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Rescuers face renewed rain as Kentucky flood death toll hits 26
AFP, Published on 31/07/2022
» JACKSON (UNITED STATES) - Rescuers in Kentucky are taking the search effort door-to-door in worsening weather conditions as they brace for a long and grueling effort to locate victims of flooding that devastated the state's east, its governor said Sunday.
Former Philippine president Fidel 'Steady Eddie' Ramos dies
AFP, Published on 31/07/2022
» MANILA - Former Philippine president Fidel Ramos, who oversaw a rare period of steady growth and peace that won him the reputation as one of the country's most effective leaders ever, has died aged 94, his family said Sunday.
Organisers of shows in Hong Kong face temporary ban on large stage sets
South China Morning Post, Published on 31/07/2022
» HONG KONG: Concert organisers may be barred from installing large stage sets for coming shows until the full completion of a probe into a shocking accident involving boy band Mirror, the city's culture minister has said.
Zelensky urges evacuation of Ukraine's frontline Donetsk
AFP, Published on 31/07/2022
» Ukraine's president urged civilians on Saturday to evacuate the frontline Donetsk region, the scene of fierce clashes with the Russian military, as Kyiv called on the Red Cross and UN to gain access to its soldiers being held by Moscow's forces.
Fidel Ramos, who helped end Marcos dictatorship, dies at 94
Bloomberg, Published on 31/07/2022
» Fidel Ramos, the former Philippine president who was head of the national police under Ferdinand Marcos before defecting and joining the “People Power” protests that ousted the dictator in 1986, has died. He was 94.
7 cows killed by lightning in Korat
Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 31/07/2022
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Seven cows were killed after being struck by lightning during a rainstorm in Bua Yai district of this northeastern province on Sunday, the Hook 31 rescue unit reported.
Vietnamese mother, daughter drown off Phuket's Naithon beach
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 31/07/2022
» PHUKET: Two tourists from Vietnam - a woman and her daughter - drowned while swimming in the sea off Naithon beach in Thalang district on Sunday morning.
Kotchasri statue theft suspect re-enacts crime
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 31/07/2022
» The man who arrested for stealing a metal statue of the mythical Kotchasri, a symbol of the Defence Ministry, was taken to re-enact the crime in front of the Defence Technology Institute in Pak Kret district of Nonthaburi province on Sunday.
More meth pills seized on Mekong riverbank
Pattanapong Sripiachai, Published on 31/07/2022
» NAKHON PHANOM: A team of rangers from Ranger Company 2108 seized 180,000 methamphetamine pills from the bank of the Mekong River in Ban Phaeng district on Saturday night. Nobody was arrested.
Chinese booster rocket makes uncontrolled return to Earth
AFP, Published on 31/07/2022
» A Chinese booster rocket made an uncontrolled return to Earth on Saturday, leading US officials to chide Beijing for not sharing information about the potentially hazardous object's descent.