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‘I thought I was going to die,’ Kardashian tells Paris robbery trial
AFP, Published on 13/05/2025
» PARIS - American celebrity Kim Kardashian told a Paris court on Tuesday she feared she was going to be killed by masked men who robbed her at gunpoint of millions of dollars' worth worth of jewellery during the French capital’s fashion week.
Similan Islands closed to tourists due to severe weather
Gary Boyle, Published on 13/05/2025
» Thailand’s Similan Islands National Park are temporarily closed to tourists on Monday and Tuesday due to severe summer storms and strong winds affecting the area.
Timor-Leste's membership divides Asean
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 13/05/2025
» Timor-Leste's long-awaited bid to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is in jeopardy. It has encountered unexpected headwinds -- this time from the Philippines. The sudden diplomatic friction stems from Dili's refusal to extradite Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr, a former Filipino congressman accused of terrorism and multiple murders, back to Manila.
Not so pretty
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/05/2025
» Re: "'White Lotus' boon yet to materialise", (Business, May 10).
Similan Islands closed to tourists Monday, Tuesday due to severe weather
Online Reporters, Published on 12/05/2025
» Thailand’s renowned Similan Islands National Park will be temporarily closed to tourists from on Monday and Tuesday due to severe summer storms and strong winds affecting the area. Authorities have cited safety concerns as thunderstorms and waves exceeding two metres have been reported in the Andaman Sea region.
Residents use electric fans in protest against charcoal plant fumes
Published on 12/05/2025
» CHACHOENGSAO – Residents of Bang Nam Priao district held a protest against a charcoal-making factory on Sunday, bringing electric fans to symbolically blow away the smelly pollution from the plant they say also causes health problems in the area.
Fire continues to rage at Bangkok furniture plant
Online Reporters, Published on 12/05/2025
» A fire that began on Sunday evening continued to burn at a large furniture plant in Bangkok's Lat Krabang district on Monday. Nearby communities have been evacuated.
Pakistan's Kashmiris return to homes, but keep bunkers stocked
AFP, Published on 12/05/2025
» CHAKOTHI (PAKISTAN) - As an uneasy calm settled over villages on the Pakistan side of contested Kashmir on Sunday, families returned to their own beds but were sure to leave their bunkers stocked.
Trump hails progress after first day of US-China trade talks
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/05/2025
» Senior US and Chinese negotiators spent hours behind closed doors in Switzerland on Saturday as they held high-stakes talks that offer the clearest opportunity yet for the two countries to de-escalate their trade war, with President Donald Trump calling it a “very good” meeting.
India, Pakistan move closer to full war
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/05/2025
» ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's army said it struck several Indian military sites early Saturday in retaliation for missile strikes on airbases, a significant escalation that moves the two nuclear-armed neighbours closer to all-out war.