House votes down bill on cannabis and hemp
The House of Representatives upon Wednesday resolved in order to withdraw the Cannabis and Hemp Expenses from its agenda simply by 198 votes in order to 136, with twelve abstentions, pending revision of its content which usually lawmakers viewed as loose and potentially exposing youth to health risks.Continue Reading
Asean must speed up completion of initiatives under ACRF: Azmin Ali
KUALA LUMPUR: ASEAN’s sectoral bodies must continue to work together to speed up the completion of the remaining initiatives under the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework (ACRF), given the rising uncertainties in the current global economic environment. Read full storyContinue Reading
Aaron Judge adds home runs No. 56 & 57 in his pursuit of Babe Ruth and Roger Maris in Yankees lore
Fenway Park is one of the US’ most historic ballparks, and it witnessed even more history on Tuesday as Aaron Judge hit his 56th and 57th homers of the 2022 season, guiding the New York Yankees to a 7-6 win against their bitter rivals, the Boston Red Sox.Continue Reading
Tom Brady says he is ‘close to the end’ as he continues to hint at retirement
Tom Brady remarked on his latest podcast appearance that he is “close to the end” of his NFL career as he continued to hint at his retirement.Continue Reading
Tucker Carlson: Anger after Fox News host says British civilised India
Tucker Carlson of Fox News said India produced no architectural marvels after the British left.Continue Reading
China’s Xi arrives in Kazakhstan on first foreign trip since pandemic
BEIJING: China’s President Xi Jinping arrived in Kazakhstan for a state visit on Wednesday (Sep 14), Chinese state media reported. It is Xi’s first trip to a foreign nation since China all but shut its borders due to COVID-19. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s office showed him greeting Xi at theContinue Reading
Paetongtarn needs nod from mum to run as party’s candidate for PM
Paetongtarn Shinawatra needs her mother’s approval before standing as the Pheu Thai Party’s candidate for prime minister at the coming general election, her father says.Continue Reading
CNA Explains: What is a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, and how will it protect me?
Moderna’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, which was granted interim authorisation by Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority for use as a booster shot, targets both the original strain and Omicron BA.1 variant of the coronavirus.Continue Reading
‘Humour over rumour’: Taiwan eyes Ukraine messaging model if China attacks
TAIPEI: Taiwan is looking at Ukraine’s ways of communicating its message to the outside world at a time of conflict, by making use of tools such as satellites and deploying humour, the digital minister said on Wednesday (Sep 14). China’s war games and blockade drills around Taiwan last month, followingContinue Reading
Boxing world champion Oleksandr Usyk shares images from family home in Ukrainian area previously held by Russians
Oleksandr Usyk has shared photos of himself at his family home in Ukraine — the first time the boxing world champion has explicitly posted from Vorzel, near Bucha, since the house was taken by Russian forces earlier this year.Continue Reading