Thailand has a new leader but it's not the one most people voted for. Here's why
Tuesday was a dramatic day in Thailand as parliament staved off a potential political crisis by finally voting for a new prime minister as one of the country's most polarizing figures returned from a 15-year self exile.
2023-08-23 17:51
Suspected Chinese dissident rides jet ski hundreds of miles to South Korea
A jet ski rider detained by South Korea for allegedly entering the country illegally is a prominent Chinese dissident who rode hundreds of miles across the sea to escape from China, activists say.
2023-08-23 14:27
China's Xi unexpectedly skipped a key BRICS event. No one is saying why
Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Tuesday unexpectedly skipped a business forum of the BRICS economic group in South Africa, sending his commerce minister instead to deliver a fiery speech in his name that decried US hegemony.
2023-08-23 13:52
How Pakistan rescued cable car school children stranded hundreds of feet above ground
Battling anxiety and nausea, they huddled together in the ruptured cable car, gripped by fear as they dangled precariously hundreds of feet in the air.
2023-08-23 12:48
16 dead and 36 injured after bus carrying migrants and locals crashes in Mexico, officials say
At least 16 people have been killed and 36 more injured following a bus crash Tuesday on central Mexico's Cuacnopalan-Oaxaca highway, according to officials.
2023-08-23 08:15
Ukrainian strikes reportedly hit bases in Russia housing supersonic warplanes
Ukrainian forces appear to have stepped up their efforts to weaken Russian air superiority in the war by attacking bases that house supersonic warplanes deep inside Russian territory.
2023-08-23 00:53
18 bodies found as fires rage in Greece and Europe suffers another heat wave
The burned bodies of 18 people were found as wildfires ripped through Greece on Tuesday and countries across Europe sweltered under yet another extreme heat wave.
2023-08-22 21:47
Thai parliament picks Srettha Thavisin as next prime minister ending 3 months of political deadlock
Thailand's parliament on Tuesday voted for real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin to be the country's next prime minister, ending a political deadlock more than three months after elections delivered a landslide to progressive parties over pro-military groups.
2023-08-22 18:56
37 migrants rescued from stranded Cape Verde boat return home
Senegalese authorities on Monday brought home 37 migrants who were rescued off the coast of Cape Verde last week after their boat was stranded without fuel in the Atlantic Ocean for weeks.
2023-08-22 18:55
Japan to start releasing Fukushima wastewater as soon as Thursday
Japan will begin releasing treated radioactive water from Fukushima into the ocean as early as Thursday, officials announced on Tuesday, following months of heightened public anxiety and pushback from many neighboring countries.
2023-08-22 16:19
Children trapped 1,200 feet in air when chairlift cable snaps in Pakistan's northwest
An urgent rescue effort is underway in Pakistan for eight children and two adults trapped in a chairlift dangling 1,200 feet over a mountainous region in the country's northwest.
2023-08-22 15:18
Former PM Thaksin Shinawatra returns to a politically divided Thailand after 15 years of self-exile
Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted fugitive former prime minister of Thailand, returned to the country Tuesday for the first time after more than 15 years in self-exile, reintroducing a towering and divisive figure at a time when the kingdom's often fraught political scene is in a fresh state of flux.
2023-08-22 13:27