LONDON, Oct 2 — The website of the British royal family was temporarily disabled by a cyberattack on Sunday, German news agency (dpa) learned from Buckingham Palace sources.

LONDON, Oct 1 — Bans and restrictions on supplying single-use plastics have come into force in England, reported the German News Agency (dpa).

WASHINGTON, Oct 1 — The United States (US) Congress passed a stopgap funding bill late on Saturday (September 30) with overwhelming Democratic support after Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy backed down from an earlier demand by his party's hardliners for a partisan bill.

BANGKOK, Sept. 29 — Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport launched the soft opening of its new terminal on Friday, bringing additional capacity to the Thai capital's main gateway as the country prepares for a tourist surge during high season, reported Xinhua. Linked to the main building...

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ISTANBUL, Sept 29 — The US investment ban on Chinese entities will endanger the security and stability of the global industrial chain, Beijing’s international business councils said Friday, reported Anadolu.

MOSCOW, Sept 29 — Thailand's resort province of Phuket will request a budget totalling 148 billion bahts (US$4 billion) to upgrade its tourist infrastructure, media reported on Friday, citing Thai Transport Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit, Sputnik reported.

FRANKFURT, Sept 29 — German bank Commerzbank has said it intends to return a total of €3 billion (US$3.4 billion) to shareholders as dividends and share buy-backs for the period of 2022 to 2024, reported dpa news agency.

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WASHINGTON, Sept 29 — Profit at United States sporting goods company Nike fell in the first quarter but beat the Street estimates, the company announced on Thursday, German news agency dpa reported.

WASHINGTON, Sept 29 — US House Republicans opened the first impeachment inquiry hearing on Thursday against Democratic President Joe Biden, weeks after Speaker Kevin McCarthy made the call,  Xinhua reported.

LONDON, Sept 28 — British-Irish actor Michael Gambon, best known to global audiences for playing the wise professor Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter movie franchise and whose career was launched by his mentor Laurence Olivier, died aged 82 on Thursday.

SINGAPORE, Sept 28 — Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong has announced a S$1.1 billion (RM3.77 billion) Cost-of-Living Support Package to provide more relief for Singaporean households, especially lower- to middle-income families.

BANGKOK, Sept 28 — Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, in a benevolent gesture, will donate his monthly salary and allowance to various charitable foundations throughout his term.

OTTAWA, Sept 28 — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday (September 27) formally apologised after the speaker of the House of Commons praised a Nazi veteran in the chamber while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was present.

SINGAPORE, Sept 28 — The United States (US) is backing a new undersea Internet cable connecting several Pacific islands, according to a plan for the project seen by Reuters, boosting Washington's interests in a region where vies for influence with China.

BANGKOK, Sept 27 — The Bank of Thailand (BOT) unexpectedly raised its key interest rate by 0.25 per cent to 2.50 per cent, the highest in a decade, in a bid to curb surging inflation.

NEW DEHLI, Sept 27 — India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, said on Tuesday (September 26) that India has told Canada it was open to looking into any 'specific' or 'relevant' information it provides on the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

SEOUL Sept 27, — The United States (US) is expected to indefinitely extend a waiver granted to South Korean chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix on needing licenses to bring US chip equipment into China, Yonhap news agency reported today.

BEIJING, Sept 27 — China's central bank said today that it would step up policy adjustments and implement monetary policy in a "precise and forceful" manner to support the economic recovery.