YANGON: Two people have died and over 600 others have been hospitalised with severe diarrhea in Hlaingtharya township of Myanmar's Yangon region from July 5 to Monday (Sept 2), an official from the Ministry of Health told Xinhua on Friday (Sept 6). The health official said that the two deceased had underlying health conditions. As of Tuesday,...
AVIGNON, FRANCE (AFP): The daughter of a Frenchman on trial for enlisting strangers to rape his drugged wife described him as "likely one of the worst sexual criminals in past 20 years". Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, has admitted to abusing his wife without her knowledge between 2011 and 2020, drugging her with sleeping pills and...
MANILA: Alice Guo, also known as Guo Hua Ping, has been handed over to the Philippine National Police (PNP) custodial centre in Camp Crame, Quezon City on Friday (Sept 6)afternoon after appearing in a court in Tarlac. Guo left the custodial centre on Friday at around 9:40am and police brought her to the Tarlac Regional Trial...
BANGKOK (The Nation Thailand/ANN): Thailand's Crime Suppression Division (CSD) officers finally tracked down and arrested a British fugitive who had been hiding in Thailand over the past two years pretending to be a boxer. CSD chief Pol Maj-General Montree Theskhan said on Tuesday that Ben Ransom, 28, was tracked down to a restaurant in Phuket’s Muang...
South Korean pop idols are often objects of fantasy, prompting malicious internet users to feature their likenesses in deepfake pornographic photos and videos. This phenomenon is becoming so widespread in South Korea that a major K-pop label has declared its intention to take legal action. JYP Entertainment, the entertainment company representing girl band TWICE, announced on August...
BANGKOK: In the lush farmlands of Thailand, a quiet revolution is taking place, spearheaded by an unlikely innovator: 17-year-old (Win) Chawinthorn Akkaratatta (pic). This young visionary is bridging the gap between traditional farming practices in Thailand and modern technology, empowering small-scale farmers with the likes of both engineering and economics. Win's journey began on his father's durian...
Pancreatic cancer cells can “starve”, thanks to a combination of a new type of cancer drug and a keto diet, an early study suggests. Researchers said that their new study points to a “vulnerability” that could potentially lead to a new treatment for pancreatic cancer, which has notoriously poor outcomes. Only around 5% of people with the...
(Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday Ukraine's Western allies should not only allow their weapons to be used for strikes deep inside Russia, but also supply Kyiv with more of the arms themselves. Ukraine has long urged partners to allow it to fire Western weapons at targets far into enemy territory, and those calls...
PHNOM PENH (Phnom Penh POst/ANN): While the 2024 Gumball 3000 Rally won’t be tearing up the streets of the Kingdom for another fortnight, prominent Malaysian motorsport competitor Leona Chin has already been setting hearts racing in Cambodia. The rally will see a one-off collection of hypercars and other luxury vehicles touring the country, with the goal...
VLADIVOSTOK: Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will participate in the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) and plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia's Roscongress Foundation said on Monday (Sept 2). "Anwar Ibrahim intends to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the EEF to discuss economic cooperation, emphasising the independent position of his...
