Pop icon and animal activist Cher is on a mission to save Bua Noi, the last remaining gorilla in Thailand, who has spent three decades living above a Thai shopping center. After recently spearheading a successful social media campaign to free ‘world’s loneliest elephant’ from a Pakistani zoo, the 74-year-old revealed she is already working to … Read more
Moment bungling armed robber shoots through locked glass door to escape gold store after opening fire at two assistants in botched raid The man robbed the gold shop in Nakon Si Thammarat, Thailand this week Moments after inspecting a necklace, the man opened fire on two workers He then ran and was forced to shoot … Read more
While COVID-19 didn’t start to ravage most of the United States until March, Rosie Perez revealed she caught the virus back in December. The 56-year-old actress was flying to Bangkok, Thailand to film her new HBO Max series The Flight Attendant, when she caught the virus, she revealed in a new interview for Uproxx. She … Read more
Naomi Watts reveals she’s proud to be playing an ‘extraordinary’ Australian woman in the heartwarming real-life story Penguin Bloom By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:28 GMT, 1 December 2020 | Updated: 02:28 GMT, 1 December 2020 Naomi Watts will soon appear in an ‘incredible’ movie based on the true story of a … Read more
A fisherman working for £500-a-month has stumbled across what is possibly the world’s biggest blob of Ambergris – worth £2.4 million. Ambergris – or whale vomit – is considered a sea treasure and floating gold because of an odourless alcohol that is extracted to make a perfume’s scent last longer. Naris Suwannasang, 60, saw several … Read more
Thousands of protesters marched on Thailand‘s royal barracks last night holding inflatable rubber ducks – a symbol used by the peaceful pro-democracy movement to ridicule the police. Heavily-armoured officers defended by shields and banks of barbed wire kept the demonstrators from getting close to the King’s Guard headquarters in Bangkok on Sunday. Protesters are demanding … Read more
Whale of a find: Immaculately preserved skeleton of a 39-foot leviathan discovered in Thailand is thought to be up to 5,000 years old The remains were found near the coast in Samut Sakhon, west of Bangkok They are thought to have been from a Bryde’s whale — a species still alive today Carbon dating will be … Read more
Red-faced Thai officials blame a ‘technical error’ after record $1bn seizure of ‘ketamine’ turns out to be cleaning powder Thailand claimed to have seized 11.5 tonnes of ketamine earlier this month Officials declared it ‘the largest ketamine bust’ with an estimated value of $1bn After testing, the authorities admitted the claim had been a ‘misunderstanding’ The … Read more
Monkey business! BBC newsreader Simon McCoy fights tears of laughter as he delivers a bizarre report on a pianist playing to a colony of macaques in Thailand The veteran journalist, 59, appeared to be caught off guard during the broadcast He was forced to stifle his laughter as he introduced and concluded segment Mr McCoy … Read more
Bad dog! Naughty beagle peeps out of hole in sofa when he is caught ripping the furniture apart Tua-ngork, a naughty beagle puppy, ruins the family sofa by ripping it apart His besotted owner, Sirichar, calls the destroyed sofa ‘a great piece of artwork’ A video of the damage was filmed in Maha Sarakham, northeastern Thailand By Clare … Read more