BEIJING, CHINA — China said Wednesday that not a single person had died of COVID-19 the previous day, after changing the criteria for recording virus deaths...
SINGAPORE — Senior Minister of State (SMS) for National Development, Sim Ann invites Non-constituency Member of Parliament Leong Mun Wai to file a Parliamentary Motion to...
BANNU, PAKISTAN — All 33 suspected militant prisoners who seized a Pakistan police station over the weekend were killed, and their hostages freed in a clearance...
TERENGGANU, MALAYSIA — Literally well-prepared for a rainy day, a senior citizen in Terengganu came up with the creative idea of converting his house into a...
SAN FRANSISCO, UNITED STATES — A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern California early Tuesday but there was no tsunami threat, seismologists said. The...
by Montira Rungjirajittranon PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, THAILAND — One sailor was found alive Tuesday in the Gulf of Thailand after two nights at sea following the...
BEIJING, CHINA — Crematoriums across China told AFP Tuesday they were straining to deal with an influx of bodies, as the country battles a wave of...
YANGON, MYANMAR — A junta court will hear the final arguments in the 18-month-long trial of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi next week, a legal source...
by Foong Swee Fong It is now a known fact that the government makes folks who buy HDB flats, pay for land at market price, albeit...
KELANTAN, MALAYSIA — Three sisters at Kampung Bendang Surau near Morak, Kelantan, were unfortunately electrocuted to death while wading through floodwaters. The tragedy is said to...
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Sam Bankman-Fried, wanted in the United States for fraud after the collapse of his FTX cryptocurrency group, remained in a Bahamas prison Monday...
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — The motion of confidence for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was passed in Malaysia Parliament today (19 December), further cementing his...
MONTREAL, CANADA — Countries approved a historic deal to reverse decades of environmental destruction threatening the world’s species and ecosystems at a marathon UN biodiversity summit...
BEIJING, CHINA — China on Monday reported its first deaths from COVID-19 since loosening its hardline containment policy, as hospitals and crematoriums struggle with an outbreak...
BANGKOK, THAILAND — Myanmar’s junta and anti-coup fighters on Monday traded accusations over a bomb attack on a Yangon commuter ferry that wounded 17 people, the...