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HONG KONG: Stock markets traded in a narrow range on Tuesday (Aug 19) and oil prices dipped after US President Donald Trump held what he called “very good” talks with Ukrainian and European leaders on ending the war. Hopes for a breakthrough rose after Trump said he spoke by phone with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin after hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and others at the White House. “At the conclusion of the meetings, I called President Putin, and began the arrangements for a meeting, at a location to be determined, between President Putin and President Zelenskyy,”…
MANILA: A local radio broadcaster was gunned down in the southern Philippines on Monday (Jul 21),…
Malaysian Mandarin boy band 3P will be performing at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Dec…
MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr meets US President Donald Trump this week, hoping Manila’s…
SEOUL: South Korea is studying various plans to improve relations with North Korea, a spokesperson…
VIETNAM READIES FOR WIPHA Vietnam’s Prime Minister put coastal provinces on emergency footing for Typhoon…
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has promised to stay on despite the ruling coalition’s…
The LDP have been urging fiscal restraint, with one eye on a very jittery government…
CHINESE BRANDS ON THE RISE Mobile phone seller Rezky Alfonso, who hails from Tangerang on…
US President Donald Trump might visit China before going to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit…
5 dead after ferry catches fire off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island; passengers jump for safety
Fishermen also helped evacuate the victims to nearby islands, while those injured were taken to…
3 dead after vessel catches fire off Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province; passengers jump for safety
“According to initial information, the fire is located (off) Talise island,” Jerry Harmonsina, secretary of…
JOHOR BAHRU: A ride-hailing driver and his Singaporean passenger were killed on Sunday (Jul 20) morning…
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