Rains in western Indonesia leave 5 dead, 2,700 homes flooded
MEDAN, Indonesia: Torrential rains in Indonesia’s third largest city caused four rivers to overflow, flooding…
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Japan’s Suga defends boost for domestic tourism amid COVID-19
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga defended on Friday (Dec 4) a travel subsidy campaign…
1,075 new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,075 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Malaysia on Thursday (Dec…
Grab tells employees it’s ‘in a position to acquire’ after Gojek merger report
SINGAPORE: The CEO of Singapore ride-hailing company Grab told employees in an internal note on Thursday…
How the world has sped up COVID-19 vaccine approvals
PARIS: Britain on Wednesday (Dec 2) become the first Western country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine for…
Tokyo zoo unveils first elephant born there in 138 years
TOKYO: Japan’s oldest zoo unveiled the first baby elephant to be born there since its…
Afghan government, Taliban announce breakthrough deal to press on with peace talks
KABUL: Afghan government and Taliban representatives said on Wednesday (Dec 2) they had reached a…
Leaders of Singapore, Malaysia hold talks on HSR project; announcement on further details to be ‘made in due course’
SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin spoke on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed…
Thailand says 6 more of its citizens with COVID-19 entered the country illegally
BANGKOK: Thailand on Wednesday (Dec 2) reported six more Thai nationals infected with COVID-19 had…
13 hotels in Johor cease operations due to COVID-19 pandemic
JOHOR BAHRU: Thirteen hotels in Johor have ceased operations amid the spread of COVID-19 in Malaysia this…
Twitter rejects call to remove Chinese official’s fake Australian troops tweet
SYDNEY: Twitter on Tuesday (Dec 1) rebuffed Australian calls to remove a Beijing official’s incendiary…
China to impose sanctions on 4 over egregious behaviour on Hong Kong
BEIJING: China will impose sanctions on four people over their egregious behaviour regarding the Asian…