International news with relevance to Thai and regional readers
A “perfect storm” of overlapping crises forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, sending the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said on Thursday. An unprecedented 71.1 million internally displaced people (IDPs) were registered in 2022 — up 20 percent from a year earlier — amid mass displacement for Russia’s war in Ukraine, as well as by
With fewer babies than ever being born in China, companies making children’s products are setting their sights beyond milk bottles, baby carriers and strollers to stay in business. “We now have a lot of parent-child outfits. Right now the sales volume of adult clothing is actually pretty large. We have considered (making) pets clothing as
Mithilesh Chaudhary, 21, coughs weakly as he struggles to his feet after spending the night outside the state-run All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. “We have been sleeping on the footpath for two nights,” said his grandfather Bhim Lal, as the two waited in a line of about 100 people outside the hospital’s main gate, seeking
A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. The verdict was split: Jurors rejected Carroll’s claim that she was raped, finding Trump responsible for a
Thailand is scheduled to host a retreat of BIMSTEC foreign ministers in July, to reinvigorate the 25-year-old intergovernmental organisation, An informed source told Thai PBS World that Thailand, the current chair of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) has scheduled a retreat in Bangkok on July 17th, to exchange
At least 22 people died when a double-decker tourist boat capsized in India’s southern state of Kerala, officials said Monday. The incident happened late Sunday in Tanur, a coastal town in Kerala’s Malappuram district. Rescue operations were ongoing. Dozens of people searched for survivors in and around the stricken vessel during the night, which was
LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) – Anti-monarchists on Sunday criticised the policing of the coronation of King Charles as heavy-handed, saying there was no longer a right to peaceful protest in Britain after dozens of protesters were arrested and detained into the night. Police arrested Graham Smith, leader of the Republic group, and dozens others in
Britain revelled in the coronation of King Charles III on Sunday as it staged a star-studded concert watched by 20,000 people at Windsor Castle and millions more across the country and world. Charles, 74, and Queen Camilla, 75, watched on from a royal box in the grounds of the castle west of London, as Lionel
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida heads to Seoul on Sunday — the first bilateral visit in over a decade — as Seoul and Tokyo seek to mend ties in the face of growing threats from North Korea. The East Asian neighbours, both key security allies of the United States, have long been at odds over
A shooter opened fire at an outlet mall in the Dallas suburb of Allen on Saturday, sparking scenes of panic, and emergency officials confirmed fatalities in the latest mass shooting in the United States. At least nine wounded people were rushed to area hospitals, emergency officials said. Some of the victims were as young as
King Charles III was crowned on Saturday in Britain’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years. In front of a congregation of about 100 world leaders and a television audience of millions, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the Anglican Church, slowly placed the 360-year-old St Edward’s Crown on Charles‘
A powerful earthquake struck central Japan on Friday, leaving at least one person dead and 21 injured, while collapsing a number of buildings. The 6.5 magnitude quake hit the central Ishikawa region in mid-afternoon at a depth of 12 kilometres (seven miles), according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Weather officials warned residents of possible aftershocks and landslides in the
