China condemns British lawmakers for ignoring demand not to visit Taiwan
BEIJING: China’s embassy in Britain on Sunday (Mar 19) condemned a visit this week by British lawmakers to Taiwan, saying they were insisting on visiting the island despite China’s strong opposition. Taiwan’s Presidential Office said the group of six lawmakers from the British-Taiwanese All-Party Parliamentary Group would meet President TsaiContinue Reading
Steel melting plant closed as hazardous isotope detected
PRACHIN BURI: Local authorities closed a steel melting plant in tambon Hat Nang Kaeo of Kabin Buri district on Sunday after they detected caesium-137 there.Continue Reading
Former Taiwan president Ma to visit China in landmark trip
TAIPEI: Former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will visit China this month, his office said on Sunday (Mar 19), the first time a former or current Taiwanese leader has visited since the defeated Republic of China government fled to the island in 1949. Ma, who remains a senior member of Taiwan’sContinue Reading
Thai authorities urge caution after hailstorm in Chiang Mai
BANGKOK: Thai authorities on Sunday (Mar 19) told the public to beware of falling debris or branches after hail storms hit the northern part of the country and hundreds of homes were damaged. Footage on social media showed the impact of severe wind and hail in the northern province ofContinue Reading
China launches recruitment drive for college graduates
BEIJING: China is launching an annual recruitment of college graduates in large and midsize cities, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday (Mar 19), as authorities double down on efforts to meet a more ambitious job creation goal this year. The recruitment drive, hosted by the Ministry of HumanContinue Reading
At least 19 killed in bus accident in Bangladesh
DHAKA: A speeding bus veered off a major expressway in central Bangladesh and plunged into a ditch, killing at least 19 people and injured dozens, police said. The death toll could rise further as some of the injured passengers are in critical condition, said Anowar Hossain, police official of Shibchar,Continue Reading
2 unlicensed doctors arrested during clinic raids
Consumer protection police raided two clinics in Bangkok and Pathum Thani on Saturday and arrested two men for allegedly working as doctors without licences.Continue Reading
Vladimir Putin makes surprise trip to Mariupol, his first visit to occupied Donbas in Ukraine
The ICC issued an arrest warrant on Friday against Putin, accusing him of the war crime of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine, a highly symbolic move that isolates the Russian leader further. While Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made a number of trips to the battlefield to boostContinue Reading
About 70% of Singapore residents positive about overall quality of life post-pandemic: Government survey
The survey findings, from an online poll involving 1,052 respondents, were released a day before a White Paper on Singapore’s response to COVID-19 is set to be debated in Parliament.Continue Reading
North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile as US, South Korea stage military drills
SEOUL: North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday (Mar 19), Seoul’s military said, the fourth show of force in a week as South Korea and the United States stage major military drills. Seoul and Washington have ramped up defence cooperation in the face of growing military and nuclearContinue Reading