PUTRAJAYA: There are changes to the Cabinet planned, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar, who is also PKR president, said this when asked if a Cabinet reshuffle is imminent after several prominent figures lost their posts during the recent PKR division elections. "No. This is a party election. It is being conducted properly. "This is strictly...
KOTA BARU: The Sultan of Kelantan, Sultan Muhammad V, has expressed deep concern over security issues along the Malaysia-Thailand border. In his royal address at the opening of the Third Term of the 15th Kelantan State Legislative Assembly, His Royal Highness said there was an urgent need to finalise the proposal for constructing a wall and...
VATICAN CITY (AP): Pope Francis died on Monday (April 21) morning, Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo, announced. "At 7.35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father. His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and of his Church,″ Farrell said in the announcement. He was 88...
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...
