Thai groom kills four at wedding, including bride Barbados Today27/11/2023097 views BBC – A Thai para-athlete and former soldier shot his bride and three others before killing himself on his wedding day, police told the BBC. Groom Chaturong Suksuk, 29 and… Read more
Sugar prices are rising worldwide after bad weather tied to El Nino damaged crops in Asia Barbados Today20/11/20230189 views AP – Skyrocketing sugar prices left Ishaq Abdulraheem with few choices. Increasing the cost of bread would mean declining sales, so the Nigerian baker decided to cut his production by… Read more
Elderly Chinese keep fit, socialise in specially-provided spaces Anesta Henry17/08/20230192 views At any given time during daylight hours, elderly Chinese gather in large groups to exercise and socialise. It was one of my thought-provoking discoveries during my visit last month to… Read more
South Korea has so few babies it is offering new parents $10,500 Barbados Today12/04/20230176 views Al Jazeera Ilsan, South Korea – With the world’s lowest birth rate, South Korea faces a looming demographic and economic disaster. In 2022, the average number of babies expected per… Read more
China records world’s first human death from H3N8 bird flu, WHO says Barbados Today12/04/20230145 views Source: (Reuters) – A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said,… Read more
U.S. says it cannot confirm China collected real-time data from spy balloon Barbados Today03/04/20230141 views (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration said on Monday it could not confirm reports that China was able to collect real-time data from a spy balloon as it flew… Read more
Japan’s PM offers Ukraine support as China’s Xi backs Russia Barbados Today21/03/20230117 views SOURCE: (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit Tuesday to Kyiv, stealing some of the global attention from Asian rival President Xi Jinping of China, who… Read more
President Biden says balloon was not a major security breach Barbados Today10/02/2023095 views SOURCE: BBC – US President Joe Biden has said he does not believe the suspected Chinese spy balloon that flew over US airspace was a major security breach. Mr Biden… Read more
Chinese balloon’s equipment ‘clearly’ for spying: U.S. official Barbados Today09/02/2023088 views SOURCE: TH – Images from U2 spy planes showed that the Chinese balloon that flew over the United States last week was unmistakably equipped for collecting intelligence and not weather data,… Read more
Kim reappears in public, ending absence amid health rumours Barbados Today02/05/20201116 views North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertiliser factory near Pyongyang, state media said Saturday, ending… Read more