Yearly Archives: 2024
Weather update: Showers and thunderstorms expected across Brunei
Brunei Darussalam is set to experience a mix of weather conditions over the coming days, according to the latest forecast from the Brunei Darussalam...
Advancing disability rights at ASEAN Social Welfare Summit
Brunei Darussalam, through the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, has assumed chairmanship of the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Social Welfare and Development...
TikTok is inching closer to a potential ban in the US. So what’s next?
TikTok's future in the US appeared uncertain on Friday after a federal appeals court rejected a legal challenge to a law that requires the...
S Korea’s president avoids impeachment attempt over short-lived martial law
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol avoided an opposition-led attempt to impeach him over his short-lived imposition of...
Judy Garland’s stolen “The Wizard of Oz” ruby slippers fetch USD28m
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A pair of iconic ruby slippers that were worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" and stolen from a...
High winds postpone Liverpool’s Premier League clash at Everton
LIVERPOOL (AFP) - Premier League leaders Liverpool's Merseyside derby trip to Everton yesterday was postponed due to adverse weather conditions caused by Storm Darragh.
High...
Messi named MLS Most Valuable Player after record-setting season
NEW YORK (AFP) - Lionel Messi was named Major League Soccer's Most Valuable Player on Friday after leading Inter Miami to a record-breaking regular...
The price of extremism
AP - Forty years ago, on December 8, 1984, one of the largest manhunts in FBI history came to an explosive end on Whidbey...
Malaysia records 10,272 cases of waterborne diseases in flood-hit states
ANN/THE STRAITS TIMES - The Malaysian Health Ministry has recorded 10,272 cases of waterborne diseases at temporary relief centres (PPS) in Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah,...
Five dead in Indonesia floods, landslides
JAKARTA (AFP) - Flash floods and landslides struck Indonesia’s main Java island earlier this week, killing at least five people, the national disaster agency...