Category: Southeast Asia

Man able to live with genetically modified pig kidney for nine months in world first

In a world first, a man has lived without dialysis for nine months after receiving a genetically modified pig kidney. Tim Andrews, 66, from New Hampshire, suffered end-stage kidney failure…

Trump is pouring more money into Reflecting Pool repairs, with costs surging to nearly $20m

Donald Trump’s administration has funneled another $2.65 million of taxpayer funds into renovating the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, bringing total costs for the project to nearly $20 million. In July,…

Multiple victims, including 2 police officers, in Minneapolis shooting, officials say

Multiple victims, including two police officers, have been involved in a shooting near a downtown Minneapolis apartment building, according to city officials. Minneapolis police rushed to the Loring Park neighborhood…

Fresh blow for Trump as judge blocks latest attempt to ‘strip’ birthright citizenship from newborns

A federal judge has blocked Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing an executive order targeting birthright citizenship after the president lost a landmark Supreme Court case challenging his attempt to unilaterally…

How Thailand’s notorious Pattaya was transformed from fishing village to sin city

After a long deployment in the Middle East, a US navy aircraft carrier is set to dock in Thailand’s infamous resort city of Pattaya, triggering a hasty crackdown on prostitution.…

Israel will ‘act against Britain’ if it imposes sanctions over plans to expand illegal settlements

Israel has warned that it will respond in kind should the UK enforce sanctions over plans to enlarge illegal settlements in the West Bank. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband on Tuesday…