Flames crackle through piles of hundreds of human skulls and thick grey smoke pours into the Thai sky in a moment as spiritually significant as it is gruesome. The Lang Pacha ceremony is observed by Thais of Chinese descent to give a dignified funeral to the unclaimed dead. In Thailand, hospitals hand unidentified bodies and … Read more
On a tree-lined beach in Australia’s rugged island state of Tasmania, locals discovered popcorn-sized bits of dead salmon washed up along the sand. When the stinky remains landed in Verona Sands, population 131, they stirred up a festering environment-versus-industry row shortly before Saturday’s general elections. The fish remnants found in February were traced to a … Read more
If you’ve been dealing with spotty Wi-Fi in certain rooms or dead zones that kill your signal, this deal’s worth checking out. The TP-Link Deco AXE5400 mesh Wi-Fi router system just dropped to $249, and it’s the lowest we’ve ever seen for this 3-pack setup. This is one of those rare upgrades that actually solves … Read more
Siemens CEO and president Agustin Escobar was killed in a deadly mid-air helicopter crash upside-down into the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront on April 10 around 3:15 pm (local time), which also claimed lives of his wife and three children, New York Post reported. According to authorities, four victims were declared … Read more
Rescue workers raced Wednesday to find any remaining survivors under the rubble of a Dominican Republic nightclub, a day after the roof collapsed, killing at least 124 people in the country’s worst disaster in two decades. The death toll continued to climb Wednesday as emergency crews pulled more bodies from the ruins of the Jet … Read more
DEA head discusses crackdown on drug cartels DEA head defends designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations 03:42 Eight members of Colombia’s largest cartel have died in clashes with security forces, the army said Tuesday, the latest in a series of raids against one of Latin America’s most powerful criminal groups. Days after the death … Read more
Rescuers were racing to find survivers Tuesday among the rubble of a Dominican Republic night club where at least 18 people died and dozens were hurt in an early-morning roof collapse. Some 400 rescue personnel were at the Jet Set nightclub in the Caribbean nation’s capital Santo Domingo, authorities said, with dozens of ambulances on … Read more
Syrian state media said Israel struck near a defence research centre in Damascus and hit central Syria on Wednesday, as Israel said it struck “military” capabilities and a monitor reported four dead. Israel has launched hundreds of strikes on sites in Syria since Islamist-led forces ousted longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, saying it wants to prevent … Read more
The body of a fourth U.S. Army soldier was found on Tuesday in Lithuania, a week after the soldier and three others were reported missing when the armored vehicle they were riding in sank in a bog, the U.S. military said. The Army did not immediately release the name of the fourth soldier, whose body … Read more
Myanmar will hold a minute of silence on Tuesday in tribute to victims of a catastrophic earthquake that has killed more than 2,000 people, buckling roads and flattening buildings as far away as Bangkok. Four days after the shallow 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck, many people in Myanmar are still sleeping outdoors, either unable to return to … Read more