HONG KONG, Feb 9 - Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is set to be sentenced on Monday in the financial hub's most high-profile national security case, amid growing calls to free the longstanding critic of the Chinese Communist Party whose health is frail.
South Korea is highly dependent on the US for security and exports, says Pusan National University’s Robert Kelly.
Tung Shin Hospital in KL said that more than 20% of those seeking TCM treatment there are non-Chinese.
S'pore is among the countries looking to learn from HK’s experience in integrating TCM into its public healthcare.
She said her party had earned public approval for her platform on a temporary suspension of the food sales tax.
Brenton Tarrant is serving a life sentence after murdering 51 people in the March 2019 attack on two mosques in New Zealand.
BEIRUT, Feb 8 - At least six people were killed and seven others were injured when two adjoining buildings collapsed in the Lebanese city of Tripoli on Sunday, with more trapped under the rubble, the head of the municipal council said.
BANGKOK – Thailand’s snap elections delivered a decisive rightward turn on Sunday, with the conservative Bhumjaithai Party securing a sweep while upending the progressive People’s Party, whose predecessor won on an anti-establishment ticket in 2023. Bhumjaithai won an estimated
His victory raised the prospect that a more stable coalition may now succeed in ending a prolonged political instability.
The Bhumjaithai Party leader will become the first Thai prime minister to be voted back to office in two decades.
BANGKOK, Feb 8 - Anutin Charnvirakul stood at a rally in Thailand's capital Bangkok last month and declared that his Bhumjaithai Party should be the automatic choice for any patriotic Thai in Sunday's general election.
“Our victory is a victory of all people,” says Anutin Charnvirakul as his party pips its fierce rivals in Sunday’s (Feb 8) election.
BANGKOK, Feb 8 - Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's party was far ahead in Sunday's general election, leading a three-way race with a commanding margin that could make it easier to form a coalition and reduce the risk of further political instability.
According to projections, Bhumjaithai had won 177 constituency seats, followed by People’s Party with 81.
Punjab authorities banned the kite-flying festival Basant in 2007 due to a series of fatal accidents.
BANGKOK, Feb 8 - Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's Bhumjaithai Party took an early lead in Sunday's general election, though the three-way battle is unlikely to give any single party a clear majority, potentially prolonging the spectre of political instability.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's win paves the way for her tax cuts that have spooked financial markets and military spending aimed at countering China.
Her Liberal Democratic Party is set to secure a big majority in Japan’s Lower House.
It is believed that the child safety lock feature was not activated.
MOSCOW, Feb 8 - Four Indian students were injured in a knife attack at a medical university in Russia's Bashkortostan region on Saturday, the Indian embassy in Moscow and Russian investigators said.
The ruling conservatives defied opinion polls predicting a win for the reformist People's Party.
The snap vote was closely watched as a test of support for Japan's first female prime minister and her ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
The plan is to help the city shift from a reactive to a proactive approach in dealing with the heat.
Police described the incident as a random attack on a shopper.
The border has been officially designated a critical security vulnerability.
An outright majority for any of the three main parties is unlikely, so an alliance is almost certain to be required to form a government.
The result could make it easier for the Bhumjaithai party to forge a coalition to form the government.
The accident involved seven cars at Tsukiji Ohashi bridge.
The bans were set for recent events in Beijing, Chongqing and Lanzhou.
Japan’s weather agency expects extremely unstable atmospheric conditions.
Japan’s recent rise in bear intrusions is partly attributed to food scarcity in their natural habitats.
The leaders also discuss Gaza and Ukraine, with Anwar praising Modi’s unequivocal peace commitment.
The explosion occurred at Jiapeng biotech company, located in Shanyin County, about 400km west of Beijing.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim renewed pledges on Sunday to bolster trade and explore potential collaborations in semiconductors, defence and other fields.
With Thailand having cycled through three different prime ministers over the last three years, voters CNA spoke to on Sunday (Feb 8) expressed hopes that the polls would bring about more unity and stability.
Special Ambassador Steve Witkoff no doubt talked to President Trump about the US-Iran meeting in Oman. We don’t have a special wiretap on his call to Trump, but it is a sure bet Witkoff told the president things were going well and another meeting is planned. If Trump’s idea is
The explosion occurred in Shuoyang, Shanxi province, in the early morning of Feb 7.
The Nationals had split from the Liberals citing free speech concerns over laws brought in after the Bondi Beach attack.
The world we inhabit today bears little resemblance to the one imagined by the architects of the global economy at the end of the 20th century. Back then, the dismantling of trade barriers was celebrated as a gateway to shared prosperity. Today, new walls are rising, not of
The main message is now a pragmatic one: reviving the nation’s stagnant economy.
PM Anwar earlier warned that action would be taken anyone trying to disrupt public peace during the visit.
Just 1.29 million South Koreans under 40 owned homes in 2024, the lowest on record.
The coalition had split for the second time in less than a year.
SYDNEY, Feb 8 - Australia's conservative opposition coalition reunited on Sunday after the junior partner National Party severed ties last month with the Liberal Party over its decision to back government hate speech laws drafted in the wake of the Bondi massacre.
If she loses her Lower House majority, Japanese PM Takaichi has said she will resign.