BANGKOK: Thailand’s jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has requested a royal pardon from the eight-year jail term he is serving, outgoing justice minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said. However, he did not elaborate further on whether the application was written by Thaksin or his family. “We have received (the request), the
DOHA: Qatar has detected the country’s first cases of the coronavirus variant EG.5, the country’s Ministry of Public Health said on Thursday. The ministry said the cases showed minor symptoms and required no hospitalisation, without revealing the exact number of infections. It added that the ministry “was closely monitoring the
MELAKA: A woman found an object suspected to be a mortar shell while foraging for bamboo shoots in a wooded area near the side of a road in Taman Tanjung Minyak here yesterday. Melaka Tengah district police chief ACP Christopher Patit said the woman, 32, found object was found near
TAMBUNAN: Apart from celebrating National Day, Sabah yesterday celebrated Sabah Day, after it was last celebrated 60 years ago. The celebration was graced with a parade of about 500 participants from 100 contingents including government agencies such as the Civil Defence Force and Tambunan Hospital, as well as Persatuan Kebajikan
KUALA LUMPUR: A lone motorcyclist performs a jump over 66 Royal Enfield motorcycles is one of the heart-stopping performances promised by the Army Red Warrior Motorcycle Acrobatics team as part of the National Day celebration which will take place at Dataran Putrajaya, on Aug 31. Even more impressive the stunt
KUALA LUMPUR: The Department of Information and Tourism (DOIT), Taipei City Government is leading three post-Covid tourism promotion and industry-exchange activities in Singapore and Malaysia for five days ending Aug 25. Commissioner Chen Shu-Hui has unveiled special “Taipei Travel Gift Bags”, “Singapore and Malaysia Tourist Exclusive Package”, and other special
KUALA LUMPUR: Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Paris 3 in Kinabatangan has become the first school in Sabah with 100 per cent of its Muslim students and staff opened a Tabung Haji (TH) account. Sabah and Sarawak TH director Datin Nurlaila Said said a total of 478 students, teachers and staff of
JOHANNESBURG: The BRICS countries noted here on Thursday that high debt levels in some countries have reduced the fiscal space needed to address ongoing development challenges aggravated by the spillover effects from external shocks, particularly from sharp monetary tightening in advanced economies, reported Xinhua. In the Johannesburg II Declaration adopted
LONDON: Defending champion and world number one Carlos Alcaraz stands in the way of British success at the US Open, which starts in New York next week, reported PA Media/dpa. Three of the four British men who have qualified automatically have been drawn in the same quarter as the Spaniard,
BUDAPEST: Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou clinched the men’s long jump title with a tremendous last jump at the World Athletics Championships here on Thursday, reported Xinhua. Heading into the sixth and last attempt, Tentoglou and Jamaica’s Pinnock had both jumped an impressive 8.5 m. However, the Greek athlete’s second-best result
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