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A panel said it preferred to invite bids for the project, which the govt estimates would cost S$4.1b.

Taiwan’s government said Mr Lai would be stopping off in the US on his way to and from Paraguay, which drew anger from Beijing.

The slide in the Japanese yen has made holidays to the country the cheapest in decades.

The World Meteorological Organisation warned of increased risk of deaths linked to high temperatures.

He has 15 days to respond to the temporary suspension.

He said climate should be treated as a “freestanding” challenge that requires the collective efforts to resolve.

Tourists took selfies by a thermometer that displayed a real-time surface temperature of 80 deg C.

Mr Dong Jingwei, 59, was appointed as director of the Office for Safeguarding National Security.

Shocking child abuse or infanticide cases uncovered after probe to check on over 2,000 undocumented babies.

Travis King had been investigated for assault in September 2022, and spent two months in prison.

Pita faces an uphill task to sway Parliament with the military-dominated Senate against his nomination.

Lawyer Jayarubbiny Jayaraj said Section 498 of the Penal Code violates women’s right to equality before the law.

Move comes just hours after an American nuclear-armed submarine made its first South Korean port call in decades.

An Outcome Document and Chair’s Summary, released after the meeting highlighted the differences over the war in Ukraine.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League has been accused of human rights abuses and corruption.

The last time the river reached the walls of the monument was in 1978, local media reports said.

The regulations put an emphasis on public-facing products and preventing subversion. 

President of the main opposition Congress party Mallikarjun Kharge said “India” stands for “Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance”.

“If history is of any guide, neither the US nor China can afford the price of treating each other as enemy,” the former US Secretary of State said.