A barge collects garbage from a canal to prevent it from clogging the water pump station in Phra Khanong, the biggest such facility in Bangkok. It is the final pump station for canals and is vital to the city’s water drainage. City Hall has urged […]
People use mobile phones at a mall in Bangkok. A new study projects the merger between True and DTAC will likely increase service fees and reduce service levels. The merger of True Corporation and Total Access Communication (DTAC) would hamper market competition and make a […]
An explosion inside a coal mine in northern Turkey killed at least 22 people, Turkey’s health minister said, while rescuers were trying to bring dozens of others trapped inside the mine to the surface. The explosion occurred on Friday at the state-owned TTK Amasra Muessese […]
A judge in Malta has sentenced two brothers to 40 years in prison each after they abruptly reversed course and pleaded guilty to the car-bomb murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, which had shocked Europe and triggered angry protests in Malta. Hours earlier, at […]
An explosion inside a coal mine in northern Turkey has killed 14 people, injured at least 28 and trapped nearly 50 underground, Minister of the Interior Suleyman Soylu said. The explosion on Friday occurred at the state-owned TTK Amasra Muessese Mudurlugu mine in the town […]
Gangsters blockading a major fuel terminal in Haiti are causing catastrophic hunger on the island, United Nations officials have said, with more than four million people facing severe insecurity and more than 19,000 others suffering from famine. The situation is particularly dire in the coastal […]
California has started to vote on a ballot measure that would enshrine abortion and contraception rights in the state’s constitution. Early voting for the November 8 election began in California this week, with polls suggesting that about two-thirds of California voters are in favour of […]
Russia’s leader said he has no plans “for now” to launch massive air raids such as those carried out this week, in which more than 100 long-range missiles were fired at targets across Ukraine. “We do not set ourselves the task of destroying Ukraine. No, […]
Airbus and Qatar Airways fought in court in front of Boeing on Friday as a dispute about damage to A350 jets descended into a tug-of-war over confidential documents while the sums at stake in their unprecedented falling out topped $1.5bn. Boeing was dragged into the […]
Two brothers have pleaded guilty to the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, an anti-corruption reporter who was killed in a massive car bomb explosion outside her home. The admission of guilt from Alfred and George Degiorgio marked a stunning turnaround on the first […]
