Fire destroys temple buildings in Ubon

UBON RATCHATHANI: A fire caused major damage to three buildings at a temple housing a revered old statue in Muang district early on Tuesday, with damage estimated at 10 million baht.

Few students in casual clothes

A few students were seen wearing casual attire for the start of the new school term on Tuesday morning, in response to protesters' calls for freedom of dressing, but most arrived in their usual uniforms.

Leaked files reveal China's chaotic early Covid-19 response

China document leak shows flawed pandemic response

An unprecedented leak of internal Chinese documents reveals how the country mishandled the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic. The documents - from Hubei province, the site of the world's first known outbreak - show China announced misleading numbers of new cases and deaths, was hampered by an average three-week delay in diagnosing new cases, and experienced a huge spike in influenza in the epicenter province in early December.