China's COMAC to expand Shanghai C919 plane factory as orders grow

Women-only museum becomes a toilet to keep men out

Australia's Mona asked a court to reverse its ruling that allowed men inside a women's only space.

One dead after tree falls in KL, hitting 17 vehicles and monorail track

Iran is gaining credibility across the Muslim world

Iran’s leadership has been a direct beneficiary of the months-long war in Gaza. With every missile that Israel fires on Gaza, every US veto of a UN Security Council ceasefire resolution, and every arrest of an anti-war protester on American university campuses, Iran’s rejection

Malaysia acid-attack footballer needs further surgery; movement and speech affected

Malaysia unveils financial incentives for anti-graft whistleblowers amid country’s RM277b loss to corruption

The government implemented 85 out of 111 initiatives in its previous national anti-corruption plan, which covered similar risk areas, such as political governance and public procurement, to a new anti-graft initiative announced on May 7.

Will the impact of rural-urban divide show as India enters its third phase of elections?

India's poverty level remains a projected 11 per cent, with some economists noting that the income gap has widened in recent years.

Who’s afraid of TSMC’s management culture?

Viola Zhou has written an excellent investigative report into the culture clashes and growing pains at the TSMC factory in Phoenix, Arizona. Before I dive in, however, I should note that in my opinion, the headline that the magazine gave to this article was not very

Xi’s big adventure to keep Europe open and onside

The global economy is a very different place today than it was five years ago, when Chinese leader Xi Jinping last visited Europe. Since 2019, a pandemic wreaked havoc, Joe Biden was sworn in as US president, Russia invaded Ukraine (which Beijing tacitly backed), German

Cats in a bag: Russia’s elite clans are at war with each other

The recent arrest of Timur Ivanov, Russia’s deputy defense minister and close ally of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, has rocked the country’s politics. Ivanov was an important part of a powerful group that included Shoigu as his direct patron but also includes the billionaire

Former Indonesian presidential candidate Ganjar says will not join incoming Prabowo administration

Mr Ganjar Pranowo said that he intends to “keep proper scrutiny” over the incoming government led by Mr Prabowo Subianto and vice-president-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

Malaysia dismisses calls to remove defence firms that supply weapons to Israel from KL exhibitions

Pro-Palestinian voices include former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, who said the companies Lockheed Martin and MBDA should be ordered to leave.

China hospital stabbing leaves at least two dead

Several others are injured following the incident in the south-western Yunnan province.

China hospital attack leaves more than 10 dead or wounded

Two dead, 21 injured after knife attack in hospital in China's Yunnan province

According to the Zhenxiong County police, the suspect is a male villager from Poji town.

Iran's capacity to move oil reliant on Malaysian providers, US official says

Malaysia's king observes Singapore's parliament during state visit

Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar is the first king of Malaysia to visit Parliament House with parliament in session.

What Trump’s ‘America First’ would mean for the world

Just over six months ahead of the US election, the world is starting to consider what a return to a Trump presidency might mean. While Americans might be weighing up the difference between the two candidates’ domestic policies, the rest of the globe is more interested in what

Move over, Quad; the new Squad has landed

MANILA – As tensions rise in the South China Sea and the threat of a war over Taiwan becomes more palpable, the US Pentagon is stepping up its regional defense diplomacy in a potent challenge to China’s rising regional threats and ambitions. Last week, US Secretary of Defense

‘Not a welcoming situation’: Over 15,000 refugees, asylum seekers lack legal right to live or work in Hong Kong

Refugee children who were born or raised in Hong Kong are also only allowed to attend school after getting approval from the Immigration Department.

Australian PM Albanese says China military air incident unacceptable

PM Modi votes as India's marathon election heats up

China’s middle class is stressed. Can its growing mental health industry lend a helping hand?

Mushroom lunch cook pleads not guilty to murder

Three people died after they were allegedly served poisonous mushrooms in regional Australia in 2023.

Commentary: Are young voters poised to upend Japanese politics?

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's support among young voters is decreasing, putting his tenure at risk despite efforts to appeal to this demographic with promises of unprecedented efforts to tackle Japan's declining birthrate, says political scientist Yasuo Takao.

China’s hybrid rice might be Indonesia’s latest solution to improving its food security, but at what costs?

Indonesia is the third-largest producer of rice in the world but isn’t self-sufficient, having to import the grain every year to make up for the shortfall.

Indians vote in scorching heat as temperatures cross 40C

As India's election nears the halfway mark, voters say a gruelling heatwave is getting to them.

Xi tells Macron: China stays neutral in Ukraine war

Reemphasizing his country’s neutrality in the Ukraine War after Washington accused Beijing of helping Moscow rebuild its defense industrial base, Chinese President Xi Jinping has begun his first trip to Europe in five years. In an an article under his own byline, published by

Brazil ex-president Bolsonaro hospitalized again with skin infection

Hundreds ill after eating bánh mì in Vietnam

More than 560 Vietnamese people are taken to hospital with suspected food poisoning after eating the sandwiches.

Fed independence key, despite Trump advisors’ view

Before we discuss the plans Trump advisors are hatching to jettison the Federal Reserve’s independence, let’s concede that every president covets the Fed’s power to set interest rates. Donald Trump wouldn’t be the first to try to grab some of that power. His predecessors in