Ahead of World Mental Health Day on Oct 10, CNA looks at how awareness of maternal depression and avenues to seek help are generally lacking in Thailand. And the pandemic has made the situation more challenging.Continue Reading
The Centre for Medical Genomics at the Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital of Mahidol University has warned of possible outbreaks of four new sub-variants of the Omicron strain around the end of this year.Continue Reading
Directs banks & card issuers to keep high vigilance over activities of cards
Public reminded under existing payment card rules, customers not liable In a press release today, Bank Negara Malaysia (Bank Negara) said that following the completion of the independent forensic investigation, iPay88, a provider of payment gateway services to banks…Continue Reading
MALANG: Indonesian father Mochamad Munif looked at the grave of his young daughter, sprinkling petals across it before bending down to kiss the square white stone slab and utter the words he never wanted to. “If you have done any mistakes to me, to your father, I forgive you,” heContinue Reading
Malaysia unveiled a leaner budget for 2023 amid an uncertain global environment and expected slow growth.Continue Reading
“The customers were saying someone was shooting. I just stood there, not sure what to do. I was shaken and scared,” said the 48-year-old. “I left the storefront and just stayed inside my house. I locked the door and didn’t emerge. The road was empty. There were no kids,Continue Reading
TOKYO – As milestones go, the US national debt surging past the US$31 trillion mark is especially personal for Haruhiko Kuroda and Yi Gang. The leaders of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and People’s Bank of China (PBOC), respectively, run the overseas institutions sitting on the largest stockpiles of US government bonds. Japan has $1.23 […]
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Friday (Oct 7) unveiled a smaller budget for 2023, prioritising fiscal discipline over expectations of populist measures, as it warned of a slowdown in the economy from rising global risks. Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s administration had been expected to table a moderately expansionary budget inContinue Reading
SINGAPORE – Tommy Thomas, the lawyer who set in motion the landmark prosecution and ultimate imprisonment of an ex-prime minister for massive corruption, could be regarded as Malaysia’s most consequential attorney-general. But a new government probe into a book he published about his time as the nation’s top prosecutor is widely seen as a setback […]
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The US-China strategic rivalry extends to the struggle for control over the digital economy — particularly digital infrastructure and technological innovation. China’s digital economy is among the most vibrant in the world, ranking second globally in 2021 at US$7.1 trillion. And it has become a crucial part of the relations between China and Gulf states including Bahrain, […]
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