Taiwan's government called on the European Union to quickly begin trade talks after the bloc pledged to seek a trade deal with the tech-heavyweight island, something Taipei has long angled for. The EU included Taiwan…
nalysts say China's recent invitation of Myanmar's ousted pro-democracy party to a regional summit is an old move from its foreign policy playbook aimed at burnishing its bruised image in Myanmar and helping protect its…
SINGAPORE– Singapore reported 910 new cases of COVID-19 infection yesterday, bringing the total tally in the city-state to 74,848. Of the new cases, 803 are in the community, 103 in the migrant workers’ dormitories…
YANGON – The number of COVID-19 infections has increased to 440,741 in Myanmar, after 1,790 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health yesterday. …
JAKARTA– The administration of Indonesias’s capital, Jakarta, yesterday, started conducting its pilot cinema reopening programme, as the number of daily COVID-19 cases in the city was declining, a city official said. The Jakarta tourism…
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN– Brunei resumed the COVID-19 first-dose vaccination yesterday, after receiving the Sinopharm vaccines from China days ago. Due to a shortage of supply of COVID-19 vaccines, following thousands of locally transmitted cases…
SINGAPORE– Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX), grew at a slower pace in Aug, as the year-on-year growth narrowed from 12.7 percent in July, to 2.7 percent, Enterprise Singapore, a government agency, announced today. The…
KUALA LUMPUR— The Malaysian King, Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, and the Queen Raja Permaisuri Agong, Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, are making a special visit to the United Kingdom…
