BANGKOK, Oct 21 — Six victims, including three children injured in a gun and knife rampage at a childcare centre in Uthai Sawan in Nong Bua Lamphu province, 500 km northeast of Bangkok, are making a steady recovery.

JAKARTA, Oct 21 — Some medicinal syrups available in Indonesia contained ingredients linked to fatal acute kidney injury (AKI) in children, its health minister said on Thursday, as it investigates a spike in cases and 99 child deaths this year.

LONDON, Oct 20 — Liz Truss said on Thursday she would resign as British prime minister, brought down just six weeks into the job by an economic programme that shattered investor confidence and enraged much of her Conservative Party.

HO CHI MINH CITY, Oct 20 — A woman returning from Dubai has tested positive for monkeypox, making her the second case detected in Vietnam, according to the city’s Health Department.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — Battersea Power Station in London welcomed more than 250,000 visitors during its opening weekend between October 14 and 16 as they came to see the iconic landmark for the very first time and explored the neighbourhood’s new “pedestrianised” high street - Electric Boulevard.

TOKYO, Oct 20 — Japan's central bank on Thursday said it would hold emergency bond-buying operations, offering to buy some US$667 million in government debt, a move designed to put a floor under bond prices.

GENEVA, Oct 20 — A new World Health Organisation report on Wednesday warned that almost half a billion people could develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes, or other noncommunicable diseases attributable to physical inactivity between 2020 and 2030.

NEW DELHI, Oct 20 — India on Wednesday asked its citizens to avoid travelling to Ukraine in view of the "deteriorating security situation" in the country, which has been battling Russian forces since February.

JAKARTA, Oct 19 — There were 99 acute kidney injury (AKI) deaths registered across the archipelago involving children below six years old so far this year, Indonesia's health ministry said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 — Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) awareness is growing exponentially in Asean, with 77 per cent of organisations in the region focusing on becoming sustainable organisations, said Kyndryl, the world’s largest information technology infrastructure services provider.

JAKARTA, Oct 19 — Indonesia's central bank governor on Wednesday said he saw no need for aggressive monetary tightening, while cutting the 2022 inflation outlook, in comments a day ahead of the conclusion of a monthly monetary policy review.

WASHINGTON, Oct 19 — The Biden administration will release 15 million barrels of oil from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve and the deliveries are expected to take place in December, the White House said in a press release.

DOHA, Oct 19 — Qatar Airways has withdrawn flights from 18 destinations to make space at Hamad International Airport for airlines carrying fans to next month's soccer World Cup, the company's CEO said on Tuesday.

BRUSSELS, Oct 19 — The European Commission has proposed a new package of measures aimed at improving stability in European gas markets.

JAKARTA, Oct 18 — Indonesian President Joko Widodo received a visit from FIFA President Gianni Infantino to discuss the direction of the country's football arena following the tragedy that occurred at Kanjuruhan Stadium, in Malang, East Java.

ANKARA, Oct 18 — Australia has stepped back from an earlier decision to recognise West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the country’s top diplomat said Tuesday.

SYDNEY, Oct 18 — Australia and Singapore agreed on Tuesday on a "green economy" deal to boost cooperation on climate investment, financing and technology.

BANGKOK, Oct 17 — Thailand has recorded its first two Omicron XBB subvariant cases, but those infected had recovered.

BANGKOK, Oct 17 — Thailand’s foreign direct investment (FDI) applications decreased 25 per cent in the first nine months of 2022 from a year earlier to 275.6 billion baht (RM34.1 billion) with major investments in electric vehicles (EV) and parts.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — Some 63 per cent of chief executive officers (CEOs) in the Asia-Pacific region anticipate a recession over the next 12 months, but more than half (55 per cent) expect it to be mild and short, according to KPMG International Ltd.