SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE: Jan 6 - With China days away from dropping border controls that have effectively shut it off from the rest of the world for three years, countries are lining up to impose curbs on…
Deadly Collision Claims 67 Lives in U.S. Air Disaster | At Least 30 Dead and Many Injured in Stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela in India | Cambodia to Host 2025 National Chapei Dang Veng Festival from June 11-13 | Senate President Hun Sen Reflects on Cambodia’s Development and ASEAN Integration | ASEAN Secretary-General Hails Samdech Techo Hun Sen's Vision at Policy Speech | Cambodia Temporarily Bans Livestock and Meat Imports from Thailand Amid Anthrax Outbreak |
Deadly Collision Claims 67 Lives in U.S. Air Disaster | At Least 30 Dead and Many Injured in Stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela in India | Cambodia to Host 2025 National Chapei Dang Veng Festival from June 11-13 | Senate President Hun Sen Reflects on Cambodia’s Development and ASEAN Integration | ASEAN Secretary-General Hails Samdech Techo Hun Sen's Vision at Policy Speech | Cambodia Temporarily Bans Livestock and Meat Imports from Thailand Amid Anthrax Outbreak |
International
MOSCOW: Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday (Jan 5) warned the United States that hypersonic missiles would soon be close to NATO's shores after the US embassy said in a video it stood…
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden suggested Vladimir Putin's struggle in Ukraine after 10 months of war and thousands of lives lost had prompted the Russian president to offer a 36-hour truce, saying,…
BRUSSELS: Russian President Vladimir Putin's call on Thursday (Jan 5) for a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine is "hypocritical" and the only route to restore peace is for Russia to withdraw its troops from…
PHNOM PENH: Nate Thayer. an American journalist who chased stories of conflict across the jungles of Southeast Asia and was the last Western correspondent to interview the Khmer Rouge’s genocidal leader…
INTERNATIONAL: Jan 5 - Myanmar's junta has freed a former minister in the ousted government of Aung Sang Suu Kyi and a well-known writer among political detainees given amnesty to mark the country's independence…
BEIJING/HONG KONG/GENEVA: State media in China played down the severity of a surge of Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, while its scientists briefed the World Health Organization (WHO), which has been seeking…
MOSCOW: Jan 4 - Russia's defence ministry on Wednesday blamed the illegal use of mobile phones by its soldiers for a deadly Ukrainian missile strike that it said killed 89 servicemen, raising the reported…
INTERNATIONAL: A former Colorado funeral home owner was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on Tuesday for defrauding relatives of the dead by dissecting 560 corpses and selling body parts without…
KYIV: Jan 3 - Russia acknowledged that dozens of its troops were killed in one of the Ukraine war's deadliest strikes, angering Russian nationalists, including lawmakers, and drawing demands for commanders…
VATICAN CITY: Jan 1 - Pope Francis marked the Roman Catholic Church's traditional World Day of Peace on Sunday but the start of the new year at the Vatican was overshadowed by the death of his predecessor,…
INTERNATIONAL: Days of the good old internet with dialup, plugging the internet into the phone socket, disconnecting the phone. Modem Cable, wireless, and satellite. The changes of the internet have grown…
INTERNATIONAL: In a widely expected decision, Aung San Suu Kyi has been sent down for a further seven years for renting, purchasing and maintaining a helicopter during her time as leader - at the expense…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Heeraben Modi, also called Heeraben, was admitted to Wednesday morning due to illness.
INTERNATIONAL: Dec 29 - Belarus protested to Ukraine's ambassador on Thursday after saying it had downed a Ukrainian S-300 air defence missile in a field, during one of Russia's heaviest aerial onslaughts…
WASHINGTON: Dec 29 - A Chinese military plane came within 10 feet (3 metres) of a U.S. air force aircraft in the contested South China Sea last week and forced it to take evasive maneuvers to avoid a…
SAO PAULO, Dec 29 - The three-time World Cup winner is regarded by many as the greatest player of all time.
KYIV/BAKHMUT: Ukraine, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Ukraine's recently liberated southern city of Kherson suffered intense mortar and artillery attacks from Russian forces across the Dnipro river, while the Kremlin…
INTERNATIONAL: Dying for Taiwan’s separatist activities would be “worthless,” China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has warned.
