BANGKOK: The collapse of a highway construction crane killed two people near Bangkok yesterday, with a Thai minister saying the building firm was also involved in a crane failure the day before that left 32 dead. Car dashcam footage verified by AFP showed the moment the massive crane fell yesterday,
LOS ANGELES: FIFA said on Wednesday it had received more than 500 million ticket requests for this year’s World Cup, underlining massive global interest in the tournament despite mounting criticism over high prices. In a statement, football’s world governing body said fans from all 211 of its member nations and
MADRID: Real Madrid’s Copa del Rey campaign ended in stunning fashion on Wednesday as they suffered a 3-2 last-16 defeat to second-tier Albacete, spoiling Alvaro Arbeloa’s debut as head coach. Appointed on Monday to replace Xabi Alonso, Arbeloa saw his side undone by Jefte Betancor’s stoppage-time winner at the Carlos
SEOUL: South Korean prosecutors called on Tuesday for the death penalty to be handed down to former president Yoon Suk Yeol for his December 2024 declaration of martial law, which plunged the country into chaos. Yoon triggered a political crisis when he announced an end to civilian rule in December
PATNA: Indian wildlife officers are hunting a rampaging wild elephant blamed for killing at least 20 people and injuring 15 others in the forests of Jharkhand, villagers and officials said Tuesday. The elephant, a lone bull, is reported to have gone on the rampage for nine days beginning in early
BANGKOK: A crane at a China-backed high-speed rail project in Thailand collapsed onto a passenger train yesterday and caused it to derail, killing at least 28 people and injuring dozens more, authorities said. The massive crane’s broken structure was left resting on giant concrete pillars, while smoke rose from the
SPAIN: Teenage racer Zoe Florescu Potolea says it’s nice to “prove the boys wrong” as she celebrates being named on Tuesday among five new drivers picked for a programme to develop elite female F1 talent. The mission of the More Than Equal project is simple and fearlessly ambitious — to
WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court appeared likely on Tuesday in a closely watched pair of cases to uphold state bans on the participation of transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports. The conservative-dominated court heard more than three hours of arguments in separate challenges to state laws in Idaho and
BEIJING: China has revealed its first artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to analyse the impact of weather patterns on financial markets, marking a novel step in climate-aware risk management, Xinhua reported, citing the China Meteorological Administration (CMA). The model Shangji, or Stock, was jointly developed by the Shanghai-based Fudan University
LOS ANGELES: Hawaii’s Kilauea was spraying a spectacular fountain of lava on Monday, keeping up its reputation as one of the world’s most active volcanoes. For over a year now, Kilauea has been regularly throwing out thousands of tonnes of molten rock and gases since it burst to life in