China politics expert Kerry Brown said he was highly sceptical that there was anything more to be read into Xi’s brief absence. “I guess if there was deep dissatisfaction with Xi’s leadership in the elite … We would have seen at least a bit of evidence,” said Brown, professor ofContinue Reading
China politics expert Kerry Brown said he was highly skeptical that there was anything more to be read into Xi’s brief absence. “I guess if there was deep dissatisfaction with Xi’s leadership in the elite … We would have seen at least a bit of evidence,” said Brown, professor ofContinue Reading
TOKYO: Japan’s restart of more nuclear power plants would help ease Europe’s energy supply fears during the winter as more liquefied natural gas (LNG) will become available to the global market, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday (Sep 27). Europe is racing to prepare forContinue Reading
DHAKA, Bangladesh: Rescuers in northern Bangladesh on Tuesday (Sep 27) found more bodies from an overcrowded boat with Hindu pilgrims that capsized in one of the country’s worst recent river disasters, pushing the death toll to 66, officials said. At least 15 more people are still unaccounted for, said DipankarContinue Reading
MANILA/TOKYO: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is ready to provide further financial support to Sri Lanka, a top official of the regional lender said on Tuesday (Sep 27), as the Indian Ocean nation battles its worst economic crisis in more than seven decades. The remarks came after an ADB pactContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has hit out at the opposition for using the flood and inflation narrative to resist an early 15th general election (GE15). The former deputy prime minister described the flood narrative as a “myth”. In a Facebook statement on TuesdayContinue Reading
BEIJING: Dozens of people have taken part in a rare protest in the southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen, social media footage shows, after officials announced a snap lockdown over a handful of COVID-19 cases. The megacity of more than 18 million people reported just 10 infections on Tuesday (SepContinue Reading
BANGKOK: Thailand’s government plans new borrowing of about 820 billion baht (US$21.64 billion) in the 2023 fiscal year starting Oct 1, mainly to finance a budget deficit, the finance ministry said on Tuesday (Sep 27), as it tries to bolster economic recovery. The borrowing is part of a wider debtContinue Reading
What is the difference between a typhoon and a hurricane? How do they get their names? And could climate change put Singapore in the path of one of these weather events? CNA finds out.Continue Reading
“We don’t have much time left. The storm is intensifying so our responses must be stronger and faster,” Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at an emergency disaster response meeting on Tuesday. “Evacuation must been done as soon as possible with top priorities being people’s lives and assets.” Vietnam’s aviationContinue Reading