HANOI: Vietnamese ride-hailing drivers working for Singapore’s Grab have used social media to call on colleagues to boycott the app this weekend, saying a rise in service charges has cut their income…
“LOST HOPE” Police investigators, explosive ordnance disposal experts and army personnel boarded on Friday afternoon a pair of small rubber boats to head to the ship, grounded on a small island off…
New Delhi has since approved a few significant projects, including a manufacturing venture between India’s Dixon Technologies and Chinese smartphone maker Vivo Mobile. But that has not been enough…
BEIJING: China was still investigating on Friday (Sep 11) the cause of a fire on a foreign-flagged cargo ship which killed 25 people a day earlier, state media said. The bulk carrier, moored in the…
TOKYO: North Korean athletes wearing white blazers and pink ties received a warm welcome as they began arriving on Friday (Sep 11) in Japan for the Asian Games, cheered on by pro-Pyongyang…
The boy’s father said on Tuesday (Sep 8) that his son had lost his balance while running past the woman and that the contact was unintentional. In a statement posted on Weibo, the father, who gave…
NEW DELHI: India said on Friday (Sep 11) that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to further strengthen the special relationship between their countries in…
SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday (Sep 11) refuted claims by an Israeli media outlet that the death penalty was discussed during a visit by an Israeli delegation in May. The…
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin began talks in New Delhi on Friday (Sep 11), their second meeting in two weeks, that is expected to focus on trade…
KATHMANDU: The reconstruction bill after deadly floods sparked by a glacial mountain collapse that hit Nepal last month would amount to US$4.78 billion, the foreign ministry said on Friday (Sep 11)…
COMMUNITIES BUILT AROUND SHARED GRIEVANCES For some young people, experts say the attraction to such online communities may have less to do with ideology and more about connecting with others who…
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s next general election (GE16) could be “decisive” for the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) to reclaim the mandate to lead the country, said party president Ahmad…
Another former chairman of the group and also a former chairman of the city’s largest opposition Democratic Party, Albert Ho, 74, pleaded guilty in January. He was sentenced to five years and two…
SEOUL: South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun discussed the situation in the Middle East, including freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, in a telephone call on Friday (Sep 11) with his…
JOHOR BAHRU: Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic said it has disrupted a commercial election manipulation platform that primarily targeted people in Malaysia. The operation involved around…
KUALA LUMPUR: Jailed former Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak’s fresh bid for a pardon has been put on hold. His application will be deferred to a future Federal Territories Pardons Board meeting…
Myra Cabilan told AFP she had flown to Coron on Friday to find her missing brother, 40-year-old Rammel Gonzaga, who had taken the ferry on a business trip with his brother-in-law. “I didn’t know he…
JAKARTA: Respiratory infections caused by hazardous wildfire pollution in Indonesia have more than doubled in just over a week, data from the country’s health ministry showed on Thursday (Sep 10)…
LOCAL BUSINESSES FEEL THE PRESSURE Competition from businesses willing to pay higher rents has raised landlords’ expectations of how much their properties can fetch, said William Ng, president of the…
Anthropic on Thursday (Sep 10) said it had disrupted several alleged malicious uses of its Claude models over the past eight months, including a suspected Russia-linked cyber espionage campaign and…
