Daily brief
In Thailand on July 2, 2026, an 11-year-old boy crashed his parents' pickup truck into a Buddhist pilgrimage procession, killing nine monks. The child took the vehicle without permission and drove into the walking group, shocking the local community and raising concerns about vehicle safety and child supervision.
The Philippines' Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) rally remains on alert as protesters move to Manila, vowing to stay 'as long as it takes'.
In Indonesia's Aceh province, a young couple was publicly flogged for kissing in a TikTok video.
Three people suffered burns in a septic tank explosion in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
A new heritage trail and stamps mark 200 years of Singapore's modern legal system.
by WorldBrief & Maksim Micheliov | AI-generated summary