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An Umno official had asked Dr Mahathir to stop fanning racial sentiments.

Japan plans to release treated water from the plant into the ocean over the next 30 to 40 years.

The island is said to have enough local fresh water supplies for residents for less than 30 days.

Authorities have asked farmers to restrict rice planting to a single crop to conserve water.

Efforts underway to mend US-China relations after trade war, tit-for-tat sanctions and export bans. 

Mr Wang Yi’s remarks come as Beijing and Washington step up their efforts to deepen their influence in the region.

Dr Ayu Yoneda will train for about two years before being considered for a mission to the lunar surface.

A source said a decision could take two months.

The police offered rewards for information leading to any arrest.

Camouflaged Taiwan army Humvees roared around the coastal drill area in Pingtung county’s Fangshan.

Mr Pita Limjaroenrat’s march to become the news prime minister will have to overcome doubts in the Senate.

Working at night a solution as another heatwave - where daily temperatures would exceed 37 deg C - descended on northern Vietnam in early July.

Offshore gaming operators have long been linked to crimes like human trafficking and money laundering.

“Barbie” is the latest movie to be banned in Vietnam for depicting China’s controversial nine-dash line.

Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat, 42, is set to become Thailand’s new prime minister.

BEIJING - Mr Liu Zhongtian, who founded Zhongwang Group and built it into Asia’s biggest maker of aluminum extrusion products while launching himself onto the Forbes list of China’s richest billionaires, now finds himself under legal restraint with his company in bankruptcy and much of his wealth evaporated. What went wrong?

The ship will call in at Kiribati, Tonga, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste.

Footage on NHK showed flames in the shattered second floor windows.

Shipments of coal used for power generation and steelmaking will rise steadily by volume until at least 2025.

Pakistan is an avatar for how changed weather conditions affect climate-vulnerable countries that are not climate-resilient.