In the searing hot sun, Preeya Phunatung toils long hours on a rural Thai construction site to support her family of four.. Thailand's economy has long been dominated by well-connected family conglomerates that leverage political connections to boost their businesses.
In the searing hot sun, Preeya Phunatung toils long hours on a rural Thai construction site to support her family of four.. Thailand's economy has long been dominated by well-connected family conglomerates that leverage political connections to boost their businesses.
Westminster Abbey, the setting for King Charles III's coronation, has been paramount for Britain's royal family for nearly a millennium.. Westminster Abbey says Charles will be the 40th reigning monarch crowned in the church.
Colombia's top administrative court annulled on Thursday the election of the Senate president, Roy Barreras, a key figure in the ambitious reform drive of President Gustavo Petro.. As Senate president, Barreras has backed key reforms that Petro has put forth since taking office nine months ago, particularly moves to impose higher taxes on the rich.
Britain's first coronation in 70 years takes place on Saturday, with Charles III crowned king in an elaborate Christian ceremony steeped in solemn ritual and more than a millennium of history.. Much of the Anglican service at London's Westminster Abbey -- which will also crown Charles's second wife Camilla as queen -- would be recognisable to the 74-year-old king's forebears 1,000 years ago.
A manhunt was ongoing in Serbia early Friday as police combed the woods near the capital Belgrade, after state media reported a gunman killed at least eight people and injured 13, in the second mass shooting in the Balkan nation this week.. Worried relatives gathered outside the emergency medical centre in Belgrade, where at least eight injured people were hospitalised, N1 television reported.
Nigeria's former deputy Senate president faces up to life in jail in Britain on Friday when he is sentenced for plotting to harvest a man's kidney for his sick daughter.. They too will be sentenced Friday.
It takes over an hour to don the colourful uniform of the pope's Swiss Guards, and new recruits soon discover they cannot buckle up armour weighing 15 kilogrammes by themselves.. It takes about an hour and a half," he told AFP. The Swiss Guards, the world's oldest practising army, was founded by Pope Julius II in 1506 and is famous for its blue, yellow and red striped uniform.
Little is certain in Afghanistan -- armies invade and retreat, governments rise and fall -- but when the key of a Toyota Corolla turns in the ignition, the engine can be relied upon to roar to life.. But all their roads have led to Afghanistan, where "people have a special craze for Toyota", Nazar insists.
Her grandfather defended native lands in the Brazilian Amazon with bows and arrows.. Numerous studies have found that protecting their lands -- 13.75 percent of the country's territory -- is one of the best ways to defend forests like the Amazon, a key resource in the race to curb climate change.
