Cyclone Remal: 14 dead in Mizoram stone quarry collapse; 12 students hurt in Assam
Heavy rainfall began on May 27 due to Cyclone Remal and it intensified on May 28, causing landslides in many areas across the state.
Intense heat hits hard layer poultry farms in Bhutan
Poultry farmers said it is a significant setback as they are still recovering from losses caused by feed contamination in 2021.
Indonesia turns to community early warning system to mitigate Marapi lahars
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said it planned to install 23 instruments to monitor for possible flash floods or lahars – mudflows of volcanic debris –…
Fatal Myanmar maid abuse: Cop saw violence against victim but did not report it
Suspended policeman Kevin Chelvam saw his former wife and mother-in-law abuse his maid on multiple occasions, but he did not report their cruel behaviour to anyone outside the…
Shenzhou XVIII crew conducts 1st spacewalk
With cooperation and assistance from ground controllers and the space station's robotic arm, the team completed all its assigned tasks, including installing space debris shields…
Indian worker’s family was in Singapore on holiday when he was killed by toxic fumes at PUB plant
Mr Sivaraman, who was a cleaning operations manager, was discovered unconscious at the PUB facility on May 23 at around 11.15am. He was pronounced dead at the hospital later that…
Giant panda back from South Korea to soon meet public in Chengdu
Fu Bao returned to Chengdu, Sichuan province, on April 3 and finished a month-long quarantine on May 4 at the province's Shenshuping giant panda base under the China Conservation…
Porsche crash: Doctors got US$3,600 for replacing teen driver’s blood sample
Two young IT professionals were killed after their motorcycle was hit by a speeding Porsche allegedly driven by the 17-year-old boy in the early hours of May 19 in Pune. The…
Understanding the wheat ‘crisis’ in Pakistan
Recent protests by farmers, sparked by governmental policies and market conditions, have thrown the sector into turmoil, exacerbating the ongoing challenges of inflation and low…
Japanese arrested for creating virus using generative AI systems
The virus was designed to do things such as encrypt data on targeted systems and demand cryptocurrency as ransom.