Vang Vieng - a tiny town on the Nam Song river surrounded by limestone mountains and paddy fields - is known for its scenery.

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The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, which represents senior doctors in the NHS, has warned the whole situation has become ...

Storm Bert is expected to bring high winds and potential flooding as it hits the UK on Saturday. Disruption is expected over ...

The stakes have never been higher in the Ukraine-Russia war. In the week that saw the conflict pass its 1000th day, Western ...

Russia first used its experimental ballistic missile on Ukraine on Thursday, which Zelensky calls "a clear and severe ...

World champions South Africa arrive in Cardiff to take on a Wales side facing the prospect of losing a 12th successive ...

A Minnesota jury has found two men guilty of helping smuggle an Indian family from Canada to the US in January 2022, leading ...

The parents of British lawyer Simone White, who died in a suspected poisoning in Laos, have said they are "devastated" by the ...

Homeowners locked in to maintenance contracts have said they feel "trapped" by rising fees and poor service. Residents of ...

Hours after the strike, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a TV address, said that Russia had launched a "new conventional ...