12+ hour, 36+ min ago   (583+ words) SINGAPORE, Sept 14 — Cambodia and Thailand will face off before international mediators in Singapore this week in a long-standing dispute over valuable maritime resources, the latest spat between the feuding neighbours. Phnom Penh initiated a UN-backed conciliation process at the Permanent…...

15+ hour, 3+ min ago   (237+ words) LONDON, Sept 14 — The leaders of the main Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish separatist parties are to hold rare talks today aiming to advance their campaigns to break away from Britain, they announced in a statement. Scottish Nationalist Party leader John…...

15+ hour, 46+ min ago   (592+ words) BANJARMASIN, Sept 14 — Rescuers in Indonesia said at least six people were killed and 129 others were missing after a ferry capsized in rough seas yesterday, with one survivor recounting scenes of panic as passengers scrambled for life jackets. The Virgo Transport…...

15+ hour, 23+ min ago   (359+ words) NEW DELHI, Sept 14 — “I’m happy, very happy. The people are looking at me. At least they see me. My face, my face is being shown all around the world,” said M.Rehman, who played the piano for Prime Minister Datuk…...

15+ hour, 40+ min ago   (379+ words) PARIS, Sept 14 — The leaders of France and Canada will next week visit France’s North Atlantic territory of Saint-Pierre-and-Miquelon to underscore their support for national borders in the face of Donald Trump’s territorial ambitions, Paris said yesterday. The US president today…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (706+ words) HONG KONG, Sept 14 — Chan Yuk-tong hoped to spend his remaining years in the row of small, blue-brick houses where he was born and raised, but the 71-year-old’s Hong Kong village home will soon be bulldozed to make way for a…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (167+ words) The Ministry of Tourism and Sports announced that the proposal will be open for public consultation until Sept 28 before submission to the National Tourism Policy Committee for review. According to Minister Surasak Phancharoenworakul, the proposed rate is a flat 450 baht…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (506+ words) NEW DELHI, Sept 13 — Brics leaders including China, Russia and India entered a second day of talks in New Delhi on Sunday, discussing “inclusive global growth”, after reaching rare agreement calling for calm in the Middle East. Indian Prime Minister Narendra…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (962+ words) SEPT 12 — The rise of the far right in Germany and Sweden cannot simply be explained as a sudden outbreak of xenophobia. Nor should it be reduced to Vladimir Putin, the war in Ukraine or some mysterious resurgence of European nationalism....

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (631+ words) CORON, Sept 13 — The bodies of 41 victims of the worst Philippine ferry disaster in over a decade made their way through the blue waters of a resort area on Sunday, bound for a dock where forensic investigators awaited them. Days after…...