VIENTIANE (Xinhua) -- Fifty schools have been temporarily closed due to severe flooding in northern Laos' Luang Namtha province, affecting almost 6,000 teachers and students in the province. Floodwaters ravaged buildings and equipment, with local authorities and volunteers working to clean schools and repair the damage caused and plan to replace items that are no longer...
PATTAYA: Tourists have been warned to take precautions when swimming at Pattaya Beach after the seaside town was invaded by moon jellyfish - Aurelia aurita - during the past four days. Officials said the seaside at the Pattaya Beach, especially at the Dong Tan section, has had plenty of common jellyfish during the past four days...
LONDON: British actress Maggie Smith, an award-winning Shakespearian actress and double Oscar winner who later appeared in the Harry Potter films as Professor Minerva McGonagall, has died aged 89, the BBC reported on Friday (Sept 27). One of the few actors to win an Oscar (two), Emmy (four), and Tony, Smith's long career started on the...
LONDON: British actress Maggie Smith, an award-winning Shakespearian actress and double Oscar winner who later appeared in the Harry Potter films as Professor Minerva McGonagall, has died aged 89, the BBC reported on Friday (Sept 27). One of the few actors to win an Oscar (two), Emmy (four), and Tony, Smith's long career started on the...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Friday he would work with both Ukraine and Russia to end their war, as he stood next to Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy before their meeting in New York. (Reporting by Helen Coster, Steve Holland, Doina Chiacu)
CAPILLA DEL MONTE, Argentina (Reuters) - Wildfires have burned through 40,000 hectares (400 square kilometers) of Argentina's central farming region of Cordoba, according to officials, leaving charred cattle, houses, forests and fields in their wake. Images from the hard-hit town of Capilla del Monte in the key ranching region showed cows completely burned and blackened amid...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday that a plan by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to force it to make peace was a "fatal mistake" that would have consequences for Kyiv. Zelenskiy told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that the war between Russia and Ukraine could not be calmed by talks alone and that...
BANGKOK: A crocodile farm owner in Lamphun province has made the heartbreaking decision to cull 125 of his breeding crocodiles due to severe flooding that has compromised the safety of both the animals and the surrounding community. In a Facebook post the farm owner, identified as Mr X, shared the tragic news and explained the circumstances...
Whether out of habit or by accident, it's not uncommon to leave a smartphone charger plugged in when it's not in use. But it's a good idea to always unplug your charger after use, for both safety and to save money. The first reason not to leave your charger plugged in when it's not in use...
SOME Singaporean companies are looking to sell shares in Malaysia’s booming market, as the city-state remains on track for its worst year for new stock listings in a quarter century. A shift would buck the historical pattern of Malaysian firms offering equity in Singapore, which has traditionally been seen as offering better access to global institutional...
