,000 using its own reserve fund, but first needs approval from the government, Mayor Teerasak Theekhayuphan said on Monday.

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Three Rohingya women were re-arrested on Monday after mysteriously escaping from a room where they had been detained.

JAKARTA: Indonesia's food and drug agency on Monday granted emergency use approval to a Covid-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech, as it became the first country outside China to give the regulatory greenlight to the vaccine.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Monday said that the larger government deficit in next year's budget would not affect the country's efforts to manage the spread and economic fallout of the coronavirus.

The Tourism Minister said on Monday he had proposed a plan to allow foreigners to quarantine in some of the country's many golf resorts to boost the ailing tourism sector during the coronavirus pandemic.

BEIJING: Ten World Health Organization scientists will visit China from Thursday to probe the origins of Covid-19, authorities said Monday, more than a year after the pandemic began and amid accusations Beijing has tried to thwart the investigation.

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has moved to brand Yemen's Iranian-linked Huthi rebels as terrorists, a last-minute move in defiance of aid groups who fear it will worsen a humanitarian crisis.

SAN FRANCISCO: The big tech show will go on, but online only: the 2021 Consumer Electronics Show kicks off Monday aiming to create connections and showcase the latest in robotics, smart devices, digital health and more.

Japanese cheerleaders danced and cheered on commuters outside a Tokyo rail station late last week in a bid to lift spirits with the capital heading into another state of emergency over the Covid-19 pandemic.

Employers and employees are allowed to defer or stop financial contributions to company provident funds for another six months, a senior Finance Ministry official said on Monday.