Singaporean hiker who went missing in Kota Tinggi forest reserve found safe with minor injuries: Johor police
Jason Ren Jie was discovered along the Kota Tinggi-Mersing Highway, according to the Kota Tinggi police main.Continue Reading
Russia’s security chief begins two-day visit to China on Sunday
BEIJING: Russian Security Council secretary Nikolai Patrushev will hold security consultation services and meetings throughout a two-day visit to China and taiwan starting Sunday (Sep 18), China’s international ministry said. Patrushev may attend the 17th round of China’s Russia strategic safety consultations and the seventh meeting of the China-Russia lawContinue Reading
UN condemns ‘shameful’ year-long ban on Afghan girls’ education
KABUL: The United Nations advised the Taliban on Sunday (Sep 18) to reopen high schools for girls throughout Afghanistan, condemning the particular ban that started exactly a year ago since “tragic and shameful”. Weeks after the Taliban seized power in August last year, the hardline Islamists reopened higher schools forContinue Reading
Powerful earthquake hits southeast Taiwan, tsunami warning issued
TAIPEI: A 6. 8 magnitude earthquake hit the sparsely filled southeastern part of Taiwan on Sunday (Sep 18), the island’s weather bureau mentioned, with some initial reports of damage including a derailed teach carriage, and sparking a tsunami caution. The weather bureau said the epicentre was in Taitung county,Continue Reading
Powerful earthquake hits southeast Taiwan, collapsing building
TAIPEI: The 6. 8 degree earthquake hit the sparsely populated southeastern part of Taiwan upon Sunday (Sep 18), the island’s weather bureau said, derailing train carriages plus causing a comfort store to fall. The elements bureau said the epicentre was in Taitung county, and adopted a 6. 4 magnitudeContinue Reading
Govt revokes contracts with 9 private hospitals over fraudulent claims
The National Health Security Workplace (NHSO) has decided to revoke its agreements with nine private hospitals in Bangkok because they allegedly filed false claims for repayments for their services underneath the universal healthcare system.Continue Reading
27 people killed in China COVID-19 quarantine bus crash
BEIJING: Twenty-seven people died en route to a COVID-19 quarantine facility when their bus crashed in southwest China on Sunday (Sep 18), local authorities said, in the country’s deadliest road accident this year. The crash took place on a highway in rural Guizhou province when the vehicle carrying 47 peopleContinue Reading
27 killed after bus overturns on highway in southwest China
BEIJING: A tour bus crash killed 27 people and hurt a further 20 once the vehicle rolled more than on a highway within southwest China’s mountainous Guizhou province, local police said in a statement on Weekend (Sep 18). The incident took place in the early hours of Sunday morning inContinue Reading
Boy, 14, beaten to death for alleged theft
CHON BURI: Police are looking for a team of four young men who have been said to have beaten a 14-year-old boy to death in Bang Lamung area of this coastal province.Continue Reading
3 Chinese ‘call centre gangsters’ sought after woman’s death plunge in Pattaya
CHON BURI: Police have issued a warrant, approved by the Pattaya Court, for the busts of three Chinese language nationals following the demise of a Kyrgyz lady in Pattaya upon Friday, police stated.Continue Reading