Livestock officials hand out animal feed to a resident of Ban Kudeu in Ubon Ratchathani’s Muang district, who had paddled out from his flooded home to receive the aid on Thursday. (Photo: Ubon Ratchathani PR Office) The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) is speeding up efforts to […]
Police raid an illegal nightclub in Yannawa district of the capital on Wednesday. More than 100 customers, the majority of them Chinese nationals, tested positive for illicit drug use. (Police photo) Police are looking into whether a group of wealthy business owners from China are […]
National Day in Austria The Austrian National Day (Nationalfeiertag) is celebrated annually on 26 October, the anniversary of the announcement of Austrian neutrality in 1955 and the departure of the last allied occupying forces from Austria. On this October 26, the national holiday will return […]
It has been a month since Hurricane Ian wiped out parts of southwest Florida. Now multimillion-dollar clean-up contracts are generating new tempests in the Category 4 storm’s wake in the US state. Contractors who remove debris and perform post-storm repairs are fighting over local government […]
Amazon.com Inc has warned that costs might eviscerate its profit for the current quarter, as early holiday marketing does little to boost sales growth while labour and delivery expenses continue to swell. Shares fell 19 percent in after-hours trade after the e-commerce giant’s bleak forecast […]
The European Union has dismissed retaliatory sanctions Iran has placed on European individuals and media outlets as “purely politically motivated” as it expressed concern about Tehran’s ongoing violent repression of anti-government protests. “The European Union rejects the sanctions as they appear to be purely politically […]
Iraqi lawmakers approved a new cabinet after a year-long crisis triggered by contested elections. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, 52, who previously served as Iraq’s human rights minister as well as minister of labour and social affairs, will head the new government. “The government of […]
The average long-term US mortgage rate topped 7 percent for the first time in more than two decades this week, a result of the Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate hikes intended to tame inflation not seen in some 40 years. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday […]
Ethiopia’s government and rebels from the Tigray region are holding their most high-level talks yet aimed at ending two years of war. Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in the conflict, which has intensified since renewed fighting in August ended a five-month truce. […]
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz has heralded a new era in security ties with Turkey as the two countries seek to mend a relationship that had been broken for a decade. Gantz spoke on Thursday during a one-day trip to the powerful NATO member and […]
