“The signal with the visit to Yan’an is one of celebrating a parallel (with Mao) and brooking no opposition,” wrote Manoj Kewalramani from the Takshashila Institution in Bengaluru, India. A 16-minute news segment about the visit on state broadcaster CCTV showed several portraits of Mao, and a report by theContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: India has extended curbs on sugar exports by one year until October 2023, the government said, but the world’s biggest producer of the sweetener is still expected to fix a quota for this year’s overseas sales. India, also the world’s biggest sugar consumer, this year restricted exports throughContinue Reading
BEIJING: Shanghai Disneyland will operate at reduced capacity from Saturday (Oct 29) to comply with COVID-19 measures, the resort said in a statement, in another sign of tightening curbs across China as it seeks to contain the spread of coronavirus infections. The amusement park will operate with a reduced workforceContinue Reading
ALOR SETAR: Gerakan Tanah Air (GTA) pro tem chairman Mahathir Mohamad said he was willing to forget Mr Muhyiddin Yassin’s “betrayal” so that GTA and Perikatan Nasional (PN) can work together to face the 15th General Election (GE15). Dr Mahathir said the opposition parties could only defeat UMNO by workingContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The United States said on Friday (Oct 28) its policy towards North Korea had not changed after a senior US official responsible for nuclear policy raised some eyebrows by saying Washington would be willing to engage in arms-control talks with Pyongyang. Some experts argue that recognising North Korea asContinue Reading
MANILA : The Philippines has recorded 72 deaths from Tropical Storm Nalgae that caused floods and landslides in southern provinces, the country’s disaster agency said on Saturday (Oct 29). Maguindanao province was the most affected with 67 people dead, while two were killed in Sultan Kudarat, another two in South CotabatoContinue Reading
The storm also caused flooding elsewhere in the country. Photos released by the coastguard showed rescuers using an old refrigerator as an improvised boat to pull children from a flooded community on the central island of Leyte. The state weather service said the eye of Nalgae passed the small islandContinue Reading
Analysts are expecting multi-cornered contests in most seats and this could give Barisan Nasional the upper hand due to its stronger core voter base.
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BRASILIA: Brazil’s electoral authorities are preparing for a competitive election on Sunday (Oct 30) with a result that may be contested by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro if he loses to his leftist adversary, who has a narrow lead in recent opinion polls. Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE), led by justicesContinue Reading
One of the high profile candidates consist of former deputy leading minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail that will switch base in order to contest in Bandar Tun Razak, plus Selangor chief ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) Amirudin Shari that will stand in Gombak.Continue Reading