Amarapura’s historic Yadanagu Pagoda festival set for 4 Sept
THE annual historic Yadanagu festival and the Popa Medawgyi Nat Festival, centring around the sacred pagoda built by King Mingyi Swa Sawke of Inwa, will be grandly celebrated starting from…
143rd PhaungdawU Pagoda Festival set for Meiktila
A traditional boat race, featuring teams from nearby villages, will be held as part of the historic Meiktila PhaungdawU Pagoda Festival. “The PhaungdawU Pagoda Buddha Pujaniya Festival is held annually…
MMC Breaks Ground on Myanmar’s First Seismic-Safe Building
THE groundbreaking ceremony for the Mandalay Management Corporation (MMC) building, the first structure in Myanmar to incorporate modern seismic-isolator technology, was held at 8 am on 30 August at the…
Ayeyawady continues rescue, relief operations
RESCUE and relief operations are continuing in Laymyethna Township, Ayeyawady Region, after heavy rainfall and river erosion caused a section of the Ngawun River embankment to collapse on the night…
UNEP: World set to cross 1.5°C global warming, but can still limit, adapt to and return from higher temperatures
Nairobi, 2 September 2026 – Global temperature rise is set to cross 1.5°C, likely within the next few years, pushing climate risks and impacts to increasingly dangerous heights, but it…
Trump promises to campaign for Republicans and says they have a winning midterm message
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Republican lawmakers facing tough reelection campaigns to run on his record in the White House despite his sagging popularity, and he…
NYC, the nation’s largest school system, bans AI for students through 8th grade
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s public schools will temporarily ban elementary and middle school students from using generative artificial intelligence tools during the upcoming school year, Mayor Zohran…
Bond selloff deepens as oil prices and public debt fears jolt markets
SINGAPORE/LONDON/NEW YORK, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Bond prices continued to slide in Asia and Europe on Wednesday, pushing borrowing costs to multi-decade highs as the Middle East conflict drives up…
US military completes latest strikes against Iran, while Trump vows more for Tehran’s retaliation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones at various sites across the region in response as hostilities flare once…