BANGKOK: Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra (pic) will make an official visit to Cambodia on Wednesday (April 23) to mark the 75th anniversary of bilateral ties, the government spokesman said on Sunday. Government spokesman Jirayu Houngsub said Paetongtarn would visit Cambodia on Wednesday and Thursday at the invitation of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet. Jirayu said Paetongtarn...
(Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that the Russian army is making a pretence of an Easter ceasefire declared by President Vladimir Putin, continuing overnight attempts to inflict front-line losses on Ukraine. "In general, as of Easter morning, we can say that the Russian army is trying to create a general impression of a...
TOKYO: Young women standing idly around a park in Tokyo's west suggest that a giant statue of Godzilla is not the only attraction for a record number of foreign tourists. Their faces lit by the cold glow of their phones, the women lining Okubo Park are evidence that sex tourism has developed as a dark flipside...
SINGAPORE (Bernama): Tourism Malaysia (Singapore) is stepping up efforts to attract Singaporean travellers by spotlighting a wider range of niche and diversified tourism offerings, as part of its business-to-consumer (B2C) push in the lead-up to Visit Malaysia 2026 (VM2026). Tourism Malaysia (Singapore) director Norliza Md Zain said the office is participating in various travel fairs, collaborating...
SHANGHAI (Bernama-Xinhua): China's domestically developed C909 passenger jet has begun commercial operation in Vietnam, further expanding its presence in Southeast Asia, according to Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd (COMAC). Two C909 aircraft, wet leased by Chengdu Airlines to Vietnam's Vietjet Air, began service on Saturday on the Hanoi-Con Dao-Ho Chi Minh City route, the aircraft maker said. Wet...
SAN FERNANDO, Philippines (AFP): Scores of penitents whipped themselves bloody under a scorching Philippine sun while others were nailed to crosses in a polarising Good Friday tradition drawing the most extreme of Catholic devotees. The macabre spectacle, officially frowned on by the Church, attracts thousands of Filipinos -- and a smattering of tourists -- each Easter...
WASHINGTON (AP): About 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of senator Robert F. Kennedy have been released, including handwritten notes by the gunman, who said the Democratic presidential candidate "must be disposed of" and acknowledged an obsession with killing him. Many of the files had been made public previously, while others had not...
PETALING JAYA: Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad has lost the Setiawangsa PKR division chief post to director-actor Datuk Afdlin Shauki. Nik Nazmi, who is also a PKR vice-president and Setiawangsa MP, registered 563 votes while Afdlin, who joined PKR in 2021, got 631 votes in the Federal Territories division polls on...
PETALING JAYA: Pos Malaysia Berhad group chief executive officer Charles Brewer, has apologised for his response to a postman who asked on social media if he would be getting a replacement for his torn uniform. "We acknowledge the recent social media posts referencing an internal matter on March 19 involving a damaged uniform. "Immediate actions were taken...
(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, ordering his forces to end hostilities at 6 p.m. Moscow time (1500 GMT) on Saturday until the end of Sunday. There was no immediate reaction from Ukraine. "Based on humanitarian considerations ... the Russian side announces an Easter truce. I order a stop to all...
