KUALA LUMPUR: Parti Keadilan Rakyat deputy president Rafizi Ramli has launched an online petition against calling for Malaysia’s 15th general election during the year-end flood season. In a Facebook post on Tuesday (Sep 27), he said all parties should focus on facing the floods and all other matters, which canContinue Reading
“GREAT POWER RIVALRIES” Bhutto Zardari, the Oxford-educated 34-year-old scion of a preeminent political dynasty, took office five months ago amid political turbulence in Pakistan after a no-confidence vote in former prime minister Imran Khan. The strife comes as Pakistan is ravaged by floods that have submerged one-third of the country,Continue Reading
“The road to Chengdu was indeed bumpy or a roller-coaster ride,” Steve Dainton said. The competition was pushed back once because of an upsurge in coronavirus cases driven by the Omicron variant at the beginning of the year. Then, with under a month to go, the southwestern city of ChengduContinue Reading
HONG KONG: Asia-focused insurer AIA Group Ltd said on Wednesday (Sep 28) that it has agreed to buy MediCard, which provides healthcare services in the Philippines, to expand in one of the fastest-growing healthcare markets in the region. The deal is subject to regulatory approvals, the insurer said in aContinue Reading
As the Kingdom looks beyond Southeast Asia, bilateral trade, security and economic cooperation with the South Asian power is increasingly important
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HANDBAGS, JEWELLERY Office worker Wang Jianing is exploring buying second-hand luxury products, given the economic climate. “My consumption will definitely be downgraded (this year), but I still like what I like, and I can’t control the desire to buy it,” she told Reuters, standing in front of a wall displayingContinue Reading
TOKYO: Bank of Japan (BOJ) board members agreed that the central bank must scrutinise how the yen’s recent sharp moves could affect inflation, minutes of the BOJ’s July policy meeting showed on Wednesday (Sep 28). One member said the downward pressure on the yen may ease as the global economicContinue Reading
DANANG, Vietnam: Typhoon Noru produced landfall along the central coast of Vietnam early Wednesday (Sep 28), the national forecaster said, bringing powerful winds and weighty rain as thousands and thousands of people took sanctuary in shelters. “The placement of the typhoon’s center at 4am (2100 GMT Tuesday) upon Sep 28Continue Reading
HANOI: Vietnam on Wednesday (Sep 28) downgraded Typhoon Noru to a tropical depression, but warned residents to stay on alert because of the risks from flooding and landslides caused by heavy rain, the government said. The storm made landfall in the early hours with winds of 117kmh in the provinceContinue Reading
BANGKOK: Thailand will legalise abortion up to 20 weeks, the government said on Tuesday (Sep 27), relaxing pregnant people’s access to the previously restricted medical procedure. Terminations remained illegal in the kingdom – except under incidents of rape or threat to the mother’s life – until February last year when itContinue Reading