Malaysia's king to visit China, eyes infrastructure support
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BEIJING - Malaysia's king Sultan Ibrahim will visit China from Thursday, the first by a Malaysian monarch in a decade, where he will meet...
- 7 days ago
- 3 min
Pope Francis, in Singapore, urges fair wages for migrant workers
SINGAPORE - Pope Francis on Thursday urged political leaders in Singapore, a leading global financial hub, to seek fair wages for the...
- Sep 5
- 3 min
Pope Francis arrives in Indonesia to begin ambitious Asia-Pacific tour
JAKARTA - Dozens of excited Indonesians waved on Tuesday as a motorcade carried Pope Francis through the capital as he began the first...
- Aug 29
- 2 min
Deadly typhoon Gaemi made worse by climate change, scientists say
SINGAPORE - A devastating typhoon that tore through the Philippines, Taiwan and China last month, destroying infrastructure and leaving...
- Aug 23
- 3 min
Indonesia shelves plan to revise election law as protests rage
JAKARTA - Indonesia's parliament shelved planned changes to electoral laws on Thursday after protesters in the capital set fires and...
- Aug 4
- 2 min
Vietnam's president takes top job as Communist Party chief
HANOI - Vietnamese President To Lam was named on Saturday to the nation's top position, general secretary of the ruling Communist Party...
- Jul 25
- 2 min
Indonesia presses Myanmar on peace commitments as ASEAN ministers meet
Indonesia's foreign minister at a regional meeting on Thursday called out warring camps in Myanmar over their refusal to agree to...
- Jul 20
- 5 min
Factbox-What disruptions have been reported after the global tech outage?
A global tech outage that appeared to be related to issues at cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike and Microsoft affected operations at...
- Jul 4
- 2 min
China warns of hotter, longer heatwaves as climate change intensifies
BEIJING/SINGAPORE - China is facing hotter and longer heatwaves and more frequent and unpredictable heavy rain as a result of climate...
- Jul 3
- 2 min
Singapore aims to make it easier to prosecute money laundering cases
SINGAPORE - Singapore is seeking to make it easier for law enforcement to prosecute money laundering offences in the city-state, the...
- Jul 2
- 5 min
Analysis-Hong Kong commercial law hub allure damaged by foreign judges row, lawyers say
HONG KONG - The resignations of two British judges from China-ruled Hong Kong's highest court not only raise concerns about the rule of...
- Jul 1
- 2 min
Myanmar central bank denies UN report on weapons transactions
Myanmar's central bank denied a U.N. report that the country's military government can still access money and weapons for its war against...
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