Elections in Johor are taking place against the backdrop of the increasingly loud demands by Malaysia’s richer states for larger slices of the national revenue pie, says CNA's Leslie Lopez.
From a US$0.31 haircut to a US$0.67 meal, some Indonesian businesses have refused to pass rising costs on to consumers, providing small but meaningful relief to their communities. Others make the “hard choice” to raise prices.
The outpouring of emotion as some AI companions go offline underlines how some in China have come to rely on them.
Some step up election amid gripes that politicians do not fully understand the economic pressures they face.
ANKARA, July 8 - Turkey put on a red-white-and-blue air show and named a new airport building after President Donald Trump, seeking to take its relationship with the U.S. to new heights at a NATO summit in Ankara, even as the U.S. leader lashed out at others in the defence
China’s military test-fired a missile from a nuclear-powered submarine into the Pacific on July 6.
WASHINGTON, July 8 - China only gave the United States a few hours notice on July 6 that it was going to test launch a ballistic missile and gave insufficient detail, a State Department official said on Wednesday.
Less than a month after a ceasefire was signed between the US and Iran, conflict has returned to the Middle East. The peace agreement Donald Trump signed at the palace of Versailles in France on June 18 – which he hailed as Iran’s “unconditional surrender” – is now, in the US
The missing crew comprised two pilots, two engineers and one support staffer.
During initial questioning, the suspect admitted the suitcases and all seized items belonged to him.
As part of his tour of the Pacific, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has signed a significant defense treaty with his Fijian counterpart Sitiveni Rabuka. Called the Ocean of Peace Alliance or Veitacini Treaty, the agreement is the latest step in Australia’s efforts to sign
Rescuers pull bodies from the mud after heavy monsoon rains batter the south-eastern coast.
Rescuers clawed through liquid earth to drag out the bodies of the children, who drowned in the mud.
DHAKA, July 8 - Heavy monsoon rains triggered a landslide at a madrassa in a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing eight children and injuring five others, officials said.
This summer, House Democrats did something they’d mostly avoided for two years: they argued about Israel out loud. A doomed Republican amendment to strip aid to Israel forced two closed-door caucus meetings that several members described as intense. Then, leadership did what it
ANKARA, July 8 - President Donald Trump told NATO allies he wanted to keep the United States in the alliance at a leaders' meeting in Ankara on Wednesday, a source familiar with the talks told Reuters.
The government opened a one-month public consultation on its proposals this week.
Official figures showed that prisons were operating at roughly four times their intended capacity.
The Chinese film has moved many moviegoers in Malaysia and raked in at least $4.8 million at the box office.
ANKARA, July 8 - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that NATO allies must lift defence-industry restrictions among them, pressing the case for Ankara to break into some Europe-only initiatives.
Five crew members were on board.
TOKYO — South Korea has long been one of the world’s best early-warning systems. Its US$1.9 trillion economy is open, large, and sits at the intersection of every major shift in trade, finance and technology. Right now, Seoul, true to form, is flashing red about the risks of
NEW DELHI, July 8 - A mosque project conceived as part of India's Supreme Court settlement of the decades-old Ayodhya dispute is being scaled down to a fraction of what was originally envisioned due to the Muslim community's lack of interest in backing the project, its
Up to six typhoons are expected to form in the North-west Pacific and South China Sea in July.
SHANGHAI/BEIJING, July 8 - The floodwaters that ravaged southern China this week look set to expand to other provinces with the imminent arrival of Super Typhoon Bavi, with scientists warning extreme weather would only grow more frequent this year.
For decades, the global financial system has been founded on a convenient assumption. The US would keep taking on more debt, and countries like Japan would cover the bill. America got to borrow money at low interest rates, while Japan got to amass massive cash reserves invested
More than 30,000 people joined within 24 hours of the launch of the Cockroach Janta Party.
The shelters, originally WWII air raid shelters, provide water, medicine and staff assistance daily.
On July 7, South Korea began enforcing a sweeping law against false and manipulated information. The law authorizes punitive damages of up to five times proven losses against news organizations and large online channels that knowingly distribute prohibited content to cause harm
The liberal internationalist story has always been seductive: Democracies prefer each other, build institutions together and let shared values govern how they distribute power and resources. But this week’s NATO summit in Ankara showed that security imperatives trump liberal
She had sought to reclaim land worth millions, arguing that he had damaged the family’s reputation.
The airline will fly twice daily to Kuala Lumpur and once daily to Singapore.
Eleven people were killed and hundreds more injured after two tornadoes barrelled through China’s Hubei province on Monday (Jul 6).
The boycott saw a slump in imports of Japanese beer into South Korea, particularly affecting Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin beer.
In the second of a three-part series on Taiwan beyond semiconductors, CNA explores how the island’s emerging premium chocolate industry is balancing global success with growing climate pressures.
TAIPEI, July 8 - China's gradually increasing pressure tactics risk creating an entirely new status quo in the Taiwan Strait, which the international community may not realise until it is too late, a senior Taiwan official said on Wednesday.
Servers at data centres in Sydney and Melbourne were to blame but the exact cause remains unknown.
On the night of May 31, near Sadipur in Jashore’s Sharsha upazila, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel found a section of the border fence cut open. On the far side stood more than a dozen people, among them women and children, driven to the spot by India’s Border Security
He said voter support for PN remains important for it to play to a check-and-balance role on the state government.
The political deathmatch between the country's ruling dynasties enters a critical new theatre.
The proposals are expected to be finalised later in July.
A minister said share records were part of investigations and personal information protected under existing laws.
It was developing incentives for charging point operators to further invest in infrastructure.
TAINAN, Taiwan, July 8 - Road closures and bamboo bridges have helped protect Taiwan's largest terrestrial crab species during breeding season when they return to the sea to lay eggs.