Thailand suffered a record high of 397 deaths in the first six days of its New Year’s festival of Songkran, the Thai transport minister, Arkhom Termpittayapaisit, said on Sunday. The death toll represents a 30% rise over last year’s count … Read More
A woman has reportedly died from being electrocuted while talking on her mobile phone while it was plugged in to its charging point. The victim, Suhana Mohamad, 30, was in her home in the Malaysian suburb of Cheras, off the … Read More
LONDON — Activists from environmental group Greenpeace climbed several London monuments Monday morning in a protest against what they say are dangerous levels of air pollution. Four people were arrested after they scaled Nelson’s Column, a 52-meter monument in Trafalgar … Read More
An investigation was launched on Sunday by China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection on the Changzhou Foreign Language School in Jiangsu, China, after almost 500 students fell ill with a range of illnesses as serious as cancer. Of the 641 students … Read More
In ancient Greek mythology, Icarus was the son of Daedulus who dared to fly too close to the sun on wings of feather and wax made by his father in spite of Daedulus’ warning. The heat from the sun melted … Read More
UPDATED April 16, 2016 9:45 p.m. PT A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook the coast of Ecuador Saturday evening, killing at least 41. The destructive temblor caused a bridge, an airport tower and dozens of buildings to collapse. Electricity also went … Read More
“Shame sticks to you like tar,” says Monica Lewinsky, describing the pain she still suffers after being raked over the coals for having a sexual relationship with then-President Bill Clinton, in a rare and thoughtful Guardian interview published Saturday. Nearly two decades … Read More
Hillary Clinton won big in New York on Friday — too bad it was only a game of dominoes. But that didn’t stop Clinton from joyously celebrating her victory as she sat down with a group of voters at a … Read More
UPDATED 9:10 p.m. PT with new count of dead and injured Toppled buildings and destroyed roads could be seen throughout the Kyushu island of Japan on Saturday local time as people began to assess the damage of an overnight 7.3-magnitude … Read More
A strange sea of bubbles filled streets in a southern Japanese city in the early hours of Saturday morning, after an earthquake and several aftershocks rattled the south of the country. In the Tenjin area of Fukuoka city, motorists and pedestrians … Read More