More than a month has passed since China abandoned its zero-Covid policy, reopening its doors after three years of self-imposed isolation. Even as the respiratory ailment sweeps through the country like a tsunami, infecting millions, many inside China believe the worst is behind them. This positive outlook is reflected in the economic arena. China experienced the slowest […]Continue Reading
Students say power was cut to prevent them screening the film which has riled the government.Continue Reading
Aims to further develop its cybersecurity insurtech platformÂ
Funds will go towards expanding services, deepen presence in Asia  Singapore-based cybersecurity firm Blackpanda has raised US$15 million (RM64.6 mil) in its Series A funding round co-led by Primavera Venture Partners and Gaw Capital Partners. San Francisco based WI Harper, also participated in this…Continue Reading
Aims to popularise cashless payments through exhibitions and activities
78% of Malaysia still prefer cash in 2021, and is expected to increase further in 2022 The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), in collaboration with Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PayNet), has launched the Cashless@PEDi pilot project at 28 selected Keluarga Malaysia…Continue Reading
If she wins, Yeoh will become the first Asian woman to win Best Actress.Continue Reading
TOKYO: The coast guards of Japan and South Korea were searching on Wednesday (Jan 25) for eight crew members from a cargo ship that sank between the two countries, after 14 others were rescued. “A total of 14 have been rescued,” a spokesman for the Japanese coast guard told AFP.Continue Reading
A passion for Southeast Asia and an interest in the region’s poulations and economic development helped inspire amateur cartographer Terence Teo’s striking high definition maps of ASEAN countries.
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Nearly seven decades after it was discredited, McCarthyism is back in the United States with a bigger and more ambitious agenda. The original version to oust “commies” and “traitors,” named after Republican politician Joseph McCarthy, took America by storm during the first Cold War. From February 1950 to December 1954, the redneck first-term senator was […]Continue Reading
SEOUL: Authorities in the North Korean capital Pyongyang have ordered a five-day lockdown due to rising cases of an unspecified respiratory illness, Seoul-based NK News reported on Wednesday (Jan 25), citing a government notice. The notice did not mention COVID-19, but said that residents in the city are required toContinue Reading
The products on sale mainly contain whales caught in Japan, a company spokesperson said, with prices ranging from 1,000 yen (US$8) to 3,000 yen. Although the government maintains that eating whale meat is a cherished part of Japan’s culture, consumption which peaked in the early 1960s has steadily declined asContinue Reading