All posts tagged "News"
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0Asia Pacific News35 Days, 60,000 Dead: China Comes Clean on the Toll of Its Covid Surge
The first reported numbers of the new year sure look a lot different than the 37 that were announced last month… but...
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0ASEAN NewsDeadly Fire in Cambodian Casino
At least 19 people were killed in the blaze at the Grand Diamond City Hotel and Casino, with Malaysians reportedly counted among...
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0Local NewsMassive Landslide in Selangor Claims 24 Lives; Toll Expected to Rise
A landslide in Batang Kali turned an overnight camping trip into a deadly tragedy impacting dozens of families. A massive landslide in...
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0NewsWorld Mourns the Passing of Queen Elizabeth II
The death of the much-loved British monarch, who served for an incredible 70 years, truly marks the end of an era. Queen...
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0Expat NewsGovernment Announces New Visa Programme for Wealthy Foreigners
The new premium visa plan raises as at least as many questions as it answers, one of which is how it’s materially...
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0Local NewsFrom Putrajaya to Prison: Najib Razak Jailed
Day 1 of 4,380: Disgraced former PM immediately hauled off to jail to begin serving his 12-year sentence after his final appeal...
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0ASEAN NewsMultiple Explosions Reported in Southern Thailand in Coordinated Attacks
Bomb and arson attacks targeted at least 17 locations in Southern Thailand across three provinces on Wednesday. Explosions and fires were reported...
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0Asia Pacific News‘We Come in Friendship to Taiwan’: Pelosi Brushes Off China’s Threats and Arrives in Taipei
The US Speaker of the House lauded Taiwan’s democratic ideals and reaffirmed America’s unequivocal commitment to the self-governing island. Drawing rare praise...
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0Asia Pacific NewsThe US Speaker of the House is Coming to Asia. What Happens if She Visits Taiwan?
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is including Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, and South Korea on her trip to Asia, but the question on everyone’s mind...
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0HealthCovid Isn’t Over: What You Need to Know about the Latest Variants
The newest Covid strains are actually subvariants of Omicron, but BA.5 and closely related BA.4 are even more highly infectious and are...
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0Asia Pacific NewsWhy Won’t China Give Up on Its ‘Zero-Covid’ Strategy?
It’s a failed approach that has virtually no chance of working in the long term, but Beijing seems to have no intention...
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0Local NewsKuala Lumpur Rocked by Large Explosion
It certainly wasn’t Beirut, but a series of blasts and subsequent fire at a Sentul evidence disposal depot nevertheless resulted in several...
