Myanmar hosts 1st regional meeting since army takeover

By AP and published by VOA News MYANMAR'S military government today (July 4) hosted the first high-level regional meeting since the army took power last year with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi and counterparts from Mekong Delta nations. State broadcaster MRTV reported that Wang met with his colleagues from Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam …

Chadchart aims to build 500km jogging tracks, starting with 10km pilot scheme

BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said after jogging with participants in Virtual Fun Run to mark Bangkok Metropolitan Administraton's 50th anniversary this year at the Vachira Benjathat Park (Railway Park) that he intends to building 500 kilometres of jogging tracks in the capital starting with a 10km pilot scheme, Matichon newspaper said. These tracks will have …

Deputy Energy Minister tells senators to turn down air-conditioning 

  AT a senate meeting on ways to resolve the public's energy problems Deputy Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmechaow suggested that the senators themselves set an example by turning down the air-conditioning in the parliamentary chamber and stop wearing a suit and tie to keep cool, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (July 4). The meeting chaired …

Several dead in Copenhagen mall shooting; suspect arrested

  By Jan M. Olsen and Karl Ritter, AP, and published by ABC News  Copenhagen, Denmark  - A gunman opened fire inside a busy shopping mall in the Danish capital on Sunday, killing several people and wounding several others, police said. A 22-year-old Danish man was arrested after the shooting, Copenhagen police inspector Søren Thomassen …