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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho
Macau, Monday, April 07, 2025
A former Singaporean Cabinet minister began a one-year prison term yesterday for receiving illegal gifts after saying he would not appeal his sentence in the rare criminal case
A powerful typhoon was lashing the northernmost islands of the Philippines yesterday, prompting officials to evacuate villagers, shut down schools and inter-island ferries and warn of “potentially very
A Thai court yesterday ordered the extradition of a 32-year-old Vietnamese activist detained in Bangkok, despite fears among rights groups he could be at risk if sent home.
North Korea has likely enriched enough uranium to build a “double-digit” number of bombs and is making progress in its efforts to develop more powerful
Mud, rugged terrain and lack of telecommunications hampered rescue efforts Saturday after a landslide set off by torrential rains smashed down into an unauthorized gold mining
Dozens of children drowned while bathing in rivers and ponds in rituals that were part of a three-day Hindu festival in eastern India’s Bihar state, officials
South Korea announced plans yesterday to compensate famers and others in the country’s dwindling dog meat industry before a formal ban goes into effect in 2027, a
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund has approved a new $7 billion loan for cash-strapped Pakistan, authorities said yesterday , more than two months
What nation’s new Marxist-leaning leader means for economy, IMF loans Sri Lankans voted for a new direction in leadership on Sept. 22, 2024, electing
Japan’s top diplomat asked China to ensure the safety of Japanese citizens there after the fatal stabbing of a Japanese schoolboy, and demanded a crackdown on what
An Australian women was arrested in Turkey over her alleged links to a Kurdish militant group in a joint operation by anti-terrorist police and intelligence officers, Turkish
Singapore’s first ministerial corruption trial in nearly half a century began yesterday, with former Transport Minister S. Iswaran facing charges in a rare scandal in the Asian
Small tsunami waves splashed ashore on remote Japanese islands yesterday morning after an earthquake that may have been triggered by volcanic activity. The offshore quake was not
Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president yesterday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the country into
The Pakistani Taliban yesterday denied involvement in a bombing attack on a police convoy that was escorting foreign ambassadors in the restive northwest, as authorities said
Malaysian police said yesterday they have rescued 187 more children and raided locations nationwide linked to an Islamic business group that is being investigated for alleged
Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka’s presidential election, according to tallies released yesterday by the Election Commission, but he is still
China should do more to battle the illegal online gambling and scam call centers run by Chinese criminal syndicates in Southeast Asian countries often using forced
Only a month after Thailand’s adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled on Facebook, her fame became unstoppable both domestically and internationally. Zookeeper Atthapon Nundee
South Korea’s government, Western countries and adoption agencies worked in tandem to supply some 200,000 Korean children to parents overseas, despite years of evidence they were being
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