KYIV, Dec 28 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy declared his country a "global leader" in a speech to parliament on Wednesday, telling lawmakers to remain united in the face of Russia's invasion…
SEOUL: Dec 28 - South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Wednesday that any provocation by North Korea must be met with retaliation without hesitation despite its nuclear weapons, his office said,…
INTERNATIONAL: Dec 28 - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been vigorously promoting his 10-point peace plan, discussing it with U.S. President Joe Biden among others, and urging world leaders…
TAIPEI, Taiwan: China’s military sent 71 planes and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the self-ruled island, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said Monday, after China expressed…
INTERNATIONAL: Dec 27 - A court in military-ruled Myanmar will deliver its final verdicts in cases against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday, said a source familiar with her trials, wrapping up…
BUFFALO, N.Y. - A blizzard that paralyzed western New York over the Christmas weekend has killed more than two dozen people, local officials said on Monday, as crews struggled to dig out the snow-bound…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will speak before the end of the year, Russian state news agency TASS said on Monday, without giving details of the timing or format.
NEW DELHI/DHAKA, - The possible sinking of a boat in recent weeks with 180 Rohingya Muslims on board could make 2022 one of the deadliest years at sea in almost a decade for the community, a U.N. agency…
KYIV, Dec 27 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gave Ukraine an ultimatum on Monday to fulfill Moscow's proposals, including surrendering territory Russia controls, or its army would decide the…
HONG KONG: China has become a headache for Western executives. But uprooting supply chains and rejecting the buying power of 1.4 billion people is hard. The good news is that the dilemma need not require…
LONDON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Thousands of British ambulance workers will stage two further strikes on Jan. 11 and 23 in an escalating dispute over pay and staffing, the Unison trade union said on Thursday,…
BEIJING, Dec 23 - China has sanctioned two Americans in retaliation for U.S. sanctions against two Chinese officials over human rights in Tibet earlier this month, the Chinese foreign ministry said on…
MANILA, Dec 22 - The Philippines' defense ministry on Thursday ordered the military to strengthen its presence in the South China Sea after monitoring "Chinese activities" in disputed waters close to…
KABUL: Dec 22 - Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration said on Thursday it had closed universities to women partly due to female students not adhering to its interpretation of the Islamic dress code,…
BEIJING: Dec 22 - More than 5,000 people are probably dying each day from COVID-19 in China, health data firm Airfinity estimated, offering a dramatic contrast to official data from Beijing on the country's…
INTERNATIONAL: Dec 22 - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia wants an end to the war in Ukraine and that this would inevitably involve a diplomatic solution.
INTERNATIONAL: Argentina The Central Bank of Argentina plans to print Lionel Messi in front of a 1,000 peso (nearly $ 51) note to celebrate their winning the 2022 World Cup.
WASHINGTON: Dec 21 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the U.S. Congress on Wednesday that the tens of billions of dollars of aid it had approved to help it fight a Russian invasion was not…
NEW YORK, Dec 21 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington on Wednesday marks a high point in ties between Ukraine and its most important ally, putting…
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Pakistan's security forces killed 25 of 35 Islamist militants holed up in a counter-terrorism centre in the northwestern city of Bannu, while one hostage and two…
Dec 21 - China may be struggling to keep a tally of COVID-19 infections as the country experiences a big spike in cases, a senior World Health Organization official said on Wednesday, amid concerns about…
BERLIN: Dec 21 - Berlin has sent its first batch of BioNTech (22UAy.DE) COVID-19 vaccines to China to be administered initially to German expatriates, a German government spokesperson said on Wednesday,…
KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban-run higher education ministry on Tuesday suspended access to universities by female students until further notice, drawing strong condemnation from the United States, Britain…
LONDON, - Every morning on her days off, Mary Obomese wraps up in her winter coat and heads to Woolwich Centre Library in southeast London, where she spends two hours on the computer and keeps herself…
RIO DELL, Calif. - A powerful magnitude 6.4 earthquake jolted the extreme northern coast of California before dawn on Tuesday, damaging homes, roads and water systems and leaving tens of thousands of…
WASHINGTON, - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to visit the White House and the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, though security concerns could force a change in plans, two sources familiar…
SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister and deputy director of a department of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Committee, Kim Yo Jong said those who doubt the capabilities of North Korea's…
More army drills with Belarus are to be held, President Vladimir Putin has said.
INTERNATIONAL: The Biden administration is lying about maintaining contacts between the two countries, the Foreign Ministry says.
BEIRUT, Dec 20 - Ever since Yehya Hijazi and his two sons were detained in 2012 by the Syrian government, their relatives had clung onto the hope they were still alive and might be released one day.
INTERNATIONAL: Twitter users voted decisively in a poll for Elon Musk to step down as chief executive of the social media platform, a backlash against the billionaire less than two months after he took…
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim secured a vote of confidence during his first parliament session as the country’s top leader on Monday (Dec 19), confirming the legitimacy of his leadership…