Female captain spearheads helicopter firefighting missions in northern Thailand as smog crisis worsens
CHIANG MAI, March 27 — A bright orange helicopter races over the jungle to…
‘Doctor, I do not want surgery as I dread being debilitated and dependent on others if I have a stoma’: Time to dispel the myths surrounding stomas
KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — For many, the term stoma (derived from the Greek…
Chinese doctors implant pig liver in human for first time
PARIS, March 27 — Chinese doctors said yesterday that they had transplanted a liver…
Marine heatwave ‘cooks’ coral off Australia’s west coast
SYDNEY, March 27 — An “unprecedented” mass bleaching event has been recorded off Australia’s…
Parachutes over Bario: Sarawak marks 80 years since Operation Semut
KUCHING, March 27 — A historic event that took place 80 years ago in…
Appeals court denies Trump bid to lift ban on deporting Venezuelans under Alien Enemies Act
WASHINGTON, March 27 — A US appeals court denied yesterday a bid by the…
Vietnam makes its biggest drug factory bust, seizes 1.4 tonnes of ketamine
HANOI, March 27 — Police in Vietnam busted the country’s biggest synthetic drug factory,…
Kosovo inn serves up peace and love, one bite at a time
GRACANICA (Kosovo), March 24 — The scene is nearly unimaginable in Kosovo—Serbs, Albanians, Nato…
Bangkok police hunt Singaporean man over girlfriend’s death in luxury condo
KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — Thai police have launched a manhunt for a Singaporean…
Chimp Yoko, raised by narcos and living alone, moves to Brazil for fresh start
PEREIRA (Colombia), March 25 — Kidnapped from his family as an infant, then raised…
Oasis, Blur, and The Stone Roses: How Britpop is uniting Indonesia’s youth
JAKARTA, March 25 — At a smoke-filled warehouse in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, hundreds…
Master craftsman Saari Ali recreates traditional Malay houses in stunning miniature detail
IPOH, March 25 — Decades ago, veteran carpenter Saari Ali often accompanied his late…