A Russian criminal who was sent to fight in Ukraine made a devastating call to his wife, telling her he was about to be executed by Army commanders. Viktor Sevalnev, 43, was reportedly shot and his skull smashed with a sledgehammer after high-ranking officials blamed him when troops in his unit abandoned the frontline. The […]
OPINION: New Zealand and the Government are lucky the tourism sector is populated by so many optimists. The hundreds of thousands who worked in tourism before the pandemic have needed every gram of hope to get them through the last two years.Today the Government announced vaccinated Australians can enter the country without self-isolating and the […]
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s business advisory council will urge the government on Monday to deploy support measures for farmers and small- and medium-sized businesses as the coronavirus pandemic drives Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy toward a recession. The central bank has forecast the economy to shrink 5.3% this year for its the weakest performance since the […]
