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August 11, 2025
New voters list in Indian state includes wrong photos and dead people
BANGKOK — State prosecutors in Thailand have formally indicted 23 individuals and companies on charges related to the collapse of a Bangkok office building that was destroyed after an earthquake, killing at least 92 people.The partially built high-rise, which was to house the new State Audit Office, was the only one in Thailand to completely collapse on 28 March due to the 7.7 magnitude earthquake, which had its epicentre in neighbouring Myanmar.Those indicted include the lead contractors for the project: Italian-Thai Development Co. and its Chinese joint venture partner for the project, the China Railway No. 10 company.Italian-Thai Development's president, Premchai Karnasuta, and China Railway No. 10's local director, Zhang Chuanling, were also indicted along with others,...
August 08, 2025
Prosecutors in Thailand issue indictments for dozens linked to deadly building collapse
August 08, 2025
India's immigration raids send ripples through slums and skyscrapers alike
SYDNEY — An Australian politician and convicted rapist has resigned from parliament moments before he was to be kicked out, after losing a legal challenge to remain.Gareth Ward, 44, was last month found guilty of sexually assaulting two young men, aged 18 and 24, between 2013 and 2015, and is now in custody pending sentencing.Earlier this week, Ward launched a legal bid to stop the New South Wales (NSW) parliament from expelling him, but it was dismissed on Thursday after the court rejected arguments that the move was an "affront" to democracy.Plans to expel him on Friday were thwarted when, less than two hours before a vote to remove him was due, Ward quit as the independent member for Kiama.Ward's resignation letter was received by parliament at 09:08 local time on Friday...
August 08, 2025
Convicted rapist quits Australian parliament after losing legal bid to stay
August 07, 2025
UK asks China to explain blanked-out embassy plans
August 07, 2025
A cartoon skull becomes symbol of defiance in Indonesia
August 07, 2025
From heatwaves to floods: Extreme weather sweeps across Asia
August 06, 2025
World marks 80 years since US dropped atomic bomb on Japan as global powers still trade nuclear threats
August 06, 2025
Body of man missing for 28 years found in melting glacier
August 06, 2025
More than 100 missing after flash floods in India
