KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak used his personal bank account to issue RM8.4 million (US$1.87 million) in cheques to individuals, political entities and companies between 2011 and 2012, the High Court heard on Wednesday (Sep 7). Among the individual recipients of the cheques were former land and cooperative developmentContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: The Philippines’ Department of Migrant Workers and Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Wednesday (Sep 7) announced that a banker’s guarantee and performance bond would no longer be required when hiring Filipino domestic workers in Singapore. Singaporean employment agencies and employers are required to purchase a $5,000 security bondContinue Reading
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed “positive” ties with Myanmar on Wednesday (Sep 7) as he met with the country’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok. “Myanmar is our long-standing and reliable partner in Southeast Asia … Our relations are developing in a positiveContinue Reading
TOKYO: Japan further relaxed its infection border controls on Wednesday (Sep 7), but its insistence on visitor visas means the yen’s plunge will not translate to a tourism boom any time soon. The government raised the daily ceiling of inbound travellers to 50,000 from 20,000 and scrapped a requirement forContinue Reading
HANOI: A fire tore through a karaoke bar in southern Vietnam killing 12 people and leaving 11 injured, a local official said on Wednesday (Sep 7). The blaze engulfed the second and third floors of the building on Tuesday night, trapping customers and staff members as dense smoke filled theContinue Reading
SEOUL: The death toll from Typhoon Hinnamnor rose to 10 in South Korea, authorities said on Wednesday (Sep 7), after the storm battered the southern coast with huge waves and heavy rain this week. The typhoon, one of the most powerful to hit the country in decades, flooded streets andContinue Reading
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo on Wednesday (Aug 7) said he has asked provincial governments to use their budgets to rein in transportation costs and counter the inflationary impact of last week’s fuel price hike. Under pressure to control a ballooning energy subsidy budget, President Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi,Continue Reading
“FORETASTE OF THE FUTURE” At the global scale, there has been a reduction over the past two decades in the total burned area, as a result of decreasing numbers of fires in savannas and grasslands. But WMO said that some regions like western North America, the Amazon and Australia wereContinue Reading
The Kingdom’s small and medium enterprises run by women contend with traditional gender roles and lack of opportunities and access further hindering their success
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Rescuers had rushed to reach stranded people, restore utilities and send emergency relief, while 11,000 people were evacuated on Tuesday from Luding county, where the quake was centred. Early on Wednesday, China Earthquake Networks Centre recorded a magnitude 3 aftershock at the epicentre, at a depth of 12km. Weather forecastersContinue Reading