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The move comes as a fresh blow to Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat’s hopes of becoming the next Thai prime minister. Lawmakers are forbidden from owning shares in media companies under the kingdom’s constitution.

One person is injured as a train crashes into a broken-down truck in Indonesia.

The development comes as the city state reels from a highly unusual series of misdeeds among MPs from both the long-ruling People’s Action Party and the Workers’ Party.

July 19, 2023 1:20 PM

He has 15 days to respond to the temporary suspension.

July 19, 2023 1:05 PM

He said climate should be treated as a “freestanding” challenge that requires the collective efforts to resolve.

July 19, 2023 12:55 PM

Tourists took selfies by a thermometer that displayed a real-time surface temperature of 80 deg C.

July 19, 2023 12:10 PM

Mr Dong Jingwei, 59, was appointed as director of the Office for Safeguarding National Security.

July 19, 2023 12:05 PM

Shocking child abuse or infanticide cases uncovered after probe to check on over 2,000 undocumented babies.

A new survey has found that nearly half of Japanese employees prefer working from home, with just 1.3 per cent favouring a traditional work schedule of being in the office.

July 19, 2023 11:25 AM

Travis King had been investigated for assault in September 2022, and spent two months in prison.

Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock is back on dry land and looking forward to seeing his family in Australia again. But Bella the dog won’t be joining him.

July 19, 2023 10:38 AM

Pita faces an uphill task to sway Parliament with the military-dominated Senate against his nomination.

After five years at the top, Japan has dropped to third place in the Henley Passport Index as the number of destinations its citizens can access without a visa fell.

July 19, 2023 10:05 AM

Lawyer Jayarubbiny Jayaraj said Section 498 of the Penal Code violates women’s right to equality before the law.

Wellington’s attempts to maintain ‘a de facto non-alignment policy’ towards China are ‘rapidly becoming non-viable’, one analyst said – even as New Zealand strives to emphasise ‘open and honest dialogue’ in its ‘complex’ ties with Beijing.

The launch comes nearly a week after Pyongyang tested its latest Hwasong-18 ICBM, in a warning to the US.

An object found on an Australian beach led to speculation it may be debris from India's Moon mission.

The 120-year-old recipes are a far cry from the cheesecakes we are familiar with today.

Wishma Sandamali lost 20kg in detention but was not taken to hospital despite her pleas.