Could the ghost of Shinzo Abe reach up from the grave and drag down Prime Minister Fumio Kishida with him? Only in a Japanese horror movie, perhaps – but today’s event is proving to be a nightmare for both Prime Minister Kishida and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The state funeral for Abe, Japan’s longest-serving […]
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SINGAPORE – Robust demand for Singapore’s electronics and semiconductors during the pandemic fueled the city-state’s fastest economic expansion in over a decade and big-ticket investments in chip-making capacity. Now, the notoriously cyclical semiconductor industry is in the grip of a deepening downturn as geopolitical and inflationary headwinds buffet the global economy. Chip makers in […]
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DHAKA, Bangladesh: Rescuers in northern Bangladesh on Tuesday (Sep 27) found more bodies from an overcrowded boat with Hindu pilgrims that capsized in one of the country’s worst recent river disasters, pushing the death toll to 66, officials said. At least 15 more people are still unaccounted for, said DipankarContinue Reading
Demo flights such as these show that sustainable aviation fuel is available and safe to use, said the producer of the cleaner alternative. Continue Reading
MANILA/TOKYO: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is ready to provide further financial support to Sri Lanka, a top official of the regional lender said on Tuesday (Sep 27), as the Indian Ocean nation battles its worst economic crisis in more than seven decades. The remarks came after an ADB pactContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has hit out at the opposition for using the flood and inflation narrative to resist an early 15th general election (GE15). The former deputy prime minister described the flood narrative as a “myth”. In a Facebook statement on TuesdayContinue Reading
BEIJING: Dozens of people have taken part in a rare protest in the southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen, social media footage shows, after officials announced a snap lockdown over a handful of COVID-19 cases. The megacity of more than 18 million people reported just 10 infections on Tuesday (SepContinue Reading
Will offer more reliability, higher performance, lower latency
Investments part of commitment to address data traffic growth Celcom Axiata Bhd (Celcom) continues to modernise its network to meet ever-increasing data demands by doubling its core network capacity by deploying the nationâs largest and most advanced telco cloud-native core network.Â
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“We don’t have much time left. The storm is intensifying so our responses must be stronger and faster,” Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at an emergency disaster response meeting on Tuesday. “Evacuation must been done as soon as possible with top priorities being people’s lives and assets.” Vietnam’s aviationContinue Reading
Abe was Japan’s longest-serving prime minister and one of the country’s most recognisable political figures, known for cultivating international alliances and his “Abenomics” economic strategy. He resigned in 2020 over recurring health problems, but remained a key political voice and was campaigning for his ruling party when a lone gunmanContinue Reading