A bus crash in western Thailand has killed 14 people and injured more than 30 others, officials say. The accident occurred in Prachuap Khiri Khan province as the bus was travelling from the capital, Bangkok, to Songkhla province in the deep south. It was carrying 49 people when it ran off the road and hit … Read more
GENEVA — The U.N. health agency said Friday that reported cases of dengue globally increased tenfold over the last generation, with climate change and the growing spread of virus-carrying mosquitoes partly to blame for transmission that remains mostly prevalent in the Americas. The World Health Organization said reported cases soared to a record 5.2 million … Read more
One man carries six jars of cooking oil as he struggles to walk across the rubble. Two little girls run as they each carry stacks of white paper, used to build fire for heat and cooking. A group of men argue, elbowing each other as they battle to find a bag of flour, some tea … Read more
Las Vegas police have responded to reports of a shooter on the local campus of the University of Nevada, where there appeared to be multiple victims, and then reported the suspect was “deceased”. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, in a statement posted on Wednesday to X, did not elaborate on the circumstances of the … Read more
BANGKOK — China’s press and publications authority has approved 105 new online games, saying it fully supports the industry after proposed curbs caused massive losses last week for investors in major games makers. The National Press and Publication Administration issued a statement on its WeChat social media account Monday saying the approvals by the Game … Read more
Stripping off from the waist down at a sacred site. Driving a car across a medieval bridge, as fragile as it is famous. Carving your name into a world icon, and going on a punishing hike … to take illegal drugs. These are just some of the things tourists have got up to in 2023. … Read more
In Steve McQueen’s “Occupied City,” a young woman with an even voice narrates, with rigorous specificity, Nazi encounters and crimes throughout Amsterdam during World War II. The accounts go address by address, and so does McQueen’s camera. Yet the images that play throughout “Occupied City” are of modern day Amsterdam. In the roving, 4 hour-plus … Read more
NEW YORK — Comedian and actor Jo Koy has been tapped to host the Golden Globes, picked by producers for his “infectious energy and relatable humor.” Koy last year saw his “Easter Sunday” become the first big studio movie with an all-Filipino ensemble. He has released five stand-up specials on Comedy Central and Netflix, including … Read more
A US man who spouted “Christian end-of-days ideology” to terrorists who shot dead two police officers in Queensland has been identified as Donald Day Jr. The Arizona man is alleged to have years of contact with Wieambilla residents Stacey and Gareth Train, who alongside Gareth’s brother Nathanial Train shot dead Constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel … Read more
Students have again heeded the call of their peers to skip school as they turned out to block streets in Australian cities in support of Palestine. Hundreds of students showed up outside Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station on Thursday to demand Israel end the siege in Gaza, release all Palestinian political prisoners and end its occupation … Read more
