BEIJING: China’s government on Monday (Sep 19) issued draft rules aimed at making it easier for some foreigners to enter China for visits to tourism sites along the Chinese border. Travel groups organised by tour agencies in border areas in China can choose their port of entry and exit “flexibly”,Continue Reading
HONG KONG: The head of Hong Kong’s journalist union was charged with obstructing police on Monday (Sep 19), 10 days before he was set to leave the city and begin an overseas fellowship. Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), was arrested earlier this month over aContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said there should be no issue if a general election is held during the upcoming monsoon season, as it has been done before. He accused the opposition of highlighting this in a bid to influence voters into thinking thatContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said there should be no issue if a general election is held during the upcoming monsoon season, as it has been done before. He accused the opposition of highlighting this in a bid to influence voters into thinking thatContinue Reading
SEOUL: A US aircraft carrier will visit South Korea this week for joint drills for the first time in about four years, officials of both countries said on Monday (Sep 19), as the allies seek to deploy US nuclear-capable “strategic assets” to deter North Korea. USS Ronald Reagan will arriveContinue Reading
BEIJING: The Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday (Sep 19) that China has lodged “stern representations” with the United States, after US President Joe Biden said US forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion. China reserves the right to take all necessary measures in response toContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin denied rumours that he has left the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), saying that he will always be a member of the party. Referring to a YouTube video titled “KJ leaves UMNO!! Verified, Khairy Jamaluddin’s final decision”, Mr Khairy said in an InstagramContinue Reading
A lake in Kyushu’s Miyazaki prefecture overflowed, water damage fields and highways, footage from condition broadcaster NHK showed. Other video showed a riverside house hanging over a bittorrent, roofs ripped off structures and billboards toppled. NHK said one man was killed when his car has been submerged by a floodedContinue Reading
NHK said one man was found dead inside his car, which was submerged to the rooftop in the middle of a field, while another man died after being caught in a landslide. One other person remains missing, and at least 87 people have been injured, NHK said. About 340,000 households,Continue Reading
lated southeastern Taiwan continues to be rattled by a series of jolts since Saturday. The most powerful, a six. 9-magnitude quake, struck on Sunday mid-day, tearing up roads and bringing down a handful of houses in the town of Yuli where at least one person has been killed. Four othersContinue Reading