Videos

HAVANA — In a direct appeal to the Cuban people's sense of humor, the White House has released a video of President Barack Obama joking with the country's most famous comedian a day before the president makes a historic trip to the island.

BANGKOK — A demonstration to mark the ninth anniversary of the 2006 military coup d’etat ended tonight without confrontation with the authorities, who yesterday ordered the march be called off.

NONTHABURI — A 23-year-old competitive cyclist was killed during a night ride in a Bangkok suburb last night.

CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Zoo has temporarily closed its gorilla exhibit after a special zoo response team shot and killed a 17-year-old gorilla that grabbed and dragged a 4-year-old boy who fell into a moat.

Ten muralists painted a vet clinic Friday as part of a distributed movement to demand justice for a black tiger poached in a wildlife sanctuary last month.

PATHUM THANI — The last day of a major Songkran street party in northern metro Bangkok came to a premature end yesterday when a large gang fight broke out.

Fields of marigolds in homage to the late King Rama IX have blossomed just in time for his cremation this month.

TAK — A baby girl was rescued on Tuesday morning after she fell down a 15-meter well near the Thai-Myanmar border.

BANGKOK — In a now-viral video, singer Siriluk Phingam was raising cheers from his audience. He was dressed in monk’s robe and brandishing an alms bowl as he sang in the company of scantily clad dancers and cracked jokes in the intervals.

HUA HIN — Police said they have laid the “most severe” charges possible against those accused of battering three British tourists and leaving them unconscious in a road after arresting the fourth suspect in Hua Hin last night.