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Rescue operations under way as Nigeria floods kill at least 150
AFP, Published on 31/05/2025
» ABUJA - Flash flooding earlier this week in central Nigeria killed more than 150 people, a local disaster response spokesman told AFP on Saturday, while displacing 3,000, levelling more than 250 homes and washing away two bridges.
Students caught smoking forced to drink cigarette butt water
News, Published on 31/05/2025
» A vocational teacher in Nakhon Sawan has been reassigned after a video surfaced showing her punishing male students caught smoking by forcing them to drink water mixed with cigarette butts.
Death toll in central Nigeria flooding rises to 115
AFP, Published on 31/05/2025
» MOKWA (NIGERIA) - Flash floods that ripped through parts of central Nigeria have killed at least 115 people, an emergency services official said on Friday, with the toll expected to rise further.
No permit, no hajj, says Saudi Arabia
AFP, Published on 30/05/2025
» RIYADH - Saudi Arabia is ramping up a crackdown on unregistered worshippers at next week’s hajj pilgrimage, a year after hundreds perished in scorching conditions.
Extreme heat waves are longer and hitting the tropics hardest
Published on 30/05/2025
» Four billion people experienced at least 30 additional days of extreme temperatures over the past year as a result of climate change, with nations in the tropics the most severely impacted, according to a new study.
Thousands flee Manitoba wildfires in Canada
AFP, Published on 29/05/2025
» OTTAWA - More than 17,000 people in the midwestern Canadian province of Manitoba were being evacuated on Wednesday as the region experienced its worst start to a wildfire season in years.
Schools told to stay open despite Covid
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/05/2025
» Schools should not be closed to control a seasonal surge of Covid-19, as proper screening and isolation measures are sufficient to limit the virus's spread within education institutions, says the Department of Disease Control (DDC).
Food street fad hits wall
Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/05/2025
» The recent plea by Banthat Thong Road restaurateurs for urgent assistance from the government should serve as a wake-up call, not a rallying cry for rescue packages. Their predicament, while unfortunate for individual operators, epitomises the unsustainable practices of building businesses on social media spectacle rather than culinary excellence.
Where is US economic policy taking us this time?
Oped, Published on 29/05/2025
» Although this year is not even half over, it is already likely to feature in history books as one of extreme policy-induced volatility -- not only in financial markets but also in terms of economic narratives and international relations. But where it will lead remains to be seen. Are we witnessing the fragmenting of the US domestic and international order, or just a bumpy ride towards a beneficial rewiring of both?
Thaksin appearance puts end to flight rumours
Online Reporters, Published on 27/05/2025
» Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra showed up at the Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) on Tuesday afternoon, putting to rest rumours that he planned to flee Thailand to escape the prospect of new legal fallout from a controversial hospital stay during his one-year prison term.