PHNOM PENH: Cambodia is expected to attract 1 million international tourists in 2022, much higher than 200,000 in 2021, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said on Thursday.

House Speaker Chuan Leekpai has been discharged from hospital after treatment for Covid-19 and will continue his recuperation at home, a spokesman said on Friday.

NUSA DUA, Indonesia: United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday urged Group of 20 (G20) major economies to take urgent action to address a short-term food insecurity crisis exacerbated by Russia's war in Ukraine and avoid market-distorti...

Thirty illegal migrants, including nine children, and two Thai drivers were arrested by the army in the northern provinces of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai.

YANGON: The Central Bank of Myanmar ordered companies and individual borrowers to suspend repayment of foreign loans, the latest in a series of steps to defend the nation’s dwindling foreign exchange reserves.

A slump in client trading activity in Asia is threatening to slow a lucrative earner for the world’s biggest wealth managers.

There were 23 more Covid-19 fatalities and 1,795 new cases admitted to hospitals on Thursday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Friday.

BEIJING: China logged its slowest economic growth since the initial Covid outbreak Friday, expanding just 0.4% in the second quarter with lockdowns and property market weakness pushing the government's target further out of reach.

“Top Gun: Maverick,” the inescapable Tom Cruise blockbuster sequel, has been hailed as a cinematic throwback.

COLOMBO: The resignation of Sri Lanka's president has been accepted, the crisis-hit country's parliamentary speaker announced Friday, after he fled the country earlier this week and notified him from Singapore that he was stepping down.