In a parliamentary exchange during the Committee of Supply debates for the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday (27 Feb), Leader of the Opposition Pritam...
by Glenn Chapman SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES — Reports of more layoffs at Twitter landed on Monday as owner Elon Musk waded into a racism controversy...
by Francisco Jara PANAMA CITY, PANAMA — The world’s oceans and the multiple threats they face, from climate change and pollution to overfishing and mining, will...
HONG KONG, CHINA — Hongkongers will finally be able to leave home without a face mask from Wednesday, nearly 1,000 days after the pandemic mandate was...
by Joe Jackson LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — An agreement between Britain and the European Union over post-Brexit trade rules in Northern Ireland appears imminent. Here are...
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA— Lawyers for Liberty (LFL), a human rights and law reform NGO based in Malaysia, has strongly condemned the recent arrest of two high...
MALAYSIA— The police have arrested two teenage boys to assist in the investigation of a viral video involving a secondary school student’s dissatisfaction with the History paper...
Tighter controls on hiring lower-skilled foreign workers are more likely to prompt companies to recruit more locals, compared with tightening access to foreign workers who are...
ISTANBUL, TURKEY — A 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey on Monday, killing one person and wounding dozens others while causing some damaged buildings to collapse,...
Singapore’s shoe recycling program, which aims to recycle the rubberized soles and midsoles of donated shoes to build new playgrounds and running tracks, is under scrutiny...
BEIJING, CHINA — China has launched an investigation into suspected illegal mining practices in the “lithium capital of Asia” Yichun, authorities said, an area reportedly responsible...
HONG KONG, CHINA — The ex-husband and two former in-laws of a Hong Kong influencer and socialite were charged on Monday with her murder after police...
During the Committee of Supply of the budget 2023 on Monday, Senior Minister of State for Defence Heng Chee How provided updates on the Ministry of...
SINGAPORE — The soaring rental prices of housing in Singapore have prompted many to explore alternative solutions, with short-term leasing contracts and highly flexible shared living...
by Augustine Low It wasn’t just tearing up, it was choking up, a sustained spell of crying, possibly the longest in Parliament history. Face scrunched up,...