The particular moves, announced after a party supreme council meeting, are a part of a “mass cleansing” threatened by UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to get rid of “saboteurs”.Continue Reading
KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday (Jan 27) that deputy prime minister Rabi Lamichhane had stood for election with invalid citizenship papers, annulling his status as a lawmaker and effectively removing him from office. Lamichhane became deputy prime minister for home affairs – heading the ministry that oversees identityContinue Reading
TOKYO: Japan’s health ministry will soon decide whether to make abortion pills available for the first time after the proposal cleared a major hurdle with endorsement by a government panel on Friday (Jan 27). Abortion is legal in Japan up to 22 weeks, but a surgical procedure is currently theContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: Referees in the Singapore Premier League will get a little extra help in the upcoming season, with Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology making its entrance for the first time. The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) recently got the green light from the world football governing body FIFA to use theContinue Reading
The oil “price cap” of US$60 per barrel for Russian oil is a controversial move by the European Union and G7. The price cap prohibits Western insurers and shipping companies, which account for more than 90% of the marine insurance industry, from servicing vessels that carry Russian oil above $60 per barrel. The intention is lofty — […]Continue Reading
Asian cheetahs became extinct in India in the 1940s because of excessive hunting and loss of habitat.Continue Reading
Myanmar’s ruling junta on Friday (Jan 27) announced tough requirements for parties to contest an election this year, including a huge increase in their membership, a move that could sideline the military’s opponents and cement its grip on politics. Myanmar’s top generals led a coup in February 2021 after fiveContinue Reading
TOKYO: Japan’s government will drop its recommendation to wear masks indoors and downgrade its medical classification for COVID-19, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday (Jan 27). The changes, effective from early May, will classify the disease on the same level as the flu, down from its current status onContinue Reading
AHMEDABAD, India: Police in India on Friday (Jan 27) charged 10 people with homicide in connection with the collapse of a colonial-era footbridge last year that killed at least 135 people, a top official told Reuters. The 145-year-old suspension bridge in the town of Morbi was packed with sightseers whenContinue Reading
Muslim-majority Malaysia’s newly elected Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who was jailed twice for homosexual sodomy, is warning lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBT) that they, along with communism and secularism, “would never be recognized” by his administration. Anwar made the remarks after a popular hardline Pan-Islamic Party (PAS) official, Razman Zakaria, claimed the prime minister […]Continue Reading