From a viral shove to suing Candace Owens, France’s First Couple has been making headlines again in 2025. Find out more about the French President and his wife here. French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte are well accustomed to the public eye, but in 2025 they made headlines again after a viral video in May showed Brigitte seemingly shoving the...
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah-based political parties in Labuan must work together with a shared goal to realise the vision for the island when it was handed over to become a Federal Territory in 1984. Sabah STAR president Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan said the current situation in Labuan is far from the original expectations. "In fact, Labuan, once...
PUTRAJAYA: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has expressed hope that the immediate ceasefire achieved in Putrajaya will lead to a return to normalcy between Thailand and Cambodia. "We had a good meeting and very good results, that (we) hope to stop the fighting that has caused many lives lost and displacement of people. "We hope that the...
SYDNEY (Reuters) -The national congress of Palau has said it "cannot accept" a United States proposal for the Pacific Islands nation to accept asylum seekers from third countries, as its president holds annual funding talks in Washington. Palau's national congress wrote to President Surangel Whipps Jr. earlier this month urging him to reject the request by...
WASHINGTON: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (pic) said State Department officials are in Malaysia to assist peace efforts as Cambodia and Thailand were scheduled to begin talks there on Monday in hopes for a ceasefire. President Donald Trump and Rubio were engaged with their counterparts for each country and were monitoring the situation very closely,...
PUTRAJAYA: Leaders from Thailand and Cambodia are expected to meet here at 3pm on Monday (July 28) for a high-level negotiation aimed at halting deadly border clashes that have erupted between the two Southeast Asian neighbours. The conflict, which flared up on July 25 near Cambodia’s northern border, has already claimed more than 20 lives on the...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has reiterated his consistent stand in upholding democratic principles, including freedom of speech and the right to express criticism in a civil and peaceful manner. He said that criticism and differing opinions should not be viewed through the lens of hostility, but instead be allowed to grow and...
DROSOPIGI, Greece (Reuters) -Firefighters were battling wildfires near Athens and across Greece on Saturday as the Mediterranean country sweltered under the third heatwave of the summer, with some villages and settlements being evacuated. Explosions could be heard as huge clouds of smoke covered Drosopigi village 25 km north of Athens, where factories with flammable material are...
KUALA LUMPUR: Firm action will be taken against the misuse of licences, including dive permits, tour guide credentials, and travel agency approvals if found guilty, says Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing. In a Facebook post Saturday (July 26), the Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister responded to a viral video showing a clash between a diving instructor...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was calling the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand to press for a ceasefire as fighting along the border continued into a third day. "The call with Cambodia has ended, but expect to call back regarding War stoppage and Ceasefire based on what Thailand has to say....
