Queues stretched around the block Thursday as Thailand’s first ever Taco Bell opened its doors to fast-food fanatics sporting taco-shaped hats and punters keen to discover the corn-based snack. Popular among American college students as a cheap, binge eat, the “Mexican-inspired” chain is dipping its toe into Bangkok’s oversaturated fast-food
Contestants duking it out at this year’s World Pastry Cup in Lyon on Monday had to wrestle with a challenge previously unthinkable in France’s rich dessert history — no animal products at all: It’s got to be vegan to take the cake. Twenty-one countries took part in the final of
Two durian fruits have sold for nearly US$1,000 each in Indonesia, an eye-watering price that lit up social media and prompted awestruck fans to take selfies with the pungent pair. Fetching 14 million rupiah (US$990) each, the spiky fruits were displayed in a clear case on red satin and surrounded
An exhibition celebrating the storied history of an Indian members’ club in London opened on Wednesday, less than a year after the restaurant dodged being turned into a boutique hotel. “A Home Away from Home”, organised by British conservation charity the National Trust, tapped into a “treasure trove” of history
OBOCK, Djibouti: The death toll from the sinking of two boats carrying migrants to Yemen from Djibouti rose to 52 on Thursday, the UN migration agency said, appealing to regional leaders to take action to stop such tragedies. Rescuers working in Djibouti’s northeastern Obock region continued to recover bodies on
BRUSSELS: The French alleged jihadist accused of carrying out a gun massacre in Belgium’s Jewish Museum denounced any attempt to intimidate trial lawyers and jurors Thursday. Appearing in the dock in Brussels main criminal court, 33-year-old Mehdi Nemmouche again denied shooting dead four people in the 2014 anti-Semitic attack. And,
MUSE, Myanmar: With tinted windows and their militia name emblazoned on the side of their Ford truck, “Pan Say” fighters cruise the sleazy streets of Muse, Myanmar’s main gateway to China and awash with weapons and cash from casinos, drugs and sex. Ten armed groups run the Shan State border
NEW DELHI: Delhi is the world’s most polluted major city, its toxic cocktail of vehicle fumes, dust and smoke choking the chaotic metropolis and taking years off its 20 million inhabitants’ lives. But despite this, with levels of airborne pollutants routinely eclipsing safe limits in winter months, people in the
MADRID: Madrid on Thursday demanded the immediate release of journalists working for the Spanish news agency EFE who were arrested in Venezuela as part of a crackdown by Caracas on foreign media. The Spanish government “strongly condemns” the detention in Caracas of four members of a team from Spanish news
JAKARTA: Dozens of Indonesians who served jail time for corruption are running for public office, the electoral agency said Thursday, as the world’s third-largest democracy gears up for national polls. The 49 candidates belong to more than half of the 16 political parties contesting April elections, including President Joko Widodo’s