TOKYO: Potential US presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Monday (Apr 24) met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and lauded bilateral ties, especially the idea of a “strong Japan”. The trip, officially part of a four-country trade mission, comes as the Florida governor seeks to burnish foreign policy credentials aheadContinue Reading
SAMUT PRAKAN: A motorcycle deliveryman called police and told them he had opened what a customer told him was an empty box and found it contained a sachet of the illegal drug ketamine.Continue Reading
Two air force planes are expected to begin evacuating Thais fleeing war-torn Sudan in the Horn of northeast Africa on Tuesday.Continue Reading
“Stiffer enforcement action will be taken if they fail to comply with these requirements again,” said SFA. Those found guilty can face a fine of up to S$10,000 (US$75,000), jail of up to one year, or both. They are also liable to have their licence suspended or cancelled. Mask-wearing requirementsContinue Reading
As Turkey approaches presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is fighting an uphill battle for survival. He is behind in the polls, which can be attributed to three main reasons. First, Erdogan can no longer rely on his autocratic bargain predicated on delivering economic growth and upward mobility in return […]Continue Reading
Long-range firepower must be urgently upgraded, the country’s biggest defence review in decades says.Continue Reading
CHON BURI: Police raided a nightclub in Pattaya late on Sunday looking for overstayers and drug abusers, but the foreigners there had current visas and all customers tested drug-free.Continue Reading
The festival, running over four weekends in May, will see a line-up of over 80 programmes marking major anniversaries in public transport and sports here.Continue Reading
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) recently released a report asserting China’s dominance in “critical technologies.” The report claimed that much of China’s progress has come from elaborate high-level design and long-term policy planning. It also claimed that Western democracies are losing out in global technological competition and urged them to invest more in research and form […]Continue Reading
The US plans to build a successor to its unique USS Jimmy Carter spy submarine, bringing updated capabilities necessary for seabed warfare operations as tensions mount with China across various maritime theaters. This month, Naval News reported that the US Navy would procure a one-off spy variant of the Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine, designated Modified […]Continue Reading