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Floods inundate Thailand’s northern tourist city of Chiang Mai
BANGKOK (AP) — Chiang Mai, Thailand’s northern city popular with tourists, was inundated by widespread flooding Saturday as its main river overflowed its banks following heavy seasonal rainfall.
Australians evacuate from Lebanon via Cyprus
Australia started evacuating its nationals from Lebanon via Cyprus on Saturday, in the first large-scale operation to get citizens out of the country amid an Israeli onslaught on Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Thailand scrambles to save elephants from drowning in flood-stricken Chiang Mai
According to local authorities, the Ping River, which flows through the city of 115,000 residents, reached an all-time high in the evening.
Flooding from seasonal rains threatens residents in northern Thailand, including elephants
BANGKOK (AP) — Flooding in northern Thailand forced many residents of the city of Chiang Mai and its outskirts to seek safety on higher ground on Friday, with members of the animal world under similar threat.
Satellite imagery shows Iranian oil tankers at country’s major terminal disappearing amid fears of Israeli counterattack
Satellite imagery revealed a number of oil tankers vacating the waters around Iran's key Kharg Island oil loading terminal, amid fears of an Israeli counterattack on Tehran's energy infrastructure.
Indonesia’s enforcement ‘weakness’ exposed in Chinese man’s trial on illegal mining
The trial of a Chinese national accused of illegally mining more than US$65 million worth of gold in Indonesia has cast a harsh light on the nation’s “weakness” in tackling illicit mining operations and the alleged complicity of authorities, analysts say.