TOKYO (AFP) – Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu said revenge was not on his mind as he named his squad yesterday for the World Cup in Qatar – the scene of his country’s biggest football heartbreak. Former Barcelona youth star Takefusa Kubo and Brighton’s Kaoru Mitoma were among the 26 players named as Japan prepare to […]
ISLAMABAD (AFP) – A Pakistani known for being the oldest detainee at the United States (US)-run Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba was released to his home country on Saturday, the South Asian country’s Foreign Ministry and the US Pentagon said. The secretive US military prison once housed hundreds of suspected militants captured by US […]
THE NATION – Economists from two leading banks warned on Thursday that the economic slowdown in the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union may put a damper on Thailand’s hot exports. The economists, from Kasikorn Research Centre and TTB Analytics Forecast Centre, were commenting on the country’s export performance in September, which […]
James Kon Ships calling at Muara Port will see less physical paperwork after a new digital system is implemented by the country’s government-linked pilotage service company. Darussalam Pilotage Services Sdn Bhd (DPS), which was established by Darussalam Assets Sdn Bhd in 2018 and given exclusive licence for pilotage and towage services, launched ‘MarineM’ at a […]
Fadhil Yunus Brunei Darussalam obstacle course racing specialist Zulkernean bin Haji Tohara delivered one of the finest performances in the country’s sporting history after being ranked first for his age group in the 2022 Spartan Southeast Asia (SEA) Regional Series. The local competitor topped the final leaderboard after accumulating an overhaul haul of 2470.4 points […]