Flash floods from the mountains submerged homes after monsoon rains in Thailand. Footage shows huts inundated under the brown deluge in Nakhon Nayok province on August 25. Water levels in the province started to increase on Wednesday night August 24 due to continuous rains, filling rivers that overflowed into villages. Thailand experienced widespread flooding this week due to monsoon and low-pressure areas of weather that covered 20,800 hectares of land in the northeastern region, with more than 11,000 hectares of rice fields affected. The Meteorological Department warned of more heavy rain across the country until Saturday, with severe flooding in 12 provinces. Thailand and other countries in Southeast Asia, such as Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, are in the middle of their tropical monsoon rainy season, which lasts until October or November.
during the forecast period. Growth in this market is driven by the growing government initiatives to support the HCIT solutions, increasing patient pool, increasing demand for health insurance, and the growing need to curtail healthcare costs.New York, Aug. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Patient Access /Front-end RCM Solutions Market by Product & Service, Delivery Mode, End User - Global Forecast to 2027" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p0528497
South Korea will seek cooperation with the European Union over the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act that excludes electric vehicles (EVs) assembled outside of North America from tax credits in the United States, the country's industry ministry said on Thursday. U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law on Aug. 16 a $430 billion bill which, among other measures, ends tax credits for about 70% of the 72 EV models that were previously eligible.
Lack of export infrastructure and political unwillingness may have cost Canada a tremendous opportunity to export LNG to a gas hungry world
Madonna says twin daughters bring ‘love, laughter and light’ in birthday tribute
As women around the world have taken to social media in the past few days, posting videos of themselves dancing to show #SolidarityWithSanna, some Canadian politicians and strategists are also coming to the defence of the Finnish prime minister, suggesting she is being unfairly judged due to her gender and age. Sanna Marin became a target after a video emerged last week, showing her dancing with friends at a private party. In the wake of the leaked clip, some political opponents questioned wheth
EDMONTON — An Indigenous educator and community advocate says he raised concerns over a now-scrapped public art project that had been planned for Edmonton's river valley, but he was not listened to. "If you're going to have Indigenous consultations, you have to actually listen," said Lewis Cardinal, who was part of the Wicihitowin Talking Circle, an Indigenous consultation group that advised the City of Edmonton and Edmonton Arts Council on sculptures that were to be installed near the Walterdal
The struggles of monarch butterflies reflect a shared North American ecological and social problem.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Jailed Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak returned to court Thursday for a second corruption trial over the pilfering of the 1MDB state fund, two days after he began a 12-year prison term for graft. Najib, 69, became Malaysia's first leader to be imprisoned Tuesday after the country's top court rejected his final appeal in his first graft case linked to the looting of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad fund. His incarceration comes four years after his election o
DELTA, B.C. — BC Ferries says multiple sailings will be delayed and others may be cancelled following a police incident last night aboard a ferry in Nanaimo. It has provided no details about what happened on the Coastal Inspiration, which sails between Duke Point and Tsawwassen, but says availability of crew is also a factor in significant delays that could affect 10 sailings. RCMP Staff Sgt. Gary O'Brien in Nanaimo says police were called at about 9 p.m. Thursday about two men who were behaving
The Canadian military's air detachment in Kuwait — which has been supporting anti-terrorism operations and UN peacekeeping missions in Africa — is being relocated to the U.K. to support Ukraine.
Russian visitors have always been kind when eating in his restaurant, says Sergei Farafonov, a chef in the Estonian capital Tallinn.
The Uvalde school district’s embattled police chief Pete Arredondo has been fired following allegations that he made several critical mistakes during a mass shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead in May. (Aug. 25)
Environment Canada has lifted a severe thunderstorm warning it issued for Halton and Peel on Thursday afternoon. The federal weather agency has also lifted a severe thunderstorm watch for Toronto. People should watch for adverse weather conditions and take necessary safety precautions, the agency warned. Severe thunderstorms are capable of producing strong winds and heavy rain, Environment Canada said. It expects heavy downpours with 70 to 90 km/h wind gusts. On Thursday evening, Environment Can
Eighty-year-old Arlene Schuler says she couldn't have imagined how nice her new home would be. Schuler cut the ribbon at Thursday's grand opening of the newly constructed NorthWest Community Lodge, a long-term care home in the northwestern Saskatchewan city of Meadow Lake. "I love everything about it," said Schuler. "The rooms are magnificent." The new lodge will eventually have capacity for up to 72 residents — but currently, only 48 beds are open due to a nursing shortage. It replaces the Nort
ATLANTA (AP) — The prosecutor investigating whether Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia is seeking to compel testimony from more allies of the former president, including former chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Sidney Powell. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis filed petitions Thursday seeking to have Meadows and Powell, as well as James “Phil” Waldron, who met with Meadows, and former Trump campaign adviser Boris Epshteyn, testify befo
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities began distributing iodine tablets to residents near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Friday in case of a radiation leak, amid mounting fears that the fighting around the complex could trigger a catastrophe. The move came a day after the plant was temporarily knocked offline because of what officials said was fire damage to a transmission line. The incident heightened dread of a nuclear disaster in a country still haunted by the 1986 explosion at Chernob
Imagine trying to learn in a classroom without sound. That's the reality for deaf students like Allison Chandler who heavily rely on the support of educational interpreters. As of Wednesday, she had yet to be assigned one for her Grade 5 year at Rothesay Elementary, according to Allison's mom, Heather Chandler. Heather said if arrangements aren't made before classes start on Sept. 6, she will be keeping her daughter at home. "Why would we send her there to be isolated completely from everybody a
Former President Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, also said in a French television interview that Russia was prepared to hold talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy subject to certain conditions. Even before the February invasion, Moscow made clear Ukrainian membership of NATO was unacceptable to it.
The French Language School Board in Prince Edward Island is hoping for a more "normal" start to the school year, with some COVID-19 safety precautions in place, and optional masking — like they had at the end of the last school year. "It's very important for the social and emotional learning as well for our children to be back in the normal setting," said board superintendant Gilles Arsenault. However, the board is waiting for the official recommendation from the province's Chief Public Health O
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. lawmakers are anxious to hear from Twitter’s former security chief, who has alarmed Washington with allegations that the influential social network misled regulators about its cyber defenses and efforts to control fake accounts. Leaders of several congressional panels are poring over the disclosures by respected cybersecurity expert Peiter Zatko, and calls on Capitol Hill for investigations are mounting. Zatko is due to testify next month at a Senate hearing. In addition t