120km route to be built linking Malaysia and Indonesia
2022-09-09
The link by tunnel or bridge would connect Melaka in Malaysia with Dumai on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.Continue Reading
Najib drops civil suit against Malaysia government for wrongful prosecution
2022-09-09
However, the former prime minister will continue to take legal action against former attorney-general Tommy Thomas
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Shipping giant changes course to save Sri Lanka whales
2022-09-09
COLOMBO: Animal rights activists on Friday (Sep 9) cheered a move by a shipping giant to alter course in Sri Lankan waters to avoid collisions with blue whales, the world’s largest mammals. The island’s southern coast has an unusually high density of blue whales, classed as endangered on the IUCNContinue Reading
India to prepare a list of approved of digital lending apps
2022-09-09
MUMBAI: The Indian government is stepping up scrutiny on digital lending apps in an attempt to weed out ones which conduct unethical lending and recovery practices, the government said in a notification on Friday (Sep 9). The central bank has been asked to prepare a list of legal digital lendingContinue Reading
Man killed for chewing tobacco near India’s Golden Temple
2022-09-09
AMRITSAR: Indian police said on Friday (Sep 9) they had arrested three members of a radical Sikh sect accused of hacking to death a young man for chewing tobacco near the Golden Temple, the faith’s holiest shrine. Harmanjeet Singh, 22, was killed after an altercation with three Nihangs – aContinue Reading
Murder at sea: North Korea killings roil politics in South
2022-09-09
Supporters of Yoon, a former prosecutor who won a close election in March vowing to get tough on Pyongyang after years of failed diplomacy, say he is simply trying to solve the cases. “It would be a bigger problem if prosecutors chose to ignore the allegations and bury the casesContinue Reading
Recycling firm battles Jakarta’s plastic waste emergency
2022-09-09
Kurniawati’s company receives plastic from recycling centres across the greater Jakarta area – which has 30 million people – at its factory in Banten province outside the city. Then the company exports recycled plastic to European countries and also distributes it locally to be processed and used as packaging orContinue Reading
Myanmar junta critics struggle to survive as Thai security increases
2022-09-09
As the Kingdom raises its security existence, anti-coup critics encounter death if pushed back to Myanmar.
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Kim Jong Un suggests North Korea may begin COVID-19 vaccinations
2022-09-09
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has suggested the isolated country can begin COVID-19 shots in November, state media reported on Friday (Sep 9). In a speech on Thursday night to the North Korean national assembly, Kim cited World Wellness Organization (WHO) warnings that the winter could see aContinue Reading
Chinese man rescued 2 days after floating away on gas balloon
2022-09-09
BEIJING: A Chinese man has been rescued after floating in the air for over per day after he lost control of a hydrogen balloon that he had been riding to collect pine nuts, condition media reported. The man, identified as Hu Yongxu, have been picking pine cones in northeast China’sContinue Reading