SHANGHAI: China’s top legislator Li Zhanshu will attend the seventh Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok this week, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday (Sep 4), becoming the most senior Chinese official to visit Russia since the Ukraine war began. Li, chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee,Continue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was discharged from hospital on Sunday after being admitted for COVID-19, his office said in a statement. The 97-year-old, who served for more than two decades as prime minister and is still an active lawmaker, has a history of heart troubles. HeContinue Reading
Trolling has become lucrative for more than a few Filipinos, and it entered high gear for this year’s Philippine elections. The programme Undercover Asia gained entry to the shadowy networks spreading falsehoods to get politicians.Continue Reading
Last 30 days, khao soi defeat 99 other soups dishes from around the world to top the particular rankings on TasteAtlas, an online food tutorial for travellers.Continue Reading
SHENZHEN: Most residents of the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen went into a weekend lockdown on Saturday (Sep 3) as mass COVID-19 testing kicked off in much of the city of 18 million people. The lockdown, and the suspension of bus and subway services, came into effect two days afterContinue Reading
SAMMU KHAN BHANBRO: Pakistan’s farmers are still counting their losses from the devastating floods that have put a third of the country under water, but the long-term impact is already clear. “We have gone back 50 years,” said Ashraf Ali Bhanbro, a farmer in Sindh province whose 2,500 acres ofContinue Reading
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Saturday (Sep 3) raised some fuel prices by around 30 per cent to contain ballooning spending on energy subsidies in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. The move risks sparking protests and further fanning price pressures, though analysts saw a need to act to ensure fiscalContinue Reading
JAKARTA: Indonesia raised subsidised fuel prices by about 30 per cent on Saturday (Sep 3), top officials said, as the government moves to rein in ballooning subsidies despite a risk of mass protests. From 2.30pm local time Saturday, within an hour after the announcement, the price of subsidised gasoline wasContinue Reading
Rajapaksa’s government was accused of chaotic mismanagement as the Sri Lankan economy spiralled into an unprecedented downturn. The crisis saw acute shortages of food, lengthy blackouts and long queues at gas stations for scarce fuel supplies after the country ran out of foreign currency to pay for vital imports. “HeContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: ALL OF US Secretary of Condition Antony Blinken upon Friday (Sep 3) denounced a new three-year sentence imposed on Myanmar’s ousted elected innovator Aung San Suu Kyi and advised further pressure at the country’s junta. “We strongly condemn the Burma military regime’s unjust sentencing of Aung San Suu KyiContinue Reading