THOUSANDS OF HOTSPOTS DETECTED Sarawak Deputy Premier Douglas Uggah Embas said about 13,000 hotspots were detected in neighbouring Indonesia last month. In Sarawak, some 300 hotspots have been…
Flooding began this month and local media have reported 20 deaths, while officials said swaths of farmland have been swamped. Bihar is downstream from Nepal, which suffered deadly flooding last…
THE HAGUE: Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte is suffering from major memory loss that means he sometimes forgets his lawyer’s name, according to the defence team preparing his case at the…
Basarnas said that 22 survivors were brought to a harbour in Banjarmasin on Tuesday, after bad weather had prevented their rescue a day earlier. “The plan was to evacuate them to Trisakti Port…
“REBUILD TRUST” Cambodia said last week that it had resorted to conciliation “after Thailand unilaterally terminated the agreed bilateral framework” through which the two nations had “negotiated…
BEIJING SEES AI AS MANAGEABLE RISK, NOT AN EXTINCTION EVENT While the debate in the US is focused on whether frontier AI could pose an existential threat to humanity, Chinese policymakers have…
JAKARTA: Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, who was sacked as Indonesia’s finance minister this week, said on Tuesday (Sep 15) he was upset to be removed from his job, but was half expecting the decision…
Syaza said delivering greater representation would be well received by GRS, GPS and other East Malaysian parties – and could pay off for Anwar. “This move could be in Anwar’s favour because it…
LONGER-TERM PLANNING Lee has said the five-year plan will set Hong Kong’s strategic direction, while each annual policy address will spell out measures, track progress and adjust policies to changing…
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded “unhealthy” air quality across 38 areas nationwide on Tuesday (Sep 15) morning, as Sarawak continued to witness the worst haze conditions in the country. A monitoring…
INFRASTRUCTURE WORK HAS ACCELERATED So, if the Hague cannot compel India to comply, what can India actually do to water from the transboundary rivers? A growing population in the Indus basin requires…
CHANGING POLITICAL LANDSCAPE The vote marks a major milestone in a long-running peace process and ushers in a form of regional government unique in the Philippines, which has a presidential system…
TOKYO: Accommodation at the Asian Games starting this week in Japan is the “worst ever”, South Korean officials told AFP on Monday (Sep 14), also warning of “a serious shortage” of rooms. Beds in…
SINGAPORE: Cambodia and Thailand will face off before international mediators in Singapore this week in a long-standing dispute over valuable maritime resources, the latest spat between the feuding…
Guangzhou police apprehended a man in the southern Chinese city’s university town district after receiving reports that he was wielding a knife and injuring pedestrians, according to a police…
WHY WAS AUTONOMY IMPORTANT? Supporters saw greater self-rule as a way to address long-standing grievances over poverty, marginalisation, and underdevelopment while reducing support for armed and…
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has sacked Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa and appointed his deputy as his replacement, the president’s office said on Monday (Sep 14). Deputy…
PRICES EXPECTED TO REMAIN FIRM The measures appear to be having some impact. “The fear of any shortage is now going out, so I believe the markets will stabilise and during the festivals, the…
PETALING JAYA: A 15-year-old boy who stabbed and killed his schoolmate at a secondary school in Malaysia’s Selangor state last October was ruled to be of unsound mind and acquitted of murder on…
KUALA LUMPUR: A former Malaysian religious affairs minister was charged on Monday (Sep 14) with misappropriating over RM860.3 million (US$211.2 million) from the country’s haj pilgrimage fund, Tabung…
