TAIPEI: Chinese President Xi Jinping would become a “sinner” of all Chinese people if he attacked Taiwan and would not win a war as he would face international sanctions and diplomatic isolation, Taiwan’s top security official said on Thursday (Oct 20). China has ramped up military and political pressure againstContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The US government is considering a plan to jointly produce weapons with Taiwan, a business lobby said on Wednesday (Oct 19), an initiative intended to speed up arms transfers to bolster Taipei’s deterrence against China. US presidents have approved more than US$20 billion in weapons sales to Taiwan sinceContinue Reading
JAKARTA: Some medicinal syrups available in Indonesia contained ingredients linked to fatal acute kidney injury (AKI) in children, its health minister said on Thursday (Oct 20), as it investigates a spike in cases and 99 child deaths this year. Indonesia has temporarily banned sales of all syrup-based medications and hasContinue Reading
The term has only ever been used for the country’s founding father and briefly, his successor.Continue Reading
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s Election Commission will have a special meeting at 10am on Thursday (Oct 20) to discuss and set important dates for the 15th General Election. The meeting will be chaired by Commission Chairman Abdul Ghani Salleh and held at Menara SPR in Putrajaya. The dates for nomination, early votingContinue Reading
Xi Jinping’s remarks at the 20th Communist Party Congress suggest China is unlikely to embrace rapid foreign policy changes – yet it won’t be quiet in the international arena either, says an academic.Continue Reading
BRUSSELS: Partners, competitors or rivals? European Union leaders are debating whether to rethink their stance on China as President Xi Jinping tightens his grip over an ever more assertive Beijing. A two-day summit in Brussels from Thursday (Oct 20) will be dominated by the fallout of Russia’s war on Ukraine andContinue Reading
The Election Commission will have a special meeting on Thursday to set the dates for nomination and polling day.Continue Reading
YANGON: At least two bombs exploded outside a prison in Myanmar’s commercial hub Yangon on Wednesday (Oct 19), killing eight people and wounding 18, the junta said. The blasts hit a crowd lining up to drop off parcels for inmates at Insein Prison on Wednesday morning, the junta’s information teamContinue Reading
Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto and former Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan have also declared their readiness to be presidential candidates.
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