Thailand Aims To Export More Bananas After Selling Japan 5,000 Tons
NAKHON RATCHASIMA - Thailand has recently signed the deal to export 5,000 tons of bananas to Japan after a labour shortage during the previous...
Muggers Targeting Elderly Ayutthayans Arrested on Father’s Day
AYUTTHAYA — Two twenty-something men confessed to targeting elderly motorcyclists and mugging them at machete point on Father’s Day.
Police said Suporn Supapradit, 23, and...
Ethiopia Plants More Than 200 Million Trees in 1 Day
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopians planted more than 200 million trees on Monday, which officials stated will be a world record. The ambitious initiative...
HK Gov’t Condemns Rioters Who Struck Elderly Man With Bricks
HONG KONG (Xinhua) — A spokesman for the government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) expressed outrage on Thursday at the violence of rioters that left a senior worker critically injured.
Half of Us Adults Have Received At Least One COVID-19 Shot
WASHINGTON (AP) — Half of all adults in the U.S. have received at least one COVID-19 shot, the government announced Sunday, marking another milestone in the nation’s largest-ever vaccination campaign but leaving more work to do to convince skeptical Americans to roll up their sleeves.
China’s Tianjin on Partial Lockdown After Omicron Found
BEIJING (AP) — The numbers are small, but the major port of Tianjin may be facing China's first local outbreak of omicron of any size, less than a month before the Winter Olympics open in nearby Beijing.
Iranians Shot Down Airliner, Western Leaders Declare
WASHINGTON (AP) — It is “highly likely” that Iran shot down the civilian Ukrainian jetliner that crashed near Tehran late Tuesday, killing all 176 people on board, U.S., Canadian and British officials declared Thursday. They said the fiery missile strike could well have been a mistake amid rocket launches and high tension throughout the region.
Russia Launches Rescue Ship to Space Station After Leaks
Russia launched a rescue ship on Friday for two cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut whose original ride home sprang a dangerous leak while parked...
Police Identify Liquid That Turned Venice’s Grand Canal Bright Green
MILAN (Euronews Green with AP) — When Venice's famous Grand Canal suddenly turned bright green at the weekend, police and locals were understandably concerned.
Gondoliers could be...
Airstrikes on Myanmar Village Feared To Have Killed 100
BANGKOK (GRANT PECK Associated Press) — Airstrikes by Myanmar's military on Tuesday killed as many as 100 people, including many children, who were attending...
