Brought to you by
World
-
Trump ends key racial disparity checks as desegregation orders are scrapped
Read more: Trump ends key racial disparity checks as desegregation orders are scrappedThe Trump administration has shifted the approach to civil rights enforcement in American schools
-
Instagram’s favourite pick-your-own pumpkin trend under threat
Read more: Instagram’s favourite pick-your-own pumpkin trend under threatRecord-breaking dry weather over the summer has forced farmers across the UK to cancel pumpkin picking events
-
British mother kidnapped by gunmen in Malawi is freed in daring rescue
Read more: British mother kidnapped by gunmen in Malawi is freed in daring rescueThe mother-of-two has now been found safe and is recovering in hospital, her brother Shobi Jiwa confirmed, following a gunfire-filled police operation on Thursday, September 17.
-
Ukraine-Russia war latest: Poland says Putin is planning to launch drone or missile attack on a Nato country
Read more: Ukraine-Russia war latest: Poland says Putin is planning to launch drone or missile attack on a Nato countryRussia will pretend strike was accidental to ‘paralyse’ Nato response, says Donald Tusk
-
Trump opens loophole allowing companies to kill endangered animals
Read more: Trump opens loophole allowing companies to kill endangered animalsInadvertently killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would no longer be considered illegal under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act
Asia
-
At China’s ‘robot Olympics’, humanoids spar, sprint and perform taichi
Read more: At China’s ‘robot Olympics’, humanoids spar, sprint and perform taichiThe five-day World Humanoid Robot Games combine events modelled on human sports with those designed to test the robots in simulated factories, restaurants, offices and in emergency situations.
-
Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong to make official visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Read more: Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong to make official visits to Kazakhstan and UzbekistanMr Lee will meet the presidents and prime ministers of both countries from Aug 24 to Aug 31.
-
Millions of Chinese students sit for gruelling ‘gaokao’
Read more: Millions of Chinese students sit for gruelling ‘gaokao’Around 12.9 million students nationwide registered for this year’s “gaokao”, according to the Ministry of Education, which for most is the sole determining factor in admission to a Chinese university.
-
‘Didn’t eat for two weeks’: Female hiker, 49, recounts ordeal of being lost in Malaysian jungle
Read more: ‘Didn’t eat for two weeks’: Female hiker, 49, recounts ordeal of being lost in Malaysian jungleJaslinda Saludin was rescued on Saturday (Jun 6) by local villagers after going missing during an expedition to Gunung Batu Putih in Perak.
Thailand
-
Doping shock rocks Thailand camp at Asian Games
Read more: Doping shock rocks Thailand camp at Asian GamesBadminton player Pitchamon Opatniputh has emerged as the first known doping case at the 20th Asian Games in Japan, after the 19-year-old rising star returned a positive test that has rocked Thailand’s campaign in Aichi-Nagoya.
-
City Hall working on new master drainage plan for Bangkok
Read more: City Hall working on new master drainage plan for BangkokBangkok’s City Hall has partnered with a Japanese government agency in designing a long-term urban drainage master plan to prepare the capital for heavier rainfall, with a target of coping with 100 millimetres of rain per hour.
-
One dead, 102 rescued from stricken ferry off Indonesia’s Java
Read more: One dead, 102 rescued from stricken ferry off Indonesia’s JavaJAKARTA – One person was killed and more than 100 were rescued on Sunday after a ferry sailing between the Indonesian islands of Java and Borneo was hit by bad weather, rescue officials said.
-
Israeli land network faces law
Read more: Israeli land network faces lawJustice Minister Pol Lt Gen Rutthaphon Naowarat says authorities are preparing legal action against a suspected network of Israeli nationals holding land in Pattaya, Chon Buri, as part of investigations into transnational crime.
-
Chuan warns agencies on political interference
Read more: Chuan warns agencies on political interferenceChuan Leekpai, a Democrat Party list MP, on Saturday urged independent organisations to uphold integrity, impartiality and good governance in the face of political interference.
-
At China’s ‘robot Olympics’, humanoids spar, sprint and perform taichi
Read more: At China’s ‘robot Olympics’, humanoids spar, sprint and perform taichiThe five-day World Humanoid Robot Games combine events modelled on human sports with those designed to test the robots in simulated factories, restaurants, offices and in emergency situations.
-
Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong to make official visits to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Read more: Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong to make official visits to Kazakhstan and UzbekistanMr Lee will meet the presidents and prime ministers of both countries from Aug 24 to Aug 31.
-
Bad Buddhists beget bad Buddhists
Read more: Bad Buddhists beget bad BuddhistsThe salacious nature of the news surrounding the former monk Atichot Thanprasert all but ensures it will dominate coverage for days and weeks to come. But the issue of an esteemed Buddhist leader betraying all the values he represented in spectacular fashion and what that means for Thailand’s faithful is unlikely to be the core…
-
Illegal weight-loss products worth B50 million seized
Read more: Illegal weight-loss products worth B50 million seizedUnregistered weight-loss injection pens and related materials worth more than 50 million baht were seized on Friday at a house in Nonthaburi, where the seller had been earning an estimated 8 million baht a month from online sales for the past year.
-
A little family affair
Read more: A little family affairThe upcoming no-confidence debate could produce one of the more intriguing political spectacles in recent parliamentary politics: an uncle and his nephew standing, in effect, on the same side of the chamber against the government.