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Multiple agencies could soon drop charges against Indian billionaire and resolve investigations into his company.
The ship’s destination, Nghi Son, can process 200,000 barrels a day – meaning the 1.99 million barrel load can keep it going for 10 days.
Proposed measures include reducing the 60-day visa-free stay to 30 days for tourists from 93 countries and reviewing visa criteria.
The fugitive financier is accused of being the architect of a scheme to siphon at least US$4.5 billion from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund.
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Despite the missile shield’s price tag – six times more than expected – it could probably be overwhelmed by a ‘peer or near-peer adversary’.
Authorities were responding to the massive scale of supporter-organised celebrations in various cities for table tennis star Wang Chuqin.
South Korea’s standing forces have shrunk by 20 per cent in the past six years to 450,000 amid a record-low birth rate.
Faced with falling visitor numbers, the British capital’s museums – both old and new – have a plan to win back the crowds. But will it work?
The expansion brings its total reclaimed area to roughly 11 square km, according to the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative.
Myanmar has been largely sidelined from top-level Asean meetings since a 2021 military coup that sparked a nationwide civil conflict.
‘We can’t control what happens in the Middle East, but we have to take a view that it’s not going to last for two years,’ CEO Tony Fernandes says.
Moscow says it will respond to any attempt by Ukraine to disrupt Saturday’s commemorations.
Wellington plans to increase defence spending to about 2 per cent of gross domestic product, citing rising geopolitical tensions.
The figures show a labour market that is finding its footing after an especially harsh year for hiring.
Beijing has opposed the deployment of the Typhon, which is able to strike targets in Chinese territory from the Philippines.
A new generation of restaurants in the US and beyond is looking past the classics to put unique twists on all kinds of Thai dishes.
The government has ordered authorities to look into claims that a group of businessmen was colluding with MACC officials to oust executives.
Findings by the US transport safety board support a theory that the aircraft was intentionally brought down, killing all 132 people on board.
Tower just kilometres from the Kremlin hit after Russia scales back May 9 parade over security concerns.
The Prime Minister’s three-day visit will focus on defence, critical minerals and broader economic security as Japan takes a more assertive military stance.
Two US lawmakers said the move ‘risks undermining deterrence and sending the wrong signal’ to Russia’s Putin.
The third-largest cohort comprises those born in China, at 732,000, followed by 638,000 from New Zealand.
Weaker Chinese demand and growing competition from Vietnam and Malaysia threaten one of Thailand’s most valuable agricultural exports.
A group representing carriers seeks a return to Covid-era cost caps on aviation fuel and a reduction in taxes to survive the crisis.
The Lee dynasty is now Asia’s third-richest family, up from 10th last year, thanks to an AI-driven upswing in semiconductor valuations.
Clean energy is still a fast cheap source of new capacity, but the government has tried to halt or slow the building of solar and wind farms.
‘The canteen and even the 7-Eleven downstairs are cooler than our office, which is why people end up gathering there,’ a Thai worker says.
Both men’s and women’s winners, Sabastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha, wore the German brand’s new lightweight shoe, as did the men’s runner-up.
The PM’s defeat was hailed by many as proof that the wave of right-wing populism that has swept across the US and Europe has peaked.
