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They are Mr Kim's first known foreign guests since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Singapore passport holders visiting Taiwan will from Thursday be allowed to use the e-gates at the island’s airports for speedier immigration clearance, Taiwan’s CNA reported.

Discussions included the latest situation in Ukraine as well as the global financial system.

Beijing isn’t facing public pressure to explain what happened to its shortest-serving foreign minister or why he was taken down.

News of his return has thrown Thai politics further into a tizzy amid a political stalemate as parties negotiate to form the next government.

Environmentalists are concerned that this haze season could be the worst in years.

The world lender has urged India to reverse the ban.

Beijing is a major ally and arms supplier of Myanmar’s generals.

Malaysia and Asean have previously rejected any engagement with the junta.

The opposition wants to force the PM to address in detail concerns about the violence.

At least 201 people, more than half of them in the capital Dhaka, have died.

The outgoing leader continue as head of the ruling party and member of the National Assembly.

Canberra and Wellington called for transparency over the Solomon Islands-China policing deal.

Moderate to heavy rain was expected in Delhi later on Wednesday, the weather department said.

She had saved the money in a cardboard box for her pilgrimage to Mecca in 2024.

Thaksin currently lives in self-imposed exile after fleeing Thailand to avoid a jail sentence for graft in 2008.

The move was an act of clemency to prisoners as part of a religious ceremony due next week.

In contrast, Japan’s foreign population increased by a record 289,498 or 10.7%.