HANOI: Seven bodies have been found washed ashore on a beach in southern Vietnam, authorities said on Friday (Sep 30), a week after a boat with more than 40 people on board sank off the neighbouring Cambodian coastal town of Sihanoukville. The bodies found on a beach on Phu QuocContinue Reading
BANGKOK: Thailand’s Constitutional Court is due to deliver its verdict on Friday (Sep 30) on a case that seeks to determine whether Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has already exceeded the eight-year term limit set for his role. Prayut, who seized power in a 2014 coup before formally becoming prime ministerContinue Reading
SEOUL: South Korea’s kimchi makers are in serious pain – brought low as a climate change-induced shortage of cabbages sent prices rocketing this year, exacerbating damage inflicted by cheaper offerings from Chinese competitors. Such is the sense of crisis surrounding the spicy pickled side dish eaten daily by many KoreansContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The usa on Thursday (Sep 29) imposed sanctions on companies this accused of participation in Iran’s petrochemical and petroleum industry, including five based in China, pressuring Tehran as it seeks to bring back the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Washington has increasingly targeted Chinese companies over the export of Iran’sContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The United States released its first technique for ties with Pacific island nations upon Thursday (Sep 29), the second day of a peak with leaders from the region , pledging to help them battle climate change plus rebuff what it called China’s “economic coercion”. Because President Joe Biden preparedContinue Reading
BEIJING: The Indonesian food and drugs agency (BPOM) said on Thursday night (Sep 29) it has approved the emergency use of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Walvax Biotechnology. It is the first authorisation for the China-developed COVID shot based on the novel mRNA technology, which Pfizer-BioNTech and ModernaContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court on Thursday night (Sep 29) quashed the conviction associated with Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of previous prime minister Nawaz Sharif, in a data corruption case that experienced seen her sentenced to seven yrs in jail, the girl party and protection lawyer said, lifting curbs on herContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Heirs of a late Southeast Asian sultan on Thursday (Sep 29) asked a Dutch court for permission to seize Malaysian assets in the Netherlands, their lawyer said, seeking enforcement of a US$15 billion arbitration award granted to them against Malaysia’s government. The petition in The Hague Court ofContinue Reading
In an exclusive interview with CNA, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly says the relationship with China is dependent on Beijing “fully” subscribing to the implementation of global rules.Continue Reading
SEOUL: North Korea fired two ballistic missiles Thursday (Sep 29), Seoul’s military said, Pyongyang’s third such launch in less than a week and just hours after US Vice President Kamala Harris left South Korea. The South’s military said it had detected the launch of “two short-range ballistic missiles from the SunchonContinue Reading