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Rare Tudor tapestry returns to Norfolk stately home Oxburgh Hall after 100 years
Read more: Rare Tudor tapestry returns to Norfolk stately home Oxburgh Hall after 100 yearsThe artwork depicts Queen Esther, who features in the Old Testament Book Of Esther, and once adorned the walls of The King’s Room at Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk
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Makerfield by-election result live: Burnham faces anxious wait for path back to No10 as vote count continues
Read more: Makerfield by-election result live: Burnham faces anxious wait for path back to No10 as vote count continuesReform UK worries over losing support to Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain, which may split the right-wing vote
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Funding boost for after-school clubs ahead of expected under-16 social media ban
Read more: Funding boost for after-school clubs ahead of expected under-16 social media banPrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is widely expected to introduce restrictions on children’s social media use in the coming days
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Workers begin removing Trump’s name from Kennedy Center
Read more: Workers begin removing Trump’s name from Kennedy CenterA federal appellate court denied a last-minute attempt by the Trump administration to stop the removal of President Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center on Friday.
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Former SpaceX welder becomes a millionaire after historic IPO
Read more: Former SpaceX welder becomes a millionaire after historic IPOJuan Hernandez, a former SpaceX employee, owns 6,500 company shares. On the first day of public trading, his wealth ballooned by $1,046,175.
Asia
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Malaysia seeks over US$251 million in compensation from Norwegian firm over scrapped missile deal: Minister
Read more: Malaysia seeks over US$251 million in compensation from Norwegian firm over scrapped missile deal: MinisterThis comes after Norway confirmed that it had revoked the naval strike missile system’s export licences, citing tighter restrictions on some of its “most sensitive” defence technologies and saying that exports would be limited to its “allies and closest partners”.
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Pain for clicks: Inside China’s violent ‘PK livestreaming’ craze despite crackdowns
Read more: Pain for clicks: Inside China’s violent ‘PK livestreaming’ craze despite crackdownsChinese authorities are cracking down on violent livestreaming content but eliminating the issue will be hard, experts say, as social media sites still profit from such spectacle.
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Thai ex-PM Thaksin to be released from prison next month
Read more: Thai ex-PM Thaksin to be released from prison next monthFormer Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s age and the fact that he had less than a year left to serve justified his early release, said Thailand’s corrections department.
Thailand
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Automatic train braking planned for Bangkok’s lethal level crossing
Read more: Automatic train braking planned for Bangkok’s lethal level crossingThe Transport Ministry plans to install an automatic train braking system at Bangkok’s most lethal level crossing within six months, and expand the system to the capital’s other railway crossings within two years.
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100 mourners ordained for Princess Bajrakitiyabha
Read more: 100 mourners ordained for Princess BajrakitiyabhaThe government on Sunday sponsored the ordination of 100 people in homage to the late HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendiradebyavati.
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Boy killed by grandpa’s pet monkey
Read more: Boy killed by grandpa’s pet monkeyA 6-year-old boy died on Saturday after being attacked by a long-tailed macaque his grandfather had kept as a companion since it was an infant.
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Hoteliers: Online car registration needed to reduce queues at Sadao border
Read more: Hoteliers: Online car registration needed to reduce queues at Sadao borderSONGKHLA – The president of the Hat Yai-Songkhla Hotel Association wants the government to allow Malaysian visitors to register their vehicles online prior to travelling, to reduce the long queues at Thai immigration checkpoints.
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B14bn spent in first week of 4-month co-payment scheme
Read more: B14bn spent in first week of 4-month co-payment schemeAbout 14 billion baht was spent in the first week of the government’s Thais Help Thais Plus co-payment scheme which began on June 1, according to a government spokeswoman.
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Malaysia seeks over US$251 million in compensation from Norwegian firm over scrapped missile deal: Minister
Read more: Malaysia seeks over US$251 million in compensation from Norwegian firm over scrapped missile deal: MinisterThis comes after Norway confirmed that it had revoked the naval strike missile system’s export licences, citing tighter restrictions on some of its “most sensitive” defence technologies and saying that exports would be limited to its “allies and closest partners”.
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Pain for clicks: Inside China’s violent ‘PK livestreaming’ craze despite crackdowns
Read more: Pain for clicks: Inside China’s violent ‘PK livestreaming’ craze despite crackdownsChinese authorities are cracking down on violent livestreaming content but eliminating the issue will be hard, experts say, as social media sites still profit from such spectacle.
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Arsenic, lead taint Saraburi: PCD
Read more: Arsenic, lead taint Saraburi: PCDArsenic and lead levels exceeding surface-water standards were detected at three monitoring locations in Saraburi’s canal network, said the Pollution Control Department (PCD).
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Plain of Jars mystery solved
Read more: Plain of Jars mystery solvedFor nearly a century, thousands of massive stone urns scattered across north-central Laos have stood as one of archaeology’s most baffling enigmas. Local folklore said ancient giants had carved the hollowed-out megaliths to brew celebratory rice wine.
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Search ends for last two men lost in Laos cave
Read more: Search ends for last two men lost in Laos caveRescuers called off their search on Saturday for two men trapped in a semi-submerged cave in Laos for more than two weeks, as the site became unstable and survival hopes faded.