KUALA LUMPUR: Hold off calling for early polls to allow the positive effects of the nation’s economic recovery to be better felt by the rakyat says Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali. Read full storyContinue Reading
UK-based Virgin Atlantic said on Wednesday it will stop its Heathrow-Hong Kong services after 30 years.Continue Reading
Russia’s annexation of southern and eastern Ukraine is political theater with elements of farce. President Vladimir Putin has conquered none of the oblasts (provinces) that he claims have joined Russia. Nor could he hold them. Only hours after he announced new annexations, Ukraine’s army dramatically embarrassed Putin, pushing his forces back from the strategically crucial city […]
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PRESS CRACKDOWN Tokyo is a top donor to Myanmar and has long-standing relations with the country’s military. In September, Japan’s defence ministry it will halt a training programme for members of Myanmar’s military from next year over the junta’s executions of pro-democracy activists. Since 2015, Japan has received 30 membersContinue Reading
PETALING JAYA: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah met Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz at the Istana Negara to hold a briefing regarding the Economic Survey and Survey Fiscal for 2023. Read full storyContinue Reading
Rapid urbanisation has seen these cities draw heavily on groundwater to service their burgeoning populations, according to research by Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Read full storyContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: A man was charged on Thursday (Oct 6) with taking 34.25kg of African rhino horns into Singapore while on the way to Laos. South African Gumede Sthembiso Joel, 32, was handed one charge under the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act of taking the horns from Johannesburg, South Africa,Continue Reading
TOKYO (Reuters) -A court in military-ruled Myanmar has jailed a Japanese documentary filmmaker for 10 years for violating sedition and communications laws, a Japanese foreign ministry official said on Thursday. Read full storyContinue Reading
(Reuters) – A court in military-ruled Myanmar has jailed a Japanese documentary filmmaker for 10 years for violating sedition and communications laws, Japan’s Kyodo News reported on Thursday. Read full storyContinue Reading
TOKYO (Reuters) – A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a Japanese documentary filmmaker to 10 years in prison for violating sedition and communications laws, a Japanese foreign ministry official said on Thursday. Read full storyContinue Reading