Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Monday his government is preparing for a potential flood of refugees from neighbouring Myanmar.

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden's new trade negotiator has said the United States is not yet ready to lift tariffs on Chinese imports, but could be open to talks with Beijing.

HONG KONG: A picture of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei flipping a middle finger in Tiananmen Square will not be shown at the opening of a prestigious new museum in Hong Kong, an official said on Monday.

Covid-19 spread from two vendors who worked at a wet market in Saphan Sung district to five family members early this month.

CAIRO: The massive container ship blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week has been turned 80% in the right direction, officials said on Monday, raising hopes the vital trade route could soon be clear.

LONDON: England began to further ease its coronavirus lockdown on Monday, spurred by rapid vaccinations, but governments in the rest of Europe struggled to contain Covid-19 surges.

TELUK INTAN, Malaysia: Working out with ageing equipment in his modest gym, 72-year-old Malaysian bodybuilder A. Arokiasamy bench presses two dumbbells and then flexes his muscular arms.

The government reported 39 new Covid-19 cases, 28 locally transmitted and 11 imported, raising the accumulated total since the start of the pandemic to 28,773.

Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn, former commissioner of the Immigration Bureau, has been transferred from the Prime Minister's Office to the Royal Thai Police Office and the position of Level 9 adviser, effective from March 27.

SYDNEY: Two Australian ministers were demoted from top cabinet posts Monday as the ruling conservative party tried to draw a line under dual rape scandals that have convulsed national politics.