Parti Keadilan Rakyat, the political party associated with Anwar Ibrahim, has a new slate associated with leaders in place. To produce a difference, PKR will need to find a balance between pragmatism and the need to uphold multiracialism, says ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute’s Dr Norshahril Ketika.Continue Reading
The authorities possess vowed to stamp out the industry. Repeat offenders may be denied fuel rations and face lawful action.Continue Reading
TOKYO: Japanese Primary Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday (Aug 1) urged most nuclear states to conduct themselves “responsibly” in non-proliferation efforts at a time when he said the road to some world without nuclear arms had turn out to be much more difficult. Kishida, the leader of the only countryContinue Reading
Myanmar will never be represented at an global gathering of foreign ministers in Cambodia this week, a spokesperson for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) seat said on Monday (Aug 1), after its military rulers declined a suggestion to send a non-junta representative instead. The particular 10-country bloc providesContinue Reading
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka released an urgent appeal on Monday (Aug 1) to tackle rapidly spreading malnutrition among children as the economic crisis leaves nine out of 10 individuals dependent on state handouts. The Ministry for Women plus Child Affairs mentioned they were seeking personal donations to give food to possiblyContinue Reading
KOCHI, India: India verified its first monkeypox death on Monday (Aug 1), a new man in the southern part of state of Kerala, in what is only your fourth known fatality from your disease in the current outbreak. A week ago, Spain reported two monkeypox-related deaths and Brazil its first.Continue Reading
KUPANG, Indonesia: Tourism businesses in Indonesia’s Komodo National Park started a month-long strike on Monday (Aug 1) after the federal government imposed a huge price hike. Jakarta’s 18-fold rise for entry towards the park’s most popular island destinations seeks to restrict the number of visitors to safeguard endangered Komodo dragonsContinue Reading
TOKYO: Yoshimi Yamashita became Japan’s initial woman professional football referee on Mon (Aug 1) and said she was happy to “make a splash” as the lady prepares to create history at the World Mug. Yamashita, 36, was called in May alongside France’s Stephanie Frappart plus Rwanda’s Salima Mukansanga as officialsContinue Reading
MANILA: The particular Philippines has no plan to rejoin the Worldwide Criminal Court (ICC), President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said upon Monday (Aug 1), with the tribunal’s prosecutor seeking to resume the probe into the ex-president’s deadly drug battle. Rodrigo Duterte, who remaining office on Jun 30, pulled the Philippines outContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: After a period associated with chicken supply disruptions in Malaysia, the problem has stabilised right after steps taken by the federal government, said Agriculture and Food Industries Ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) Ronald Kiandee on Monday (Aug 1). He furthermore told parliament that Malaysia is now in an oversupply situation andContinue Reading