JAKARTA, Jun 30, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has arrived at the venue of the 48th G7 Summit in Schloss Elmau, Germany on Monday afternoon (June 27) local time (UTC+1) to attend the meeting in the capacity of a partner country and as the G20 President. Indonesian President […]
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at a joint press conference with visiting New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (not pictured) in Sydney on June 10, 2022, after a bilateral meeting. (DAVID GRAY / AFP) CANBERRA – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed he will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron in a bid […]
Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid make a joint statement to the press in Jerusalem on June 20, 2022. Bennett said that Lapid 'will soon take over' as premier, after the pair agreed to dissolve their fraught governing coalition and trigger new elections. (OREN BEN HAKOON / AFP) JERUSALEM – […]
People wait in a long queues to buy fuel for their vehicles at a filling station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 11, 2022. (ERANGA JAYAWARDENA / AP PHOTO) COLOMBO – An International Monetary Fund team began bailout talks in Sri Lanka on Monday, with police called to escort a top government official to the […]
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at a joint press conference with visiting New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (not pictured) in Sydney on June 10, 2022, after a bilateral meeting. (DAVID GRAY / AFP) SYDNEY – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday said he would attend "an important" NATO meeting in Madrid at […]
A handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace shows Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa attending the Gulf Cooperation Council summit in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Dec 14, 2021. (BANDAR AL-JALOUD / SAUDI ROYAL PALACE / AFP) MANAMA – Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa ordered a cabinet reshuffle on Monday, […]
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to the media during a press conference on COVID-19 restrictions at Parliament in Wellington on March 23, 2022. (MARTY MELVILLE / AFP) WELLINGTON – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made changes to her Cabinet line-up by replacing ministers for police, immigration and justice. Chris Hipkins who […]
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, left, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hold a joint press conference in Sydney, Australia, June 10, 2022. (MARK BAKER / AP) SYDNEY – The leaders of Australia and New Zealand vowed on Friday to take their ties to "a new level" through greater collaboration on climate change and […]
Sri Lanka's former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, the younger brother of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, speaks during a press conference to announce his resignation as member of parliament, in Colombo on June 9, 2022. (AFP) COLOMBO – The brother of Sri Lanka's president and the country's former finance minister, Basil Rajapaksa, said on Thursday […]
A handout picture obtained from the Israeli Government Press Office on June 9, 2022, shows Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (left) meeting with the United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (right) during a snap visit to the UAE capital Abu Dhabi. (KOBI GIDEON / GPO / AFP) JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime […]
Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah arrives for the US-ASEAN Special Summit at the US State Department in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2022. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP) BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah announced an early reshuffle of cabinet ministers on Tuesday afternoon in a special speech broadcasted nationwide. The Sultan himself […]
Sri Lanka's current prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (central) visits a Buddhist temple after his swearing in ceremony in Colombo on May 12, 2022. (ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP) COLOMBO – Sri Lanka's cash-strapped government will need at least $5 billion in the next six months to maintain basic standards of living, including some $3.3 billion […]
In this Jan 27, 2020 photo, Lawrence Wong, the then National Development Minister of Singapore, speaks during a press conference on coronavirus situation in Singapore. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has named Wong as his new deputy effective next week. (ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP) SINGAPORE – Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Monday named […]
In this photo released by the Indonesian Presidential Palace, Indonesian President Joko Widodo (right) and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese push their bicycles after taking a ride during their meeting at Bogor Palace in Bogor, Indonesia on June 6, 2022. (MUCHLIS JR / INDONESIAN PRESIDENTIAL PALACE VIA AP) JAKARTA – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese […]
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, front center, and his ministers pose for a group photo after their swearing-in ceremony at Government House in Canberra, Australia on June 1, 2022. Australia's new cabinet was sworn in at the nation's capital on Wednesday with a record number of women in ministerial roles, including the country's first ever […]
Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese, center, speaks to supporter as his son Nathan, right, and his partner Jodie Haydon watch at a Labor Party event in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, May 22, 2022, after Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceding defeat to Albanese in a federal election. (AP PHOTO / RICK RYCROFT) SYDNEY – Australia's centre-left Labor […]
Sri Lanka's new prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe visits a Buddhist temple after his swearing in ceremony in Colombo on May 12, 2022. (ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP) COLOMBO – Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as minister of finance, economic stabilization and national policies on Wednesday before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. With the […]
Anthony Albanese is sworn in as Australia's Prime Minister by Australian Governor-General David Hurley, right, during a ceremony at Government House in Canberra on May 23, 2022. (LUKAS COCH / AAP IMAGE VIA AP) CANBERRA – Australia's Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese was sworn in on Monday to become the country's 31st prime minister following […]
A billboard showing Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison adorns the side of the Trades Hall building in Melbourne on May 20, 2022, a day before Australia goes to the polls in a general election. (WILLIAM WEST / AFP) SYDNEY – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison criss-crossed the country in a final day of campaigning, insisting […]
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (center) attends a cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, May 15, 2022. (ABIR SULTAN / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday made his first official visit to a settlement in the occupied West Bank since he took office. Bennett, also […]
Sri Lanka's new prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe visits a Buddhist temple after his swearing in ceremony in Colombo on May 12, 2022. (ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP) COLOMBO – Sri Lanka's new prime minister said on Monday the crisis-hit nation was down to its last day of petrol, as the country's power minister told citizens […]
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison waves to party faithful during the Liberal Party campaign launch at the Brisbane Convention Centre in Brisbane, Australia on May 15, 2022. (MICK TSIKAS / AAP IMAGE VIA AP) CANBERRA – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has denied his change in attitude on the election campaign trail has been driven […]
A protester who demands Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign hangs decorative lanterns to mark Buddha Poornima or Vesak at an ongoing protest site outside President's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 15, 2022. (ERANGA JAYAWARDENA / AP) COLOMBO – A nationwide curfew was fully lifted on Sunday to allow people in Sri Lanka to celebrate […]
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (right) and opposition leader Anthony Albanese shake hands at the third leaders' debate of the 2022 federal election campaign at Seven Network Studios in Sydney on May 11, 2022. (MICK TSIKAS / POOL / AFP) CANBERRA – Australia's opposition Labor Party maintained its lead in the polls as the federal […]
Soldiers man an armored vehicle along a road in Colombo on May 13, 2022 as a nationwide curfew has been in effect for most of the week. (ISHARA S KODIKARA / AFP) COLOMBO – Sri Lanka's new prime minister will begin forming a unity government on Friday, but his appointment has failed to appease anti-government […]
Sri Lanka's new prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (center) visits a Buddhist temple after his swearing in ceremony in Colombo on May 12, 2022. (ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP) COLOMBO – Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed leader of the United National Party Ranil Wickremesinghe as the prime minister on Thursday. Wickremesinghe was sworn in as […]
Papua New Guinea Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil. （PHOTO/ FROM THE OFFICIAL FACEBOOK OF SAM BASIL） SYDNEY – Papua New Guinea Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil was killed in a road accident on Wednesday night, authorities said. Basil and three other injured persons were immediately retrieved from the accident site and the deputy prime minister […]
In this file photo dated Aug 9, 2020, Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa signs documents during his swearing-in ceremony at the sacred Kelaniya Raja Maha Buddhist temple, outside the capital Colombo. (ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP) COLOMBO – Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa stepped down on Monday as violent protests broke out in the capital […]
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (center) and Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha inspect the honor guard at Government House in Bangkok on May 2, 2022. (LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his visiting Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida on Monday agreed that the two countries should enhance cooperation in various […]
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (left) pose for photos with Vietnam's National Assembly Chairperson Vuong Dinh Hue during a meeting at the National Assembly in Hanoi on May 1, 2022. (LUONG THAI LINH / POOL / AFP) HANOI – Vietnam and Japan have agreed to deepen cooperation in various fields, as Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham […]