Preliminary investigations suggest the blaze was caused by a short circuit in an air conditioner, which quickly cut power throughout the bar. But several people who had visited the bar earlier have described it as a dark room even in its original state. Phatsara Khamloet, who visited in May, told BBC Thai she had to…
At least 51 people have died and more than a million affected by heavy rainfall in Bangladesh in recent days. Thousands have lost their homes as flash floods and landslides hit large parts of the country, including the capital Dhaka. More than half the deaths so far have occurred in Cox’s Bazar, home to a…
Thai indie band Thotsakan was performing at a packed bar in Bangkok on Sunday when band manager Ice Athipat Wijarn, seated off stage, saw smoke emerging from behind the keyboardist. The keyboardist, Kwang, shouted for people to flee – and within seconds a fierce blaze tore through Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao, in the city’s…
“Any form of child sexual abuse is confronting and horrific, even more so when the alleged perpetrator is an individual trusted with the care of our youth,” Australian Federal Police (AFP) Acting Commander Luke Needham said. Tait worked at or attended 62 early childhood education facilities in Sydney between 2009 and 2025, although police say…
The BBC’s South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head has visited the site where at least 27 people were killed during a bar fire in Thailand. The deadly blaze broke out at Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao – the local name of the bar – which is situated in the Chatuchak district of Bangkok. Read more…
Footage shows the aftermath of a deadly fire at a Bangkok pub that broke out just after midnight local time on Monday. At least 27 people have been killed, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said. Charnvirakul, who attended the scene, told media that a musician who was on stage at the time of the incident said…
Anchor attempts to close that gap. Users can zoom from the whole brainstem seen on MRI down to individual neurons while maintaining their precise spatial relationships. The researchers have made the atlas freely available online, external, hoping it becomes a reference tool for neuroscientists, neurologists and neurosurgeons worldwide. Its applications could also extend well beyond…
Hon May Rut Ngoai is located about 10km (six miles) south of Phu Quoc, Vietnam’s largest island. Nguyen Tien Hai, a senior Communist official in the area, said the authorities were still working to confirm the exact number of those who died as well as the survivors. He is quoted by VnExpress as saying that…
Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from areas of eastern China as a powerful typhoon – the country’s second in a week – barrels towards the coast. Typhoon Bavi, which spans 1,000km (620 miles) at its widest point – roughly the width of France – is expected to make landfall near the major…
See how the powerful storm is expected to move across east Asia on Saturday. Source link