Bangkok: Cyanide poisoning was likely the cause of the deaths of six foreigners whose bodies were found in a room in a plush Bangkok hotel, with the suspected killer among the dead, Thai police said on Wednesday The rapid-acting, deadly chemical was found on drinking glasses and a teapot in the room at the luxury Grand […]
Read MoreJakarta: President Joko Widodo has delayed relocating his office to Indonesia’s new 500 trillion rupiah (US$32 billion) planned capital city, citing missed deadlines for critical infrastructure, in a move observers say signals that development on his legacy project is significantly behind schedule. Widodo last month said he would start working from the new capital – […]
Read MoreBy Sanjay Kapoor New Delhi, India – When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets any male world leader, a bear hug is almost inevitable. Yet his embrace last week with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow has stirred firm public pushback from both Washington and Kyiv. In a series of statements over several days, US […]
Read MoreAFP, Gaza Strip The civil defence agency in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said three air strikes in less than one hour on Tuesday — including on a school — killed 48 people. Israel said it carried out two of the strikes that the civil defence agency said also left dozens more wounded. According to an […]
Read MoreBY JULHAS ALAM DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities in Bangladesh urged all universities to close on Wednesday, after at least six people died in violent protests over the allocation of government jobs. The Dhaka University, at the center of the violence, decided to suspend classes and close its dormitories indefinitely, a university official told The […]
Read MoreGuo Wengui, an outspoken critic of China’s government and erstwhile business associate of former White House adviser Steve Bannon, was convicted on Tuesday in US federal court on charges of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from online followers. Prosecutors in Manhattan said Guo raised more than US$1 billion by guaranteeing followers on social media […]
Read MoreBy Alyssa Chen Beijing should set a definitive time frame for Manila to withdraw from Second Thomas Shoal, taking a big step towards ending the long-standing “cat-and-mouse game” over the contentious submerged reef, a leading Chinese maritime expert said. Describing persistent confrontation over the shoal as “a bleeding wound”, Wu Shicun, founder of the Hainan-based […]
Read MoreSeoul (Agenzia Fides) – After the summit with African countries on June 5, during which investments in the continent amounting to 24 billion dollars were announced, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol made a tour in Central Asia between June 10 and 15, meeting the heads of state of Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Alongside Yoon’s […]
Read MoreKazakhstan and Uzbekistan have announced a goal of more than doubling trade volume in “the coming years.” To hit that very ambitious target, top officials from both countries intend to remove trade barriers. The two countries accounted for 57 percent of all trade in Central Asia in 2023, with bilateral turnover amounting to $4.5 billion […]
Read MoreEU chief Ursula von der Leyen has ordered top EU officials to skip a series of meetings in Hungary amid ire over Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s visit to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brussels said on Monday. Orban – whose country this month took over the rotating presidency of the body representing the European Union’s 27 […]
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