BANGKOK, July 27 — Thai businesses are cashing in with cannabis-infused products like toothpaste, tea, soaps and snacks after the government legalised the plant and its extract this year, generating a wave of interest in the drug.

TOKYO, July 26 — Japan on Tuesday executed a man over a frenzied attack in the Akihabara district of Tokyo in 2008, which left seven people dead and 10 injured, reported Xinhua, quoting the country's justice minister.

NAYPYIDAW, July 26 — Myanmar's Southeast Asian neighbours issued a stinging rebuke on Tuesday of the ruling military's execution of four political activists, calling it "highly reprehensible" and destructive to regional efforts to de-escalate the crisis.

SINGAPORE, July 25 — The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced on Monday that the MAS core inflation on a year-on-year basis rose to 4.4 per cent in June from 3.6 per cent in the previous month, reported Xinhua.

NAYPYIDAW, July 25 — Myanmar's military junta has executed four democracy activists accused of helping to carry out "terror acts", it said on Monday, sparking widespread condemnation of the Southeast Asian nation's first executions in decades.

WASHINGTON, July 25 — The United States will host a virtual meeting on Tuesday of officials representing the 14 countries that have joined the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, as Washington seeks to expand its engagement with Asia.

BANGKOK, July 24 — Thailand’s first monkeypox patient who had gone missing in the resort island of Phuket  was found in Phnom Penh on Saturday.

ROME, July 24 — Italy has confirmed a total of more than 400 monkeypox cases, the country’s Health Ministry Prevention Director General Gianni Rezza said after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the current disease outbreak a public health emergency.

REUTERS, July 23 — The rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization's highest level of alert, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on today.

TOKYO, July 22 — Japan's daily Covid-19 cases exceeded 180,000 on Thursday, setting a record for the second straight day, according to a Kyodo News tally, as all-time-high numbers were reported in 35 of the country's 47 prefectures amid the nation's seventh wave of infections.

WASHINGTON, July 22 — United States President Joe Biden said he is “doing well” Thursday after testing positive for Covid-19.

BANGKOK, July 22 — Thailand has confirmed its first case of monkeypox – a 27-year-old Nigerian who travelled from Nigeria to Phuket.

LONDON, July 21 — UK former finance minister Rishi Sunak and foreign secretary Liz Truss will battle it out to become Britain's next prime minister after they won the final lawmaker vote, setting up the last stage of the contest to replace Boris Johnson, multiple UK news agencies reported Wednesday.

REUTERS, July 21 — Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it was investigating an outage where users were unable to access Microsoft Teams or leverage any features on the app, but did not disclose details on how many users were affected.

SYDNEY, July 21 — Australians admitted to hospitals from Covid-19 neared record levels on Wednesday as authorities urged businesses to let staff work from home and recommended people wear masks indoors and get booster shots urgently amid a major coronavirus outbreak.

BANGKOK, July 20 — Thailand has detected the first case of Omicron BA.2.75 sub-variant in the southern province of Trang.

JAKARTA, July 20 — Malaysia has remained the largest source of tourists travelling to Indonesia within Asean, according to Indonesia's Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry.

HANOI, July 20 — Timor Leste wants to boost trade with Indonesia and realise its bid to become a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) next year.

GENEVA, July 20 — Europe’s current heatwave is breaking records, detrimentally impacting people’s health, the economy, agricultural production, and tourism, and the trend is likely to become more frequent for decades.

LONDON, July 20 — Britain recorded its hottest day ever on Tuesday, with the temperature exceeding 40 degrees Celsius (40°C) as a heatwave gripping Europe intensified, forcing train tracks to buckle and fuelling a spate of fires across London.