NEW DELHI, Sept 3 — Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled in July as protesters angry over the dire economic situation stormed his home and office, has returned to the country.

JAKARTA, Sept 3 — A meeting of the Group of 20 major economies failed on Friday to produce a formal communique after talks on energy transition, but chair Indonesia said members had backed a non-binding proposal to speed up the adoption of cleaner energy.

Naypyidaw, SEPT 3 — Myanmar's deposed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty of electoral fraud on Friday (September 2) and sentenced to three years in jail with hard labour, according to a source familiar with the proceedings.

BANGKOK, Sept 2 — Thailand welcomed more than 4.6 million tourists for the first eight months of the year with Malaysians topping the international tourists list visiting the kingdom, Governor of Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Yuthasak Supasorn said.

JAKARTA, Sept 2 — G20 president Indonesia urged member countries on Friday to commit to its proposal towards adopting clean energy, days after the group's climate talks ended with no clear agreement.

LONDON/NEW YORK, Sept 2 — Finance bosses are offering more incentives, including free meals, ping pong and "contemplative spaces" as they battle to get staff back to the office, while concerns about the cost and value of commuting to work weigh on attendance worldwide.

LONDON, Sept 2 — While Pakistanis count the cost of one of the country's worst recorded floods, heavy rain is hitting southwestern China as the Texas city of Dallas recovers from a 10-inch (25 centimetres) deluge in a single day last month.

BANGKOK, Sept 2 — Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has rolled out new rules on advertising for cryptocurrency companies after the industry has come under greater scrutiny from authorities.

SINGAPORE, Sept 1 — Singapore's only Olympic gold medal winner, swimmer Joseph Schooling, will not be given further leave from national service to compete because he admitted to using cannabis, the tightly-controlled city-state said on Wednesday.

SINGAPORE, Sept 1 — AirAsia Aviation Group Limited (AAAGL) will return its airline operations to Singapore Changi Airport’s Terminal 4 (T4) from Terminal 1 (T1) starting September 15, 2022.

LOS ANGELES, Sept 1 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday authorised updated Covid-19 vaccine booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech that target Omicron subvariants.

JAKARTA, Sept 1 — Indonesia's wet season is expected to arrive early in most areas of the resource-rich country with the peak of the rainy season seen occurring in December to January of next year, its weather agency BMKG said on Wednesday.

BANGKOK, Aug 31 — Thailand and Malaysia will strengthen cooperation on defence industry as well as border security, said Thai acting Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan.

JAKARTA, Aug 31 — Indonesia's central bank, Bank Indonesia, said Tuesday that the country would see its payment system to be fully connected to Singapore's starting 2023 through its Intercountry Quick Response Indonesia Standard (QRIS) code.

MOSCOW, Aug 31 — Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War, died on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, Aug 30 — The Biden administration plans to ask the United States (US) Congress to approve an estimated US$1.1 billion (RM4.93 billion) arms sale to Taiwan, including 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles, Politico reported on Monday, citing sources, amid heightened tensions with China.

JAKARTA, Aug 30 — Indonesia's parliament on Tuesday passed a law cementing the country's membership in the China-backed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), making it the latest Southeast Asian nation to join the world's biggest trade bloc.

BANGKOK, Aug 30 — Thailand and Vietnam have agreed to cooperate in raising the price of rice in the global market, a Thai agricultural official said on Monday, following months of talks aimed in part at improving rural incomes.

JAKARTA, Aug 30 — Indonesia will reallocate 24.17 trillion rupiah (US$1.62 billion), or nearly 5 per cent, of its fuel subsidy budget to social spending, including cash handouts to 20.65 million households, its finance minister said on Monday.

LOS ANGELES, Aug 30 — Long Covid is responsible for about a third of unfilled jobs in the United States, Xinhua quoted a report by CNBC, citing a Brookings Institution research.