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A social stigma against women in STEM fields is a ‘loss for the nation’ that is lowering innovation, productivity and competitiveness in Japan.

Durian is growing increasingly popular in China, with imports soaring by more than 150 per cent in the first quarter, and is being gifted to newly engaged or married couples, as well as to prospective mother-in-laws.

Australia’s foreign minister turned on the charm offensive in a dialogue session with Indonesian youth, assuring them the two countries could lean on each other in difficult times.

Jasmine Loo, formerly a legal counsel to the 1MDB fund, was said to have fled Malaysia before the 2018 general election.

One analyst believes the launch was a warning to the US over spy planes flying near the North’s waters, and the impending arrival of an American nuclear submarine in the South.

The two Germans were charged with murder of real estate broker Hans-Peter Mack after his body was found stuffed into a chest freezer in a home in Pattaya.

Dashed lines appear in several locations around different land masses on a map in the film. But Manila’s censors said they found only eight dashes around the landmass labelled ‘Asia’.

Pita Limjaroenrat’s bid to become Thailand’s 30th prime minister could yet be thwarted by an army-drafted constitution specifically designed to leave the door ajar for the royalist generals and their allies to regain power, experts say.

Being developed to fly at nine times the speed of sound, Venus Aerospace’s planned jet will be equipped with rocket engines to climb to an altitude of 52,000 metres – more than four times as high as traditional jetliners.

Malaysia and Singapore cancelled the plan to build a 350km rail line connecting the two countries more than two years ago after they failed to agree on several proposed changes to the project.

Canberra fears the police cooperation plan ‘will invite further regional contest’ in the Pacific, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s office said.

Iswaran has been ordered to go on a leave of absence by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong while the city state’s Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau investigates.

Experts say the recent inability of oil producers to raise prices through output cuts indicates that the largest consumers – primarily in Asia – are starting to move away from nonrenewables.

As China’s partners face domestic troubles, Cambodia’s stability makes it an outlier. The relationship is more transactional than others, with no ideological bond – in many ways a good basis for regional cooperation.

Lam Seng Yip, 52, was previously convicted in 2019 of stealing operational items from police and Aetos traffic marshalls and given a mandatory treatment order.

The ruling comes after a series of mostly positive regional court judgments about same-sex marriage, and passing of a law to promote understanding of the LGBTQ community.

Some victims hope the #MeToo resurgence could lead to amendments to the law governing sexual harassment in workplaces, due for review by Taiwan’s legislature in July.

Marius Mihai Draghici was jailed for 12 years and 7 months over the deaths of 39 migrants who suffocated in a lorry brought to the UK from Belgium in 2019.

Executives were questioned on their companies’ links to China, alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang, and restricting details about Covid-19’s origins on their platforms.

The Philippines’ consideration comes as Beijing warned that involving a third party to resolve the maritime dispute could turn the waterway into a ‘sea of war’.