A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar killed at least 126 people, with more feared dead, authorities said on Thursday, after a heap of mining waste collapsed into a lake and buried many ... ( read original story ...)
In Myanmar, Landslide at Jade Mine Kills More Than 160 People
Heavy rains trigger a landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar, the deadliest accident that the largely unregulated industry has seen in years. ( read original story ...)
‘Buried alive’: At least 123 people killed in landslide at a jade mine in Myanmar
The jade miners were smothered by a wave of mud." Local activists have complained that the profitability of jade mining led businesses to neglect enforcing already very weak regulations in the ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand opens drive-in cinema with cooling system for film fans wary of coronavirus
Keen for the big screen but wary of the coronavirus, Thai film fans flocked to a new drive-in cinema on Thursday, which offered a novel cooling system to help combat the discomfort of being confined ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand to Ban Online Alcohol Sales to Curb Underage Drinking
Thailand said on Thursday it would prohibit online sales of alcohol in a clampdown on underage drinking after a rise in sales during the coronavirus outbreak. The Southeast Asian country scrapped a ... ( read original story ...)
US analysts say fire at Iran nuclear site hit new centrifuge production plant
A fire and an explosion struck a building above Iran's underground Natanz nuclear enrichment facility on Thursday. ( read original story ...)
Iran agrees to compensate families of victims on downed plane, says Sweden’s foreign minister
A Ukrainian Boeing 737 was struck by two missiles after take-off from Tehran. Iran initially denied shooting down the plane. ( read original story ...)
Iran Reports ‘Accident’ At Nuclear Site, Warns Enemies
There was "no nuclear material (at the damaged warehouse) and no potential of pollution," the spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation Behrouz Kamalvandi told state television. Kamalvandi said ... ( read original story ...)
Coronavirus and sanctions hit Iran’s support of proxies in Iraq
Iran’s financial and military support for Shi’ite proxy paramilitary groups in Iraq, a linchpin of its regional foreign policy, has been dramatically disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and U.S. ( read original story ...)
Sweden: Iran to compensate Ukraine plane crash victims
Sweden says Iran has agreed to start talks on compensating families of the foreign victims of the Ukrainian passenger plane shot down outside Tehran in January ... ( read original story ...)