Listen to this story: Lviv and Kyiv, Ukraine – Boghdan Sulanov, the fast-talking vocalist of a heavy metal rock band called YAD, traverses a crammed backstage area. He edges past a guitarist who has just finished a high-octane, adrenaline-fuelled set, leaving him drenched in sweat, […]
Thailand Post employees sort ballots cast in early voting in March 2019. (File photo) A total of 32,805 eligible voters registered for advance voting on Saturday, the first day of the registration period from March 25-April 9, the Election Commission said. The advance voting date […]
Heavy air pollution blankets Bangkok on March 15. (File photo) Northern provinces, especially Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, were blanketed by unsafe levels of the carcinogenic PM2.5 on Sunday, according to the Health Department. Dr Suwannachai Wattanayingcharoenchai, director-general of the department, said the levels of […]
US President Joe Biden has approved an emergency declaration for Mississippi after a powerful storm tore across the state, killing at least 25 people there and one in Alabama. Biden ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the affected areas, […]
Lebanon has woken up in two time zones amid an escalating dispute between political and religious authorities over a decision to extend winter time for a month. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati issued a decision on Thursday to delay entering daylight savings time till April […]
A student rushes for a taxi on a road in the Rangsit area of Pathum Thani during a summer storm in 2018. (File photo) Summer storms with gusty winds and hail are expected in the upper part of the country from March 26-29, beginning with […]
Honduras has ended its decades-long diplomatic relations with Taiwan in favour of ties with China, prompting Taipei to accuse Beijing of using “coercion and intimidation” to lure its few remaining allies. The Honduran foreign ministry said on Saturday that “the government of Honduras recognises the existence […]
Dozens of people have been killed after a powerful storm that spawned at least one tornado ripped across the US states of Mississippi and Alabama, tearing off roofs, smashing cars and levelling entire neighbourhoods. Mississippi’s emergency management agency put the death toll at 25 on […]
At least 19 refugees and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have drowned off the coast of Tunisia while trying to cross the Mediterranean and reach Italy, according to a human rights group. Reports of the deaths came early on Sunday as Italy’s ANSA news agency said […]
Red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship supporters hold a birthday party for ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawtra at a bookshop at Imperial World shopping mall in Lat Phrao in 2016. (File photo) Academics and senators do not believe fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra […]
