Earthquake Recorded Off Burma’s Coast, Shakes Buildings in Thailand
Read More A map shows the location of the 5.6 magnitude quake that was recorded off the southern coast of Burma (also known as Myanmar) on June 19, 2023. (USGS/Screenshot via The Epoch Times) BANGKOK—An earthquake was recorded off the southern coast of Burma (also known as Myanmar) on Monday with tremors also felt in […]
South Korea Conducts Nationwide Probe Into Alleged Covert Chinese ‘Police Stations’
Read More South Korea’s authorities have launched a probe into the alleged Chinese police stations operating covertly across the country after a Chinese restaurant in Seoul was found to have served as a base last month. South Korean intelligence officials and police jointly investigated the presence of covert Chinese police stations in various regions, including […]
Japan Releases Figures on Organ Transplant Tourism
Read More One-third traveled to China for transplants, where the regime accused of organ harvesting abuses Japan recently released its latest numbers for transplant travelers, showing one-third of them had their organs transplanted in China. A Japanese governmental survey said that as of the end of March, 543 people were confirmed to have received organ […]
New high-speed train helps Laos make National Geographic’s ‘best of the world’ list 2023
Read More The Boten-Vientiane railway and eVisa are creating the hottest new tourist destination in Southeast Asia Laos has been included on the list of best destinations in the world for 2023 compiled by National Geographic. The country’s new high-speed railway has been cited as one of the main factors in making Laos more accessible […]
Man behind failed Soweto sports centre has fingers in several lottery pies
Read More Within days of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) paying a nonprofit R3 million of a multimillion-rand grant to build a sports facility in Soweto, money started pouring out of the organisation’s bank account. Two payments totalling R750,000 were paid to a private company belonging to Petrus Sedibe, who played a key role in the […]
Meat-eating South Africa, is it time to slow down?
Read More Meat consumption is relatively high in South Africa. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) If I had to tell you that South Africa ranked in the top 10 countries globally that consume meat, would you react with shock or indifference? What shocked me is that our meat consumption is higher than in countries such […]
Labour court upholds dismissal of lying municipal chief financial officer
Read More The Johannesburg labour court has ruled that the axing of a Lesedi municipality chief financial officer for misrepresenting his qualifications was fair. The Johannesburg labour court has ruled that the axing of a Lesedi municipality chief financial officer for misrepresenting his qualifications was fair. Acting Judge Bart Ford set aside a previous ruling […]
Trump’s calculated moves aim to transform legal woes into political capital
Read More Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits with his defence team in a Manhattan court on April 4, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images) “On November 5, 2024, justice will be done. We will take back our country,” bragged former US president Trump in front of his supporters just a […]
The Ashes 2023: England set Australia 281 to win first Test, day four – live
Read More Scott Boland has come in as nightwatchman. I thought there were 45 minutes of play remaining, but that can’t be right because they wouldn’t send him in for that long. Broad has got Steve Smith with a brilliant piece of bowling! He almost had him earlier in the over with a huge inswinger […]
Search under way for tourist submarine missing on dive to wreck of Titanic
Read More A tourist submarine has gone missing in the North Atlantic while on a dive to view the wreck of RMS Titanic. A search and rescue mission was under way on Monday morning, according to the Boston coastguard. A spokesman for the coastguard confirmed to the Guardian that “a small submarine with five persons […]