BANGKOK: Two days of heavy rain apparently under the influence of Tropical Depression Yagi caused the Sai River to burst its banks and flood several villages in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district on Tuesday (Sept 10) morning. The district has been hit with heavy downpours since Sunday, when Yagi was downgraded into a tropical depression over...
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim congratulated his new Thai counterpart, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who took her oath of office last Friday (Sept 6). In a Facebook post on Tuesday (Sept 10), Anwar said he spoke to Paetongtarn via phone this afternoon to personally congratulate her on being sworn in as the 31st Prime Minister...
BEIJING: A woman in China proudly became a grandmother at the age of 36 after her 18-year-old son welcomed his first child, igniting a heated debate across the country about early marriage and parenthood. The young grandmother, surnamed Liu, hails from Huizhou city in southern China’s Guangdong province and works in the interior decorating industry. On Aug...
JAKARTA: Defence Minister and president-elect Prabowo Subianto has completed a high-profile diplomatic tour of five Asean nations a little over a month before his inauguration as the country’s new leader in October, a move seen by many as a way to bolster the country’s influence within the region amid rising tensions. The tour started on Thursday...
LONDON: British pay growth cooled in the three months to July to a more than two-year low and employment shot higher, according to data on Tuesday which is likely to keep the Bank of England on track to cut interest rates again before the end of the year. British average weekly earnings, excluding bonuses, were 5.1%...
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit strengthened against the US dollar at the close on Tuesday, in line with other regional currencies as market participants awaited the release of the US consumer price index (CPI) report tomorrow. At 6 pm, the local note bounced to 4.3400/3445 versus the greenback from yesterday’s close of 4.3700/3745. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief...
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board has called on all foreigners who have previously contributed to the social security scheme to transfer out their savings following their accounts being closed automatically in April. The board said to date, the majority of 300,000 non-Singapore citizens (non-SCs) and non-permanent residents (non-PRs) whose accounts were closed have yet...
BEIJING: A woman in China proudly became a grandmother at the age of 36 after her 18-year-old son welcomed his first child, igniting a heated debate across the country about early marriage and parenthood. The young grandmother, surnamed Liu, hails from Huizhou city in southern China’s Guangdong province and works in the interior decorating industry. On Aug...
WHENEVER seafood is exported, any certificates attesting to its safety and legitimacy tend to be a boost to its perceived quality. This is especially so if the certificates appear to come from a government authority from the country the seafood is being exported from. Recently, it was claimed that Department of Veterinary Services certificates accompanying seafood being...
Hong Kong actress Sharon Chan recently arrived in Malaysia for work, and she made sure to seize the opportunity to indulge in one of her favourite cuisines. In a recent update on the microblogging platform Threads, Chan shared a video of herself enjoying bak kut teh, saying it's the first thing she did after landing in...
