Demonstrators hold flags during an anti-government protest at Democracy Monument on Sunday. At least four rallies will be held on Saturday. (Reuters photo) About 4,800 crowd control police officers will be deployed to handle four anti-government groups that are set to hold rallies in Bangkok […]
A sailor wearing a life jacket swims with a cat he rescued from a capsized fishing boat near Koh Adang in Satun earlier this week. (Ja Choen Met Sai Team Youtube : Facebook Account) The navy has received an award from a leading animal rights group […]
Thousands of Algerians demonstrated against the political and military elite in the capital Algiers and other cities across the country for a second successive Friday, as the United Nations human rights body voiced concern at what it called a crackdown on protesters. The demonstrations mark […]
The United States has administered 82 million coronavirus vaccine shots, White House officials announced on Friday, more than any other country in the world. During a coronavirus task force news conference, health officials said 55 percent of Americans aged 65 and older have now received […]
The United Nations special envoy on Myanmar urged the UN Security Council on Friday to take immediate action to stop the military’s deadly violence against peaceful protesters and restore democracy after last month’s coup. Christine Schraner Burgener called on the council for “unified action”, asking […]
A first phone call on Friday clinched the first trade breakthrough to start rebuilding transatlantic relations between the United States and the European Union in the wake of the Trump presidency. After US President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke, […]
American Airlines Co said on Friday that a Boeing 737 MAX bound for New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport declared an emergency after the captain shut down one engine due to a possible mechanical issue. American’s Flight 2555 from Miami with 95 passengers and six […]
NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance has taken its first, short drive on the surface of the red planet, two weeks after the robot science lab’s picture-perfect touchdown on the floor of an enormous crater, mission managers said on Friday. The Perseverance rover first ventured from its landing position […]
It was 1938 when Adolf Hitler and German troops stormed into Austria and annexed the nation into Nazi Germany. The move prompted a mass exodus of thousands of Jewish people, who now feared for their lives. Among those who fled was Ian Ernst’s parents, Liselotte […]
Nasiriya, Iraq – It is where the wheel was invented, the Code of Hammurabi – or rule of law – was first established, and where oil was first burned as a source of energy. It is the ancient Iraqi city of Ur – located in Dhi […]
