PARIS - A series of unfiltered photographs taken by an elderly tourist from Henan province in China has gone viral online, offering a starkly different — and unexpectedly refreshing — view of the French capital.

The Thai internet has been abuzz this week with the extraordinary story of an elderly man hitting the government lottery jackpot, with total winnings exceeding 9.1 million baht.

Thai voters tired of the usual suspects and looking for a real outside-the-box thinker in the Feb 8 election may have found their champion in Mongkolkit Suksintharanon.

ZURICH - US President Donald Trump has made an astonishing series of attacks apparently designed to humiliate allies France, Britain and Canada as the row over Greenland threatens to engulf the Davos forum.

SYDNEY - Australian lawmakers passed tougher hate crime and gun laws Tuesday, weeks after gunmen targeting a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach killed 15 people.

The Bank of Thailand has eased rules ‌on foreign income repatriation by Thai individuals and businesses ⁠to reduce upward pressure on the baht, raising ‌the threshold to $10 million per ‌transaction ​from the previous $1 million.

MAE SOT - More than 300 Chinese nationals linked to scam syndicates based in Myanmar were extradited to their home country from Mae Sot airport in Tak province on Tuesday.

Experts say parts of the Ta Kwai temple, which sustained heavy damage during the recent Thai-Cambodian military conflict, are at risk of collapse, prompting authorities to bar public access due to safety concerns and uncleared landmines.

LONDON - The UK government was Tuesday due to rule on plans for a sprawling Chinese mega-embassy in central London, amid security concerns and ahead of an expected visit to China by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

As fire erupted at the site of the crane collapse on Rama II Road in Samut Sakhon on Tuesday, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul insisted that state agencies must cancel  contracts with the company responsible for a series of accidents during construction of elevated transport routes.