BANGKOK, July 17 — Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin today tabled an additional 122 billion baht (RM15.88 billion) budget for the 2024 fiscal year for his signature stimulus programme, as lawmakers held a debate to scrutinise the much-criticised handout scheme.

TEHRAN, July 16 — China will host senior officials from Palestine’s Gaza-based Hamas and the West Bank-based Fatah for a meeting next week, Islamic republic news agency (Irna) reported.

WASHINGTON, July 16 — The Republican Party officially nominated former President Donald Trump as its 2024 nominee yesterday, just two days after he survived an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, Anadolu Agency reported.

WELLINGTON, July 15 — The world's rarest whale is believed to have washed ashore on a New Zealand beach, the country's conservation authority said on Monday, reported German news agency (dpa).

BEIJING, July 15 — China's economy grew much slower than expected in the second quarter, as a protracted property downturn and job insecurity squeezed domestic demand, keeping alive expectations Beijing will need to unleash even more stimulus.

WASHINGTON, July 15 — Authorities have located explosives in the car driven by the 20-year-old man they say attempted to assassinate ex-President Donald Trump as he was holding a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, according to multiple reports published Sunday, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.

WASHINGTON, July 14 — Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, has been identified by the FBI as the gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, according to a statement by the FBI, reported Sputnik.

WASHINGTON, July 14 — Various world leaders on Saturday condemned the shooting at Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania in which the former president was shot in the right ear while one rally attendee and the shooter were left lead.

THE HAGUE, July 14 — The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced that it will issue an advisory opinion on legal consequences related to Israeli actions in occupied Palestinian territories during the next week.

BUTLER, July 14 — Donald Trump was shot in the right ear during a campaign rally on Saturday, sparking panic and streaking the Republican presidential candidate's blood across his face, before he emerged and pumped his fist in the air appearing to mouth the words "Fight! Fight! Fight!" The...

WASHINGTON, July 13 — Facebook and Instagram parent company, Meta, is moving to remove restrictions on former president Donald Trump's accounts, according to a report published yesterday.

CAVITE PROVINCE, July 13 — Philippines police are investigating a suspected murder of an Australian couple and their Filipino relative who were staying at a hotel in a tourist spot south of the capital, Manila, a senior police official said today.

BEIJING, July 13 — China has rebuked the European Union (EU) over a statement about the South China Sea, saying the bloc ignored historical and objective facts of the issue and "blatantly" endorsed what it called the Philippines' violation of its sovereignty.

JAKARTA, July 12 — The recent cyberattack in Indonesia, which massively disrupted its national data system, has urged the country to strengthen its cyber resilience and evaluate its digital technology policy.

SYDNEY, July 12 — Australia plans to introduce a law by year-end forcing internet firms to proactively stop hosting scams or face hefty fines, the top consumer regulator said today, potentially setting up another showdown with Big Tech.

TOKYO, July 12 — A large metal arm in a Japanese factory swept a cluster of fluffy white fabric rectangles off a carousel into a group to be wrapped in plastic before packaging for shipment.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 12 — Owners of iPhones in dozens of countries have been warned by Apple Inc about mercenary spyware attacks, reported the German News Agency (dpa).

TAIPEI, July 12 — Taiwan is closely watching the Chinese military, which it said posed a rising threat to the region after a flurry of warplanes passed near the island to join drills with China's Shandong aircraft carrier in the Pacific.

TOKYO, July 12 — Japan has warned that China risked escalating tension with Taiwan with an increase in military exercises that appeared aimed in part at readying Beijing's forces for a possible invasion of the democratically-governed island.

MANILA, July 11 — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology revised the magnitude of the offshore earthquake that rattled Sultan Kudarat province in the southern Philippines today morning to 7.1 from 6.5.