ISLAMABAD -- The Senate of Pakistan on Friday unanimously passed a resolution, rejecting "Indian allegations" of linking Pakistan to a recent attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
The resolution, moved by the country's Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, came in response to India's claims implicating Pakistan in the April 22 attack in Pahalgam, located in Indian-administered Kashmir. (Pakistan-Senate-Resolution)
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MACAO -- The 13th Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo (MITE) kicked off on Friday, setting new records with 755 exhibitors from 70 countries and regions.
Organized by the tourism office of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) government and coordinated by the Macao Travel Agency Association, the event aims to foster global tourism cooperation and strengthen Macao's international connectivity. (Macao-Travel Expo)
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TOKYO -- Prices of rice in Tokyo surged more than 90 percent in April from a year earlier, despite the government's recent release of stockpiles to stabilize the staple food market, consumer price data showed Friday.
The 93.8 percent increase, following an 89.6 percent growth in March, marked the biggest year-on-year rise since 1971, when comparable data became available, according to the internal affairs ministry's consumer price index (CPI) for Tokyo's 23 wards. (Japan-Rice-Price)
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BANGKOK -- A small police plane crashed near the shore of Thailand's resort town of Hua Hin on Friday morning, killing six people, the Thai police said.
The Thai national police said on its social media page that the aircraft of the police aviation division crashed into the sea off Cha-am District, Phetchaburi Province shortly after taking off from the nearby Hua Hin airport, with all six on board killed. (Thailand-Plane Crash) ■
