A Thai luxury property developer and a socialite fashion designer are feuding in court over a luxury “lifestyle experience” cruise that the developer says did not live up to its expectations for marketing exposure.

NAGOYA, Japan - Accommodation for Asian Games athletes in Japan is “functional” and efforts are being made to deal with numerous complaints from disgruntled teams, a chief organiser told AFP.

A 66-year-old woman from Lampang travelled to Chiang Mai in search of what she believed was true love with a pilot she had met online, only to discover he was an AI-generated character, police said on Thursday.

SEOUL - The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Thursday that the country’s nuclear-armed status was “absolute”, calling those hoping for its denuclearisation “idiots”.

Oil-contaminated wastewater in Bangkok has been traced to a Bangchak Group fuel pipeline along Chuea Phloeng Road in Khlong Toey district, Thitipat Chotidechachainan, secretary to the energy minister, confirmed on Thursday.

SYDNEY - Australia will reduce migration by curbing "visa hopping", tightening rules on students and working holiday makers as well as cracking down on overstayers, its interior minister said Thursday, as the far-right surges in the polls.

Immigration police have arrested a group of foreigners who rented a mansion in Bangkok for 900,000 baht a month to operate a call scam centre targeting Japanese victims.

SYDNEY - A river home to crocodiles was approved Thursday as the 2032 Brisbane Olympics rowing and canoeing venue by the sport’s governing bodies after a “thorough and robust assessment”.

WASHINGTON - A researcher at NASA has found a massive, recently-formed crater on the Moon, a rare occurrence that only happens “once in a century or even longer”, according to scientists.

GENEVA - Rivers worldwide experienced one of their driest years in decades in 2025, according to the ​World Meteorological ⁠Organization, reflecting declining water storage across the Earth’s surface and raising concerns about future suppli...