Media-savvy Thai monks wage PR war to defend scandal-hit abbot
An embezzlement charge against a powerful Buddhist abbot has unleashed his super-rich temple’s PR machine, with Twitter-using Thai monks orchestrating…
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NASA inflates spare room in space
WASHINGTON: NASA on Saturday successfully expanded and pressurized an add-on room at the International Space Station two days after aborting the…
Brexit: A long, complicated divorce
BRUSSELS: A British exit from the European Union would plunge the two parties into a messy divorce and force them…
11 injured in Paris lightning strike, 6 seriously: official
PARIS: Eleven people including 10 children were hurt Saturday when lightning struck a Paris park, a local official said, adding…
Iraq elite forces take position around Fallujah
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s counter-terrorism forces deployed on the edge of Fallujah Saturday for the first time since an operation was launched…
Zika crisis: Experts want Olympics moved, delayed
MIAMI: An open letter signed by 150 international doctors, scientists and researchers Friday called for the upcoming Olympic Games in…
Obama wraps up historic Asia trip
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama on Friday wrapped up a historic trip to Asia, where he sought to deepen US…
Crime journalist shot dead in Manila — Police
MANILA: A crime journalist has been shot dead in Manila, police and colleagues said yesterday, the latest addition to a lengthening…