Health

'IPL is part of our plan': Coach McDonald explains Australia's strategy

'IPL is part of our plan': Coach McDonald explains Australia's strategy

Australia's coach Andrew McDonald is committed to judiciously overseeing player availability during the IPL. With a jam-packed international calendar on the horizon, ensuring the well-being of fast bowlers is paramount. Collaboration with…

Bangkok Post

What the data is really saying

Should 10,000 complaints over errors on the national health app Mor Prom, and an embarrassing leak of vehicle registration data — one that let loose information on the prime minister himself — be simply brushed off as technological hiccups?

Bangkok Post

Boy drowns in Candon City river amid heavy rain

Boy drowns in Candon City river amid heavy rain

SAN ILDEFONSO, Ilocos Sur — A minor who was reported missing after a drowning incident in Barangay Langlangca 1st, Candon City, was found dead on Saturday morning (Aug. 8) following a search and retrieval operation. The victim’s body was…

Abuja petrol station fire injures 3 firefighters

Daily Trust

Abuja petrol station fire injures 3 firefighters

Three firefighters sustained serious injuries while battling a major fire outbreak at Shafa Filling Station, which affected Ahmad Plaza in Area 3, Garki, Abuja. The FCT Fire Service disclosed this in a statement signed by its Head of…

Daily Trust

Man found with knife wounds in lift before another falls to death at same Hong Kong block

Man found with knife wounds in lift before another falls to death at same Hong Kong block

Hong Kong police are investigating after a man with multiple knife wounds was found in a lift at a public housing block in Wong Tai Sin, seven minutes before another man was discovered to have fallen to his death at the same building…

Himachal Pradesh accident: 7 killed, 11 injured after bus crash

Himachal Pradesh accident: 7 killed, 11 injured after bus crash

Seven people died and eleven were injured in a bus accident near Chalunj Mor. The incident occurred Saturday morning in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district. All injured individuals were taken to a hospital for necessary medical treatment…

Bangkok branches out: secret to Thai capital’s green revival

Bangkok branches out: secret to Thai capital’s green revival

In recent years, Thailand’s capital has discovered a surprising new attraction to add to its temples, shopping malls and street food: urban greenery. Unlike the others, which took decades to develop, Bangkok’s green credentials are a more…

Teenager electrocuted while hanging clothes in Bukidnon

Teenager electrocuted while hanging clothes in Bukidnon

MARAMAG, Bukidnon — An 18-year-old male died after being electrocuted while hanging laundry at his residence in Barangay Poblacion Sur, Don Carlos, Bukidnon, on Friday afternoon, Aug. 7. According to a report from the Don Carlos municipal…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr criticises US Covid-19 response at CDC shooting memorial

Straits Times

Robert F. Kennedy Jr criticises US Covid-19 response at CDC shooting memorial

He said US would have done better in the Covid-19 outbreak by listening to “dissenting voices”.

Straits Times

PAKISTAN has already paid a heavy human price this monsoon, even as another dangerous spell approaches

PAKISTAN has already paid a heavy human price this monsoon, even as another dangerous spell approaches

NDMA figures covering June 26 to Aug 7 record 151 deaths — 73 of them children — and 448 injuries, besides damage to more than 1,200 houses and dozens of bridges and kilometres of roads. Chitral shows how quickly such destruction…

Wasted medicine in the UK could fill 75 swimming pools a year

Sky News

Wasted medicine in the UK could fill 75 swimming pools a year

Around 3,400 tonnes of partially used medicines were estimated to have been thrown away in England in one year, pharmacies have said - enough to fill 75 swimming pools.

Sky News

Govt restores original medical board for exhumation of Mir Raza’s body

Govt restores original medical board for exhumation of Mir Raza’s body

• Corpse of IBA graduate to be dug up for fresh autopsy today • Exhumation planned for Friday postponed after family objected to abrupt reconstitution of board KARACHI: After a day of uncertainty over the exhumation of the body of IBA…