Indonesia’s major political parties have began jostling for position for the 2024 polls, where party incumbency may be forced to give way to the people’s needs for the most popular choice, says a specialist.Continue Reading
The documents seen by AFP showed preparatory hearings for the trial would be conducted before a panel of three judges in an open court in September and November. AFP has asked Hong Kong’s Department of Justice for comment. The trial is the second national security case to be handled withoutContinue Reading
SRINAGAR : A bus carrying personnel from India’s high-altitude border police rolled off a mountainous road and fell into a gorge in Kashmir on Tuesday (Aug 16), killing at least six officers, police said. Kashmir police said on Twitter the injured were being flown to an army hospital in theContinue Reading
Industrial production also missed expectations. Concerns over fresh COVID-19 flare-ups, worries about jobs and the crisis in the property sector have dented borrowing by companies and consumers. Chinese banks extended 679 billion yuan (US$101 billion) in new yuan loans in July, less than a quarter of June’s amount, according toContinue Reading
SHANGHAI: China’s market regulator on Tuesday (Aug 16) published draft rules to govern the sales and marketing of “mystery boxes”, where consumers do not know which toy figurine they will get until they open the box. The regulator aims to bring order to a market which has become a bigContinue Reading
BEIJING: China on Tuesday (Aug 16) announced a slew of perks aimed at encouraging families to have more babies, as birth rates hit a record low and officials warned that the population will start to shrink by 2025. The world’s most populous country has been grappling with a looming demographicContinue Reading
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday (Aug 16) tabled a 3,041.7 trillion rupiah (US$206 billion) budget for 2023, while reminding the nation to remain cautious amid global uncertainties. He said in parliament: “In the future, we must continue to maintain our prudence and vigilance.” “The risk from global economicContinue Reading
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Two officers guarding a polio vaccination team in northwest Pakistan were shot dead by unidentified assailants, police said on Tuesday (Aug 16), the latest deaths in an ongoing campaign to eradicate the disease. Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan are the only countries where polio remains endemic, but vaccination teams haveContinue Reading
Former managing director of Boustead Naval Shipyard, Ahmad Ramli, was alleged to have authorised payments of more than RM21 million to three companies without the board of directors’ approval. Continue Reading