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A tornado in northern Texas has killed at least two people and left multiple injured, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing Ray Sappington, the sheriff of Cooke County. Towns in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas were hit by tornadoes on Saturday night, leaving trucks overturned, homes damaged, and nearly 250,000 households without power, the report said. “We’re in the …

A 900-year-old statue that spent three decades at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York after being taken out of Thailand was welcomed back to the kingdom at an official restoration ceremony in Bangkok on Tuesday. A 129cm statue of the Hindu god Shiva, known as the “Golden Boy”, has been recovered after being linked to British-Thai art dealer …

A notorious South Korean DJ “monk” who imparts Buddhist wisdom and life advice to Generation Z over his music will be banned from performing in Singapore, the Minister said today. Youn Sung-ho, known as NewJeansNim, is a comedian turned musician. He is said to be popularizing Buddhism among young South Koreans – although his shows have taken off in the …

Twenty people were in intensive care at a Bangkok hospital on Wednesday after a plane crash from London killed an elderly passenger and injured more than 100 people. Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 experienced “severe turbulence” in Myanmar on Tuesday after a 10-hour flight to Singapore, climbing and raining heavily several times. A passenger said people were thrown around the building …

Thailand plans to put cannabis back on the list of illegal drugs and only allow young people to use it for medical and research purposes, Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin said today, on social networks. The announcements follow a surprising policy U-turn this month from Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, who promised to decriminalize cannabis again by the end of the …

A fire in a small apartment building in central Hanoi on Friday morning killed at least 14 people and injured three others, state media said. “The fire broke out at about 12:30 in the morning. The fire was big, with many explosions,” Vietnam News Agency said. Pictures from the scene on Friday morning showed burnt items in the yard and …

Philippine National Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on Friday that China’s rules on how the coast guard can operate in the South China Sea are an international matter, calling them provocative. China, which has maritime sovereignty disputes with the Philippines and other claimants in the South China Sea, issued a new law that will take effect in 2021 that expressly …

The EU, US and other countries today expressed concern over the worsening conflict in Myanmar and the “increasing civilian casualties” it is causing. They were particularly concerned by reports that tens of thousands of civilians in Rakhine state – home to the Rohingya minority – have been forced to flee their homes, and called on “all armed forces to ensure …

Violence around the world will reach its highest level in almost a decade in 2023, with a sharp increase in the Middle East, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. 1,153 known abuses last year were recorded by Global Rights Monitor since 2015 – with an increase of more than 30% by 2022. Despite this, the number of countries that commit murder …

Chinese army last week is focused than the media than they can do so easily, said they have a security rights of the safety island . China says he has done for two days of the game on Thursday under the name of the “Policy” for each other “, which, of, China and say Like the second statement is special …