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Thailand's new cabinet sworn in, vows to address people's needs

New cabinet members under Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin were sworn in at the Royal Palace on Tuesday.Earlier, Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has endorsed th

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Wagner chief Prigozhin buried privately in St. Petersburg, Russia

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner military group, was buried in private on Tuesday in his native city St. Petersburg, Russia.Prigozhin's press service said in a pos

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Former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam elected Singaporean president

Former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected as Singapore's ninth president on Friday after garnering 70.4 percent of the total votes.His rivals Ng Kok Son

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Japan launches H2A rocket carrying lunar lander to space

An H-IIA rocket carrying the Japanese space agency's lunar lander lifted off from Tanegashima Space Center on Thursday.It will attempt to make the nation's first lunar

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Mexico likely to have first female president

Mexico's top political parties this week named their candidates for the 2024 presidential election.Both candidates are engineers and have political experience. And for

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Brice Oligui Nguema sworn in as Gabon's transitional president

Brice Oligui Nguema, president of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions (CTRI), was sworn in on Monday as Gabon's "transitional president" in

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Zelenskyy meets Blinken in Kyiv

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday met with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Kyiv as the senior U.S. official made a surprise visit

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Chinese premier to attend the 18th G20 Summit

At the invitation of the government of the Republic of India, Premier Li Qiang of China's State Council will attend the 18th G20 Summit to be held in New Delhi, India d

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Putin, Erdogan to discuss Black Sea grain deal in Sochi meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet in Sochi on Monday in a bid to reestablish the Black Sea grain deal that Rus

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Nancy Pelosi to Seek Reelection in 2024

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who stepped back from leadership late last year to allow Democrats to shepherd in a “new generation,” announced on Friday she will se

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Algeria proposes political solution to Niger crisis

Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad Ahmed Attaf said on Tuesday that his country has put forth a political solution to address the ongoin

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China's services sector growth slows, Caixin PMI shows

Activity in China's services sector expanded for an eighth-consecutive month in August, albeit at the slowest pace of the year, China's Caixin survey showed Tuesday.Cai

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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news (Aug 26- Sep 1)

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | Brice Nguema named t

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Raimondo's trip offers pathway toward harmonious ties

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met with at least three senior Chinese officials including Premier Li Qiang, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao, and Minister of Cul

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Foreign rescuers to join urgent search for Morocco earthquake survivors

Rescuers on Monday faced a growing race against time to find survivors from the rubble of devastated villages in Morocco's Atlas Mountains, three days after the country

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ASEAN summit begins in Jakarta with focus on regional economic growth

The 43rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and related summits kicked off on Tuesday, with the focus on establishing the region as an epicenter of e

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Zelenskyy expected in New York for UN meetings in September

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to come to the United Nations headquarters in September, said Ferit Hoxha, Albania's UN ambassador, whose country ho

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APD | The United States' Role in the Suffering of the Afghan People

Author: Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan, Founding Chair GSRRA, Sinologist (ex-Diplomat), Editor, Analyst, and Non-Resident Fellow of CCG (Center for China and Globalizatio

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China's regional coordination development strategy and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integration

Since the initiation of reform and opening-up, China has achieved remarkable achievements in various aspects of economic and social development. Regional development st

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50,000 S Korean protesters call for government action on Fukushima radioactive water

About 50,000 protesters gathered in the capital of South Korea on Saturday to demand that the government take steps to prevent what they fear is an impending disaster: