SEOUL -- South Korea's ousted President Yoon Suk-yeol on Monday attended the second hearing of his criminal trial over insurrection charges.
Yoon entered a courtroom of the Seoul Central District Court around 9:57 a.m. local time (0057 GMT) after arriving at the court through its underground parking lot. (South Korea-Yoon-Criminal Trial Hearing)
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NEW DELHI -- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday successfully completed the second successful docking of satellites, part of the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) mission.
According to Jitendra Singh, federal junior minister in the Prime Minister's Office in charge of the Department of Space, the satellites were successfully docked for the first time on Jan. 16 and successfully undocked on March 13. (India-Satellites)
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SINGAPORE -- Singapore recorded 4.31 million visitor arrivals in the first quarter of 2025, on par with the same period last year, with China remaining the top source of tourists, according to data released by the Singapore Tourism Board on Monday.
In the first quarter, the top three visitor markets were China, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Chinese arrivals reached 831,470, a 5.8 percent increase year-on-year. Local media attributed the growth to the mutual visa exemption agreement between Singapore and China, as well as the Chinese New Year holidays and the winter break for public schools in January. (Singapore-Tourism-China)
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CANBERRA -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said that the country's upcoming general election is still "up for grabs" despite polls showing his Labor Party is on track to win a second term in government.
Following a three-day break over the Easter holiday period, both PM candidates -- the incumbent Albanese and opposition Coalition leader Peter Dutton -- returned to the campaign trail on Monday ahead of the May 3 election. (Australia-Election) ■
