MANILA — For years, residents of a flood-prone Philippine island north of Manila have elevated their homes atop layer upon layer of concrete, only to see floodwaters threaten them again.

SEOUL - The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signalled little appetite for renewed dialogue with Washington, saying Pyongyang had "no need to sit face to face with such unreliable and hostile persons".

ATLANTA - Linda Jones has set up a folding chair near a polling station in Atlanta, Georgia, to watch out for anything that might keep people from casting their ballots in the US midterms.

Escalating conflicts in the Middle East and spreading political unrest across Europe are weighing on global investment sentiment, leaving Thailand's stock market vulnerable to further volatility in the near term, according to Globlex Securities.

The global aviation sector is entering the intelligent aviation era, driven by the integration of data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), automation, robotics and biometric technologies, according to SET-listed aviation tech provider Sky ICT.