NARA (Japan), July 9 — Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving leader of modern Japan, was gunned down on Friday while campaigning for a parliamentary election, shocking a country where guns are tightly controlled and political violence almost unthinkable.

LONDON, July 9 — British former finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday he was running to replace Boris Johnson, three days after helping to launch the cascade of resignations that brought the prime minister down.

TOKYO, July 8 — Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died, public broadcaster NHK said on Friday.

TOKYO, July 8 — Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe collapsed and showed no sign of life after being shot twice on Friday when he was delivering a speech in the western city of Nara, local media reported.

TOKYO, July 8 — Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been taken to hospital bleeding after collapsing while delivering a speech in the western city of Nara, public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Total air traffic in May 2022, measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs), was up 83.1 per cent in May 2022 compared to a year earlier, largely driven by the strong recovery in international traffic, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

LONDON, July 7 — Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced on Thursday he would quit as British prime minister after he was abandoned by ministers and most of his Conservative lawmakers.

VIENTIANE, July 7 — Asean will continue to work together to attract more visitors to the region, in a bid to revive the tourism industry to the region.

SINGAPORE, July 7 — Malaysian on death row Kalwant Singh was executed early this morning in Singapore’s Changi Prison, and his remains will be taken back to Cameron Highlands later today.

SINGAPORE, July 7 — Singapore has confirmed one local case of monkeypox infection in Singapore involving a 45-year-old male Malaysian who resides in the republic.

SINGAPORE, July 6 — Singapore Apex Court has dismissed the final appeal of Malaysian Kalwant Singh, who will be executed as scheduled on Thursday (July 7, 2022).

JAKARTA, July 6 — Indonesia is considering setting its crude palm oil (CPO) export reference price every two weeks instead of monthly, a senior trade ministry official said on Wednesday, aiming to adjust quicker to fast-changing international market prices.

JAKARTA, July 5 — The Indonesian government on Tuesday raised the status of public mobility restrictions to level 2 in the capital city of Jakarta following a significant increase in reported cases of Omicron variants.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 — A kickoff ceremony was held at Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong (Gleneagles or GHK) for initiating a clinical trial to assess the safety and immunogenicity of the Sinovac’s Omicron-specific Covid-19 inactivated vaccine used as a booster shot in healthy adults, in anticipation of providing scientific evidence for future immunisation strategy.

PARIS, July 5 — The Dutch health institute RIVM has reported the country's first case of a minor contracting monkeypox as the outbreak of the viral disease endemic to Africa continues to spread across Europe, reported Sputnik.

LONDON, July 5 — Fuel prices in the United Kingdom continued rising to record highs, according to Jordan news agency (Petra).

JAKARTA, July 5 — A decade ago Indonesia earned the unwelcome label of being among the so-called "Fragile Five" emerging markets, economies highly vulnerable to capital outflows and a currency slump whenever global interest rates rise.

PARIS, July 5 — The Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs, but instead it is being given a cosmetic 60 million euro paint job ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to confidential reports cited by French magazine Marianne.

BANGKOK, July 4 — The fast-spreading Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 may soon be dominant in Thailand.

SINGAPORE, July 4 — Singapore President Halimah Yacob has today tested positive for Covid-19 with mild symptoms.