«The Parliamentary Board of the Bharatiya Janata Party has appointed Mr. Rajnath Singh, Union Minister, Government of India, and Mr. Bhupender Yadav, Union Minister, Government of India, as central observers for the election of the leader of the party's legislative assembly in Odisha,» the release read.

RIYADH: King Salman ordered on Sunday the hosting for Hajj of 1,000 family members of Palestinians killed or wounded in the fighting currently raging in Gaza, Saudi Press Agency reported. The directive comes after a similar order issued in May, also for 1,000 family members of Palestinian victims of Israel's onslaught on the Gaza Strip, which brings the total number hosted from Palestine for this year's Hajj to 2,000.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman for Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) rehabilitated a fish landing center in Yemen’s Hodeidah, the Saudi Press Agency said. The site was renovated under the emergency support program to protect the agriculture, livestock and fishery-based livelihoods of highly vulnerable populations in Yemen, which is funded by the KSrelief.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s climate envoy Adel Al-Jubier met with several officials on the sidelines of oceans high-level event in the Costa Rican capital, San Jose. Al-Jubeir, who is also minister of state for foreign affairs and a cabinet member, separately met with Brazil’s Secretary of Multilateral Political Affairs Carlos Márcio Bicalho Cozendey and Ecuador’s Minister of Environment, Water, and Ecological Transition Sade Fritschi.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Transport General Authority inaugurated the first automated monitoring vehicle to track compliance of various transportation modes in Makkah, Madinah, and holy sites during this year’s Hajj season. With an accuracy of up to 99%, the automated wagon uses mobile surveillance cameras that determine the type and provide the data of vehicles, including buses, trucks, and taxis, to ensure safe transportation for pilgrims.

RIYADH: Despite the rise in temperatures in Makkah at a rate of 0.4 degrees Celsius per decade, heatstroke cases witnessed a decrease by 74.6 percent and the death rate down by 47.6 percent, a recent study conducted under the leadership of the Research and Innovation Center at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSHRC) has found. The study attributed the reduction in health risks to preventive measures undertaken by the Saudi government during Hajj seasons, according to the Saudi Press Agency.

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A woman in Indonesia has died after being swallowed whole by a python, according to multiple media reports. Farida, 45, was found dead in the belly of a five-metre python in South Sulawesi last Friday (June 7). Search efforts by the family and residents of Kalempang village had begun after the mother of four went missing last Thursday night, village head Suardi Rosi told AFP. Her husband «found her belongings ... which made him suspicious. The villagers then searched the area. They soon spotted a python with a large belly,» Suardi said. The villagers then agreed to cut open the python's stomach. «As soon as they opened up the stomach, they immediately saw Farida's head,» Suardi said. She was found fully clothed inside the snake. Multiple deaths from pythons Although incidents such as these are considered extremely rare, many have died in Indonesia in recent years after being swallowed whole by pythons, The Straits Times reported last Saturday.

SINGAPORE - Motorists driving near workers’ dormitories have flagged concerns over migrant workers eating and drinking alcohol at night by the roads near their residences, saying the men are at risk if an errant driver mounts a kerb. On May 12, 2024, The Straits Times spotted a migrant worker fast asleep on Jalan Lekar, off Old Choa Chu Kang Road, at 10pm as motorists drove around him. He refused to budge even when two of his friends tried to rouse him, and moved only after 10 minutes of shaking and yelling in Tamil. About 30m away, motorists entering Jalan Tapisan had to slow down abruptly because dormitory residents were eating and drinking alcohol while sitting on the two-lane road next to Sungei Tengah Lodge. A migrant worker, who gave his name only as Vijay, said residents like him prefer to sit on the pavement outside, especially as alcohol consumption is banned by his dormitory on its premises. “It is quieter and cooler outside, and less crowded... You can sit anywhere,” said Mr Vijay, who was nursing a can of beer as he sat on the pavement in Kranji Way.

SINGAPORE – The ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) has promised to engage more widely with Singaporeans, including through new channels, to foster two-way dialogue. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on June 8 that the PAP will create two new groups within the party to address cross-cutting issues of mental health and climate change, while he will personally do more in his public communications. The party will also step up its engagement efforts through its government parliamentary committees (GPCs) – party organs organised along ministry lines – he said at an event to cap a six-month exercise to refresh and strengthen the PAP. PAP MPs want to engage not just within the party but also with wider community groups and stakeholders, PM Wong told a 400-strong crowd of party activists and partners at the event at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre. This is so that the PAP can better represent Singaporeans’ views, and have more effective discussions and debates in Parliament, said PM Wong, who is also the party’s deputy secretary-general.

A Singaporean man living in Thailand was arrested last Friday (June 7) for possessing and selling vape juice laced with drugs. Yao Yuheng, 34, was found with 90 pods of e-cigarette liquid mixed with methamphetamine and ketamine in Pattaya, reported Thai media outlet Khaosod English. He was nabbed during an undercover operation by officers from Thailand's Narcotics Suppression Bureau, who had posed as interested buyers and arranged to meet at an abandoned mall called the Major Hollywood. Thailand's Narcotics Suppression Bureau officers had gone undercover as interested buyers. PHOTO: Facebook/Khaosod English According to The Pattaya News, Yao was allegedly selling a new drug form known as Pod K — vape pods laced with drugs such as methamphetamine and ketamine. He was reportedly living in the Bang Bo district in Samut Prakan Province. The drug can be inhaled like e-cigarettes.

For 55 years, Raymond Patten says he had treasured a small ceramic goat that his great-aunt gave him on his 21st birthday. The gift was not just any pottery piece. In fact, a future king made it.

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Israeli cabinet member Benny Gantz has resigned from Benjamin Netanyahu's government, just weeks after threatening to leave over a potential ceasefire deal with Hamas. 

King Charles is 'not content' with just seeing Harry and Meghan Markle's children, Archie and Lilibet, over video calls, royal sources have revealed. 

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La flamme olympique est arrivée en Polynésie dimanche 9 juin. Une équipe de treize personnes est sortie de l’avion à 5h30 avec deux lanternes et deux gardiens qui se chargent de veiller sur la flamme tous les jours. Ils vont former d'autres gardiens locaux, parmi les forces de l’ordre en Polynésie, et préparer le relais qui doit se tenir le 13 juin à Tahiti.

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