Almost 23,000 CCTV cameras have been installed in Bangkok and surrounding provinces to heighten safety during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit, said national police chief Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas. He chaired a joint meeting on security and traffic on Thursday to follow up on […]
Tourists take photos with a sign for the Apec 2022 summit at Suvarnabhumi airport. Varuth Hirunyatheb The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) says hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit is an opportunity to promote the country as a preferred tourism destination. TAT offices in China have […]
At Vienna Airport, the security staff is rehearsing the uprising. Tuesday next week at nine o’clock in the morning, a works meeting will begin at the airport subsidiary Vienna International Airport Security Services (VIAS). Walter Burianek, head of the works council, expects a high turnout […]
Climate Crisis Nuclear technologies and applications should be safely researched under international supervision. In Seibersdorf, Austria, the International Atomic Energy Agency maintains eight nuclear applications laboratories. The World Climate Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh is being held these weeks. Meanwhile, the environmental protection organization World Wide […]
United States basketball player Brittney Griner has been moved to a penal colony in Russia’s Mordovia region to serve a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession, her lawyers confirmed, as Washington continues to push for her release. Griner’s lawyers said in a statement on Thursday […]
The Uvalde officer who was leading the United States city’s police department during the hesitant law enforcement response to a primary school shooting which killed 19 children and two teachers has stepped down, a city spokeswoman said. Mariano Pargas retired on Thursday afternoon after 18 […]
New FTX CEO John Ray has said in a US court filing that there was flawed regulatory oversight and a lack of corporate control of the bankrupt crypto exchange founded by Sam Bankman-Fried. In the highest-profile crypto blowup to date, FTX filed for protection in the […]
A Dutch court has convicted three men of murder for their role in shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 and sentenced them to life in prison. A fourth man was acquitted. “Only the most severe punishment is fitting to retaliate for […]
At least 21 people have been killed and several others injured after a fire ripped through a residential building in the densely-populated Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, according to local sources. Ambulances rushed several injured people to local hospitals, and Israel, which […]
At least 21 people have been killed and several others injured after a fire ripped through a residential building in the densely-populated Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, according to local sources. Ambulances rushed several injured people to local hospitals, and Israel, which […]
