Korat zoo warms animals with straw and hot baths for pythons
NAKHON RATCHISIMA - Korat Zoo is making a special effort to keep its animals warm this cold season, including laying straw in enclosures and giving Thai pythons warm baths. 

Lisa joins Fortnite Festival as Season 12 headliner
Epic Games has confirmed that Blackpink singer Lisa will headline the next season of Fortnite Festival, the rhythm game spin-off of Fortnite that launched in December 2023. 

China launches Shenzhou-22 early for stranded space station crew
BEIJING — China conducted an urgent unmanned spacecraft launch on Tuesday, after damage to a previous mission's return capsule left the crew on its space station without a means of getting back to Earth.

Swedish arson fugitive arrested in Pattaya
PATTAYA - Police have arrested a Swedish fugitive accused of burning down a building in his home country who had been hiding in Pattaya using fake German identification documents.

Cabinet approves household solar rooftop tax break
The cabinet on Tuesday approved a personal income tax incentive to encourage households to install solar rooftops.

All Songkhla province declared flood disaster zone
The cabinet on Tuesday declared the entire Songkhla a disaster zone, freeing up relief funds, as the province continued to suffer under the severe flooding that has claimed the lives of at least 13 people in the southern region. 

At tomb of Lebanese saint, faithful await Pope
ANNAYA, Lebanon - Charbel Matar says a Lebanese saint saved his life when he was a child. Now, he is among pilgrims of all faiths who visit Saint Charbel’s tomb, soon to be graced by Pope Leo XIV.

Delirium and painkillers: a 21-hour swim around Hong Kong
HONG KONG - After 20 hours and 56 minutes of non-stop swimming, Simon Holliday hauls himself up the steps of Disneyland pier, knees almost buckling, to claim a world first.

Thai navy sending rescue flotilla to flood-hit South
The Royal Thai Navy is preparing to send the aircraft carrier Chakri Naruebet and a flotilla of 14 boats with relief supplies and medical teams to the flood-ravaged South, where continuing heavy rain has killed at least 13 people so far.

Southern bus services halted as flooding intensifies
The Transport Company has suspended services on six bus routes to flooded southern provinces.