Thailand warns of heat stroke risk as country enters hot season
March 16, 2026 BANGKOK – Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) has warned the public to take extra…
Super El Niño could bring severe drought to ASEAN and push 2027 to record heat
March 12, 2026 BANGKOK – Meteorologists around the world are closely monitoring the El Niño event expected to…
Cash, cuckoo clocks and confusion with Sweden – Switzerland as seen abroad
How much of the world imagines the average Swiss person out for a stroll. Keystone / Gian Ehrenzeller…
The Pussycat Dolls are reuniting for a world tour — and Nicole Scherzinger is ‘definitely’ in
Maybe these Pussycats really do have nine lives. The Pussycats Dolls have somehow survived an ugly lawsuit, a…
More younger adults in Singapore are developing glaucoma, likely because of untreated myopia
March 9, 2026 SINGAPORE – More people in Singapore are developing eye conditions such as glaucoma at a…
World’s tallest 3D-printed tower points the way forward
The world’s biggest 3D-printed structure has towered over a tiny village in the Swiss Alps. Tor Alva, or…
Born Again: Designers Breathed New Life Into This 200-Year-Old Converted N.Y. Church
A converted 1830s church in New York’s Catskill Mountains has returned to the market for an asking price…
The cost of being: a London-based New Zealander ‘slumming it on terrible espressos’
As part of our series exploring how New Zealanders live and our relationship with money, an analyst living in…
Brain drain exacting heavy economic toll
Greece’s demographic crisis, one of the most severe in the European Union, worsened during the financial crisis as…
The science influencers going viral on TikTok to fight misinformation
One of Simon Clark’s most popular TikTok videos begins with him playing the part of a clueless climate…
PM urges bold, results-oriented action to secure double-digit growth in 2026
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính chaired the January Government meeting from Hà Nội on February 4. — VNA/VNS…
You’re finally eligible to claim Social Security — but that doesn’t mean it’s the right time to retire
Published: Feb. 5, 2026 at 4:22 p.m. ET Americans become eligible for Social Security retirement benefits when they’re in…