By AP and published by Yahoo!News MYANMAR’S jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave, the military government said. On Wednesday (Apr. 17) it also granted amnesty for over 3,000 prisoners to mark this week’s traditional New Year
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Beware of power banks exploding in the summer heat
A YOUNG woman issued a warning about power banks exploding in the current hot weather as happened at her house last night (Apr. 23) when an unplugged unit suddenly blew up, Matichon newspaper said today. In an online post the unidentified woman said at 9 p.m. just as she was going upstairs she smelt
Read moreSome provinces facing extreme heat from end of this month
THE METEOROLOGICAL Department’s statistics show that some provinces could be hit by extreme heat with temperature soaring to almost 45 degrees Celsius this summer that is starting from end of Feb. and will last till mid-May with this being a week or two later than usual, Matichon newspaper said today (Feb. 9). While the
Read moreTo beat the heat, Vietnam rice farmers resort to planting at night
By Minh Nguyen for Reuters, published by US News Hanoi (Reuters) – Under a pitch-black night sky, a group of Vietnamese farmers planted rice this week in a paddy field on the outskirts of the capital Hanoi using head lamps to illuminate the water-logged ground in front of them. The farmers of the Tam Thanh
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