Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who is Catholic, has urged Francis to visit North Korea, saying a papal visit to Pyongyang would help build peace on the Korean peninsula. When he met the pope in 2018, Moon relayed a verbal invitation to Francis from North Korean leader Kim JongContinue Reading
SANTIAGO: A number of Easter Island’s iconic ‘Moai’ stone statues suffered irreparable damage after a wildfire swept through the island earlier this week, the island’s mayor told Reuters on Friday. “It’s unquantifiable, unmeasurable, the damage there is, it’s irrecoverable,” said Pedro Edmunds, mayor of Easter Island, a territory of Chile.Continue Reading
Indonesia President Joko Widodo on Friday (Oct 7) said that football world governing body FIFA will not impose sanctions on the country over a stadium stampede last week that killed 131 people. In a video message, the president said Indonesia would work with FIFA to improve its management of footballContinue Reading
MALANG: Indonesian father Mochamad Munif looked at the grave of his young daughter, sprinkling petals across it before bending down to kiss the square white stone slab and utter the words he never wanted to. “If you have done any mistakes to me, to your father, I forgive you,” heContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday (Oct 7) imposed new sanctions following North Korea’s latest missile launches this week, targeting a fuel procurement network that Washington said supports Pyongyang’s weapons programs and its military. Friday’s action targeted two Singapore-registered companies and a Marshall Islands-registered company, the US Treasury Department saidContinue Reading
Malaysia unveiled a leaner budget for 2023 amid an uncertain global environment and expected slow growth.Continue Reading
“The customers were saying someone was shooting. I just stood there, not sure what to do. I was shaken and scared,” said the 48-year-old. “I left the storefront and just stayed inside my house. I locked the door and didn’t emerge. The road was empty. There were no kids,Continue Reading
EFFORTS TO PROTECT PEOPLE’S WELFARE The finance minister said the budget will focus on efforts to protect the welfare of the people, with direct cash aid given out via various schemes. More than 450,000 households will be eligible to receive monthly assistance from the Social Welfare Department next year, withContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Friday (Oct 7) unveiled a smaller budget for 2023, prioritising fiscal discipline over expectations of populist measures, as it warned of a slowdown in the economy from rising global risks. Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s administration had been expected to table a moderately expansionary budget inContinue Reading
Women at risk of sexual violence in Myanmar, Malaysia’s former first lady’s fall from grace, Cambodia’s underground sex market helps empower women and an author’s essays explore political dissonance through the metaphor of fruit
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