HANOI: Tens of thousands of people, mostly migrant workers, left Ho Chi Minh City over the weekend as the largest metropolis in Vietnam eased a months-long Covid-19 lockdown, triggering fears of labour shortages and more disruption to manufacturing.

NARATHIWAT: A bomb exploded in roadside bushes in Sungai Padi district of this southern border province on Monday morning, but caused no damage.

KABUL: The Taliban said on Monday they had destroyed an Islamic State cell in the Afghan capital, hours after a suspected IS attack on a mosque killed five people.

The government will cap diesel prices at 30 baht per litre until the end of the month to help reduce living costs for consumers as global oil prices rise, the Energy Minister said on Monday.

PANAMA CITY: A prestigious Panamanian law firm was named in the so-called "Pandora Papers" as implicated in the creation of offshore shell companies meant to hide money in tax havens for more than 160 politicians and public figures.

KHON KAEN: Police on Monday sought court approval to detain American rape suspect Robert Gordon for another 12 days.

TOKYO: Japan's parliament on Monday voted Fumio Kishida the country's next prime minister, with the new leader expected to announce a cabinet including both holdovers and fresh faces.

SINGAPORE: The price of shares in makers of vaccines and other coronavirus treatments dropped in Asia on Monday after Merck & Co said its experimental pill cuts the risk of hospitalization and death from Covid-19 in half.

B.Grimm Group, Thailand’s oldest industrial conglomerate, is mulling investments in power projects in Eastern Europe and the United States to tap rising demand for renewable energy.

NARATHIWAT: Southbound trains to Narathiwat were being terminated in Yala on Monday after gunmen damaged a passenger train's braking system in Yala's Raman district on Sunday.