Laos may face 'gaps' in gasoline supply as prices soar, major supplier says
world | 387194340Gasoline supplies in Laos may face “some gaps”, a major supplier said on Monday, after the government held an emergency meeting to address soaring prices and panic buying in the Southeast Asian nation.
N.Korea mobilizes army, steps up tracing amid Covid wave
world | 387144341North Korea has mobilized its military to distribute Covid medications and deployed more than 10,000 health workers to help trace potential patients as it fights a sweeping coronavirus wave, state media KCNA said on Tuesday.
Man attacked US church over 'hatred of Taiwan': probe
world | 387124339A man who padlocked a church and opened fire on its Taiwanese-American congregation, killing one person and injuring five others, was motivated by hatred of the island and its people, U.S. investigators said Monday.
Macron names first French female PM in three decades
world | 387134343President Emmanuel Macron on Monday named Labor Minister Elisabeth Borne as prime minister to lead his ambitious reform plans, the first woman to head the French government in over 30 years.
Indonesians celebrate Vesak at world's largest Buddhist temple
world | 387014342Hundreds of lanterns were released into the sky by Indonesian Buddhists celebrating Vesak day at the temple of Borobudur for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic hit the country.
North Korea reports more deaths, says taking 'swift measures' against Covid outbreak
world | 386934338North Korea said on Sunday a total of 42 people had died as the country began its fourth day under a nationwide lockdown aimed at stopping the impoverished country's first confirmed Covid-19 outbreak.
Shanghai aims for return to normal life from June 1
world | 386914338Shanghai aims to reopen broadly and allow normal life to resume from June 1, a city official said on Monday, after declaring that 15 of its 16 districts had eliminated cases outside quarantine areas.
Wildfires threaten New Mexico resorts, burn California mansions
world | 386884338Wildfires edged towards mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico on Thursday and engulfed an enclave of multi-million-dollar mansions in southern California.
Airlines should stop flying over all of Ukraine's airspace: conflict zone monitor
world | 386874338Airlines should stop flying over any part of Ukraine because of the risk of an unintended shootdown or a cyber attack targeting air traffic control amid tensions with Russia, a conflict zone monitor said on Wednesday.
Gunman kills 10 in live-streamed racial attack on New York state supermarket
world | 386834338An 18-year-old white gunman shot 10 people to death and wounded three on Saturday at a grocery store in a Black neighborhood of upstate New York, before surrendering after what authorities called an act of "racially motivated violent extremism."