PARIS - An elegant, white-haired Parisian savours a biscuity cloud of cream and apple down to the last crumb at one of the French capital’s many bakeries — but this client has four legs, not two.

BURI RAM - A volunteer leader of a wild elephant surveillance group was killed after being trampled and gored while leading a team to drive three pachyderms away from a community in this northeastern province in the early hours of Thursday.

KYIV - Large-scale Russian strikes on Kyiv killed one person and wounded at least 31 others, city authorities said on Thursday, as Moscow ramped up attacks on Ukraine following a short-lived ceasefire.

Thailand will officially enter the rainy season on Friday, May 15, but with less rain than usual in the forecast, the Meteorological Department announced on Thursday.

PATTAYA - Sixteen Chinese nationals were arrested during a late-night raid on an illegal poker den operating inside a luxury house in this resort city, with three injured after jumping from a second-floor window in an attempt to escape.

Fisheries officials are rushing to inspect seawater in Pattaya on Thursday after freshwater blackchin tilapia were reportedly caught off the beach in the resort city in Chon Buri.

NEW YORK - Madonna, Shakira and K-pop band BTS will headline a Super Bowl-style half-time show at the World Cup final on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, organisers said on Thursday.

SEOUL - A women’s football club on Sunday will become the first sports team from North Korea to visit neighbouring South Korea in eight years.

PARIS - One in four 2026 World Cup games could take place in very hot conditions as climate change has increased the risk of extreme heat in North America since the US hosted the 1994 tournament, researchers warned Thursday.

MANILA - Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr called an emergency meeting of top officials on Thursday amid widening political tensions, a ​day after gunfire rang out at the Senate where a lawmaker wanted by the ‌International Criminal Cou...