SINGAPORE: A British man pleaded guilty on Monday to breaking Singapore's strict coronavirus rules by sneaking out of his hotel room to meet his fiancée while he was undergoing two weeks of mandatory quarantine.

NAKHON PHANOM: A combined government unit seized 484 kilogrammes of dried marijuana in an operation on the bank of the Mekong river in That Phanom district late on Sunday night.

NONTHABURI: The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine on Monday introduced the legal use of cannabis to the public as many parts of the plant are not considered as narcotics.

Four academics claiming to represent 255 lecturers at 31 education establishments read out a statement in front of Bangkok Remand Prison on Monday morning, calling for the release on bail of four pro-democracy activists currently in detention.

Tensions were rising in Myanmar on Monday after the military deployed armoured vehicles to the streets of the country's largest city Yangon the previous night while also putting in place an internet blackout overnight.

AUCKLAND: New Zealand's biggest city began a snap three-day lockdown Monday, forcing two million people to stay at home, as authorities scrambled to contain the nation's first outbreak of the highly contagious UK variant.

The Cabinet on Monday approved 37.1 billion baht of assistance to help low-income workers during the country's current coronavirus outbreak, a government spokesman said.

A Pathum Thani market was infected with Covid-19 from Samut Sakhon and has spread the disease to other provinces, according to a government spokeswoman.

NARATHIWAT: Gunmen fired shots at a guard post outside Bacho police station on Sunday night, but the bullets hit only a power pole, signboard and a parked car.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Two villages in Soeng Sang district have been placed under lockdown after the province's 11th Covid-19 infection was detected here.