MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to be the ruling political party's vice presidential candidate in next year's elections, the PDP-Laban party said on Tuesday, laying the groundwork for the leader to stay in power beyond his ter...

The decriminalisation of kratom, the tropical leaf long used as a herbal remedy but which some health regulators around the world have criticised as potentially unsafe, was welcomed by human rights advocates on Tuesday.

PHATTHALUNG: A police officer on his way to a crime scene was killed when his car ran off the road in the early morning and plunged into a pond in Pak Phayun district of this southern province.

The cabinet on Tuesday extended the 7% rate for value-added tax for a further two years.

KANCHANABURI: A wiring factory in Tha Muang district has been ordered closed after more than 600 workers there tested positive for Covid-19.

LAS VEGAS: Spooked by the pandemic and streaming platforms, the embattled movie theater industry called on new "Ghostbusters" and "Spider-Man" films as it vowed to fight back at a major trade summit in Las Vegas Monday.

CHON BURI: The growing number of Covid-19 patients in Pattaya is generating a huge amount of infectious waste, adding to the garbage disposal problems facing the seaside city.

TOKYO: Asia's robust economic recovery from last year's coronavirus low is losing momentum as a surge in Covid-19 cases sees shops empty again and factories close, dimming prospects for corporate profit growth after a blockbuster half year.

KABUL: US troops led an increasingly desperate effort Tuesday to airlift thousands of people out of Kabul, after the Taliban warned they would allow foreign forces to carry out evacuations for just one more week.

SINGAPORE: US Vice President Kamala Harris accused Beijing on Tuesday of intimidation in hotly disputed waters as she sought to rally Asian allies against China and shore up US credibility in the wake of the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.