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15 February 2024, 09:58 AM
Covid-19 cases on the rise in Southeast Asia, Middle East and Europe
The number of new coronavirus cases rose in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe last week, while the number of deaths globally dropped by 16%, according to the World Health Organization’s latest weekly pandemic report issued Wednesday.
22 June 2022, 18:47 PM
In Southeast Asia, social media preachers under the spotlight
Indonesian preacher Abdul Somad Batubara has been in the headlines for being denied entry into Singapore over his extremist teachings.
28 May 2022, 06:46 AM
Electric car-sharing service to roll into Singapore
An electric car-sharing service is going to be launched in Singapore in December, in what the company behind the scheme says is going to be a first for Southeast Asia.
28 September 2017, 06:04 AM
Southeast Asia's Grab to get $2.5b extra firepower in Uber battle
Southeast Asian ride-hailing service Grab expects to raise $2.5 billion in a record round of fundraising to cement its lead over Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] in the region and grow its payments platform.
24 July 2017, 05:52 AM
Heatwave sears Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia has been roasting in an extended heatwave through much of April with temperatures reaching unprecedented
30 April 2016, 18:00 PM
KL yet to inform Dhaka decision on not hiring workers
The Malaysia government is yet to inform Bangladesh formally about its decision to halt the recruitment of new foreign workers into the country.
13 March 2016, 07:21 AM
Myanmar president hails 'triumph' of democratic transition
Myanmar President Thein Sein hails the "triumph" of the country's transition of power, addressing a military-dominated parliament for the final time before a handover to Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy movement.
28 January 2016, 05:49 AM
Presidents of China, Taiwan to hold historic meeting
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Singapore this weekend, the two sides said, in what will be the first meeting between leaders from the rivals since the end of a civil war in 1949.
4 November 2015, 05:10 AM
Torrential rains increasing in warming world: Study
Torrential rains have become more frequent worldwide since 1980, with Southeast Asia getting the biggest increase in downpours, a scientific study said on Tuesday.
8 July 2015, 12:43 PM
Myanmar needs to treat Rohingya as citizens: US
Myanmar's government needs to treat minority Rohingya Muslims as citizens to solve the root cause of the migrant crisis in Southeast Asia, say the United States.
3 June 2015, 06:03 AM
Myanmar scraps proposed 5 pct tax on phone cards as telecoms boom
Myanmar scraps proposed 5 percent tax on mobile phone top-up cards after lawmakers voted against the levy, the state-owned Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said on Thursday.
28 May 2015, 05:46 AM
Malaysia finds 139 graves at ‘cruel’ jungle trafficking camps
Malaysian authorities find 139 graves, and signs of torture, in more than two dozen squalid human trafficking camps suspected to have been used by gangs.
25 May 2015, 05:14 AM
Save migrants, deal with cause of flight: UN chief
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges Southeast Asian nations to deal with the causes of humanitarian crisis forcing Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants to flee by sea.
23 May 2015, 12:29 PM
Australia PM rules out resettling Asian boat migrants
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has ruled out helping resettle the wave of migrants fleeing to Southeast Asia, saying it would worsen the problem and "encourage people to get on boats".
21 May 2015, 12:28 PM
Diplomatic moves start as Myanmar faces blame for migrant crisis
Malaysia says its foreign minister would meet his Indonesian and Thai counterparts to discuss the influx of boatpeople to Southeast Asia as international pressure grew for a regional solution.
17 May 2015, 12:46 PM
US calls for regional response to migrant crisis
The United States has voiced fear for the lives of the migrants abandoned by traffickers at land and sea, calling on Southeast Asian nations to co-operate to address the crisis.
13 May 2015, 12:05 PM