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July 15, 2023 9:30 AM

The company is expected to set up a head office, service centre and experience centre.

A kilo of tomatoes now costs more than a litre of petrol in the country. Here's why.

Rights groups say as long as UK does not resolve the seasonal job recruitment issue ‘on a systemic level’, the problem will move ‘from one country to another’.

Hong Kong's health secretary suggests people should stare at smokers in restaurants or other public spaces.

Shekhar Kapur says diverse casting is "a good thing" but hides "a greater, more fundamental issue".

Their own memories fading, former World War Two sex slaves seek justice in their twilight years.

July 15, 2023 5:00 AM

Videos and photos of wild elephant Arikomban raiding shops for rice have gone viral on social media.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says his counterpart Sergey Lavrov focused on attacking Washington and ‘attributed every problem in the world’ to the US.

July 14, 2023 9:55 PM

They warned of larger protests if a second parliamentary vote does not install the majority coalition's PM candidate.

The blast is the latest in a series of failures in the country's space experiments.

The countries already signed an agreement to construct a state-of-the-art Hualong One reactor, and China gave Pakistan a US$5 billion to help unlock a bailout from the IMF.

July 14, 2023 8:50 PM

Indonesia will most likely have a three-way presidential election on Feb 14, 2024.

Tycoon Ong Beng Seng has been entrenched for decades in the Singapore establishment and is known to have a colourful persona and aggressive dealmaking skills.

The launch is India’s first major mission since PM Narendra Modi ’s government revealed policies to spur investment in space launches, satellite-based businesses.

Hiroko Hatagami, a 51-year-old unemployed resident of Matsudo city, said she made the 2,761 calls because she craved attention.

July 14, 2023 7:15 PM

The country's religious communities currently follow their own personal laws and customs.

July 14, 2023 7:00 PM

The storms have been relentless, with one Chongqing district posting a record 227mm of rainfall.

Not ‘out of the woods completely … it’s ‘still a half full, half empty kind of situation’, economist says.

July 14, 2023 6:00 PM

He says negotiations for stability in Myanmar must involve Ms Aung, who is currently serving a 33-year sentence.

July 14, 2023 6:00 PM

South-east Asia 'is not about choosing sides', Singapore's foreign minister says.