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Five-year period ending 2019 set to be hottest on record
AFP, Published on 22/09/2019
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - A damning new UN report published Sunday said the world is falling badly behind in the race to avert climate disaster as a result of runaway warming, with the five-year period ending 2019 set to be the hottest ever.
Iran 'assures' FIFA that women can attend qualifier
AFP, Published on 22/09/2019
» MILAN: FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Sunday that world footbalil's governing body has been "assured" by Iranian authorities that women will be able to attend a World Cup qualifier in Tehran next month.
What awaits tourists hit by Thomas Cook crisis?
AFP, Published on 22/09/2019
» LONDON: The possible bankruptcy of British tour operator Thomas Cook, which was fighting for survival on Sunday, would be a bombshell for European holidaymakers and trigger a mammoth repatriation operation.
Major drug gang 'boss' busted on Samui
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 22/09/2019
» SURAT THANI: A man nicknamed "the boss", believed by authorities to be a major drug dealer based on Koh Samui, has been arrested after being hunted for a year.
Swiss hold high-altitude wake for lost glacier
AFP, Published on 22/09/2019
» MELS (SWITZERLAND) - Dozens of people dressed in black went on a "funeral march" up a steep Swiss mountainside on Sunday to mark the disappearance of an Alpine glacier amid growing global alarm over climate change.
Iran accuses foreign forces of raising Gulf 'insecurity'
AFP, Published on 22/09/2019
» TEHRAN: President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday denounced the presence of foreign forces in the Gulf and said Iran will put forward a peace plan, after arch-foe the United States ordered reinforcements to the tinderbox region.
Chiang Mai Zoo celebrates World Rhino Day
Panumet Tanraksa, Published on 22/09/2019
» Activities were organised at Chiang Mai Zoo on Sunday to celebrate World Rhino Day -- with Kali, a 34-year-old female Indian black rhinoceros from Nepal, the star of the show.
Hong Kong protesters vandalise subway station
Associated Press, Published on 22/09/2019
» HONG KONG: Protesters in Hong Kong vandalised a subway station Sunday, smashing surveillance cameras and electronic ticket sensors, as pro-democracy demonstrations took a violent turn once again.
UK travel giant Thomas Cook faces collapse
AFP, Published on 22/09/2019
» LONDON: Thomas Cook's 178-year existence was hanging by a thread on Sunday after the iconic British travel firm struggled to find further private investment and is now relying on an unlikely government bailout.
Fire hits bag factory in Korat
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 22/09/2019
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A fire broke out at a factory making bags and wallets in Phimai district, consuming 15 computers and some products for export on Sunday, police said.