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Thai woman dresses up as zombie to sell clothes of dead people online
A woman from Thailand’s Phetchabun dressed up as a zombie to sell clothes of dead people online in sales streamed live on social media. Kanittha Thongnak, an online retailer from Thailand’s Phetchabun, made headlines after she dressed up as a
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As COVID persists and U.S. election nears, China growth lifts Asia
BEIJING/SEOUL: Asia is starting to see signs of economic recovery as it rides on the back of an upturn in China, which is entering a new expansion phase less than a year after it recorded the world’s first cases of
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India’s high use of antigen tests risks underestimating COVID-19 spread
NEW DELHI: Fast but less accurate “rapid antigen tests” now account for 60% of all coronavirus tests in India, the head of a top diagnostic firm estimated on Wednesday, warning that such a high use could misrepresent the actual spread
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Thailand dan China jalin kerjasama bina projek HSR
BANGKOK: Thailand dan China memeterai perjanjian bernilai THB50.63 bilion (RM6.72 bilion) bagi pembinaan projek kereta api berkelajuan tinggi (HSR) antara Bangkok dan Nakhon Ratchasima di timur laut negara itu. Pembinaan landasan sejauh 253 kilometer (km) tersebut merupakan fasa pertama projek
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Ministry assures public of adequate supply of onion
PUTRAJAYA: Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry today gave the assurance of enough supply of onion despite the ban on exports by largest supplier India. Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said following the ban, a total of 121 importing companies began to increase the
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U.S. warns of threat posed by China, signs military pact with India
NEW DELHI: The United States and India signed a pact to share sensitive satellite and map data on Tuesday as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned of the threat posed by an increasingly assertive China. Pompeo, who arrived in
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Japan biz world rushing to adapt to net-zero emission goal
TOKYO: Japan’s business world is rushing to take measures to reach the government’s goal to reduce the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, Jiji Press reported. Automakers are accelerating their shifts to electric vehicles while steelmakers are
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Bizarre song on papadum goes viral
A bizarre song called Papadum went viral on Twitter recently. The video left netizens horrified, who bashed it massively. Internet never fails us when it comes to bizarre things. While some videos leave us shocked beyond belief, others leave us
Read MoreViral video shows woman dipping her hand in hot oil to fry food. Twitter cannot believe
What would you say if we tell you that a video of a woman frying some food is going viral on the internet? You would ask, why? Well, it is because the woman is frying the food by only using
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Japanese PM Suga vows to reduce emissions to zero by 2050
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Monday that his country will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050, Jiji Press reported. “We declare a goal of realizing a decarbonised society,” Suga said at plenary meetings of both
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