A customer at a restaurant watches Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s announcement to dissolve parliament and call a general election in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 10, 2022. /REUTERS
A customer at a restaurant watches Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s announcement to dissolve parliament and call a general election in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 10, 2022. /REUTERS
Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has dissolved the country’s Parliament, he announced in a special television address on October 10, ushering in early elections nearly a year before the election deadline.
The Royal Palace later released a statement expressing Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah’s “disappointment at current political developments” which left “His Majesty with no choice but to assent” to the dissolution of Parliament so that the mandate can be returned to the public. to “elect a stable president”. government”.
“Her Majesty therefore expresses her hope that the Electoral Commission will conduct the 15 General Elections as soon as possible, taking into account the northeast monsoon which is forecast to start in mid-November 2022,” the statement said. Also, one of the world’s oldest politicians, 97, and former prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, says he will run for parliament in the elections. He said that he will defend his seat in the Langkawi Parliament.
Tourists from abroad arrive at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on October 11, 2022, as Japan significantly eased COVID-19 border controls in hopes of shoring up its severely hit tourism industry. /PPP
Tourists from abroad arrive at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on October 11, 2022, as Japan significantly eased COVID-19 border controls in hopes of shoring up its severely hit tourism industry. /PPP
Japan opened its borders to independent foreign tourists after almost three years on October 11, with airports across the country welcoming arrivals. Visa-free arrivals from dozens of countries have been allowed. However, based on the day’s evidence, it may be some time before the level of tourism returns to its pre-pandemic peak.
With the yen hitting a 32-year low, the country desperately needs revenue from tourists. The country’s Japan Times said: “Crucially, it remains uncertain when Chinese visitors, the largest source of tourism revenue before the COVID-19 outbreak, will be able to visit Japan freely due to China’s ‘COVID zero’ policy.” .
Primary and secondary school students in Dali city, Yunnan province, listen to taikonauts from China’s space station on October 12. / CGTN
Primary and secondary school students in Dali city, Yunnan province, listen to taikonauts from China’s space station on October 12. / CGTN
China livestreamed the first science class from its space station’s Wentian laboratory module on Oct. 12.
It is the third lecture in the “Tiangong Class,” a series of educational sessions taught by taikonauts from China’s space station. This time, the class was taught by Shenzhou-14 crew members Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe, who were sent to the space station on June 5 for a six-month mission.
The Shenzhou-14 crew has been growing plants in the lab module, including lettuce, rice, and Arabidopsis.
A person pays respects at the coffins of the victims, on the day of cremation at Wat Rat Samakee temple, following a mass shooting at a nursery school, in Uthai Sawan city, Nong Bua Lam Phu province, Thailand. October 11, 2022. /Reuters
A person pays respects at the coffins of the victims, on the day of cremation at Wat Rat Samakee temple, following a mass shooting at a nursery school, in Uthai Sawan city, Nong Bua Lam Phu province, Thailand. October 11, 2022. /Reuters
Thailand has promised tighter control on guns and drugs after last week’s nursery killings. The country will require psychological evaluations for anyone trying to buy a gun and will launch an anti-drug campaign, the nation’s prime minister said on Oct. 12, in response to a massacre at a daycare center on Oct. 6. The new measures were introduced by the after a former police officer who was discharged for drug use went on a killing spree that killed 37 people, including himself and 24 children.
On October 14, 2022, at a local train station in Seoul, South Korea, a man saw an image of North Korea’s missile test broadcast on television. /PPP
On October 14, 2022, at a local train station in Seoul, South Korea, a man saw an image of North Korea’s missile test broadcast on television. /PPP
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired additional artillery shells off its east and west coasts, the Yonhap news agency reported on Friday. Reuters added that: “The South Korean military said the country’s latest nuclear-armed military activity amid heightened tensions…and North Korea fired some 560 artillery rounds into ‘sea buffer zones’ on multiple occasions. , the Southern Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) staff said.”
(Cover: Customers at a restaurant watch Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s announcement to dissolve parliament and call a general election in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 10, 2022. /Reuters)
