Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn swore in Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and cabinet ministers in a coalition government on Friday, following the royal endorsement of the new portfolios earlier this week.
Valley Fever, a fungal disease, has been spreading in California, with warnings from state health authorities about an increased risk through the fall, local news outlets reported.
At least 17 pupils were killed and 13 others seriously injured after a fire broke out at a school in central Kenya, police said on Friday.
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with murder for shooting four people dead at a US high school, authorities said, adding that their investigation into the country's latest outburst of gun violence is ongoing.
Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn swore in Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and cabinet ministers in a coalition government on Friday, following the royal endorsement of the new portfolios earlier this week.
Representatives from member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for the 21st ASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forces Meeting met here to discuss key issues affecting regional security and defence cooperation.
The Kamala Harris campaign said Friday it raised $361 million in August, which is nearly three times more than the $130 million raised by the team of her Republican rival and former President Donald Trump.
A US Marine in Japan's Okinawa was referred to prosecutors on suspicion of sexually assaulting and injuring a woman in June, the third case of its type to surface on the island this year, local media reported.
August 2024 has tied with August 2023 as the hottest August on record globally, with the average surface air temperature hitting 16.82 degrees Celsius, 0.71 degrees Celsius above the average August temperature from 1991 to 2020, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
Super Typhoon Yagi made its second landfall in Xuwen County, in the city of Zhanjiang, south China's Guangdong Province, around 10:20 p.m. Friday, said the provincial meteorological bureau.
