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July 12, 2023 1:25 PM

Experts have said they do not expect Mr Kerry’s trip to add much momentum to climate negotiations.

July 12, 2023 1:15 PM

The Election Commission will request that Pita be suspended as a parliamentarian pending the court’s ruling.

The Pattaya-based businessman's dismembered body turned up after he had gone missing for a week.

Being developed to fly at nine times the speed of sound, Venus Aerospace’s planned jet will be equipped with rocket engines to climb to an altitude of 52,000 metres – more than four times as high as traditional jetliners.

Cheetahs were declared extinct in India in 1952, but they were reintroduced last year amid much fanfare.

July 12, 2023 11:58 AM

It said the contentious map does not depict Beijing's nine-dash line claim over the South China Sea.

Malaysia and Singapore cancelled the plan to build a 350km rail line connecting the two countries more than two years ago after they failed to agree on several proposed changes to the project.

The moment a giant panda gave birth to twins for the first time in South Korea has been captured on camera.

Canberra fears the police cooperation plan ‘will invite further regional contest’ in the Pacific, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s office said.

July 12, 2023 10:20 AM

China has over the past three years regularly sent warplanes into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone.

July 12, 2023 10:08 AM

The launch comes after Pyongyang made heated complaints over US military activities near South Korea.

The launch comes after Pyongyang accused the US military of repeated air incursions.

Iswaran has been ordered to go on a leave of absence by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong while the city state’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau investigates.

Experts say the recent inability of oil producers to raise prices through output cuts indicates that the largest consumers – primarily in Asia – are starting to move away from nonrenewables.

July 12, 2023 9:26 AM

China said Nato ignored basic facts and deliberately smeared China in its communique.

As China’s partners face domestic troubles, Cambodia’s stability makes it an outlier. The relationship is more transactional than others, with no ideological bond – in many ways a good basis for regional cooperation.

July 12, 2023 8:15 AM

Several victims lodged police reports but decided not to follow up because of travel inconveniences.

July 12, 2023 8:05 AM

The victims include, five members of the same Mexican family and a Nepali pilot.

Lam Seng Yip, 52, was previously convicted in 2019 of stealing operational items from police and Aetos traffic marshalls and given a mandatory treatment order.