[ad_1] Rosmah Mansor, the wife of Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak, pleaded not guilty yesterday to one count each of soliciting and accepting bribes over a solar hybrid project for rural …
Read More »Five constants for Australia’s Asia policy
[ad_1] The increasing strategic competition between the US and China means one thing for most of the countries in the Asia–Pacific region: it’s going to be harder to respond to a more …
Read More »Man slashed to death, teen critically injured after attack at Johor school carnival, SE Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] JOHOR BARU (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – A man was killed while another suffered serious injuries during a brazen attack in broad daylight at a school in Skudai. The …
Read More »Pressure on girls for perfect body ‘worse than ever’, says British writer Susie Orbach, East Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] HONG KONG (AFP) – Girls and young women are under more pressure than ever to achieve the perfect body in an oppressive social media-driven world that could never have been imagined …
Read More »Calls for open trade to greet Pence as Trump skips Asia summit
[ad_1] Asia-Pacific leaders will join the heads of Southeast Asian states this week in Singapore to renew calls for multilateralism and fresh pledges to resolve regional conflicts ranging from the Rohingya crisis …
Read More »Cambodian strongman Hun Sen defends promoting sons, SE Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] PHNOM PENH (AFP) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen lashed out at critics on Thursday (Nov 8) for questioning high-level appointments bestowed on the strongman’s children, denying that the promotions were …
Read More »Malaysia’s ex-governor of central bank quizzed over land purchase, SE Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] PETALING JAYA • Graft busters have questioned former Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Muhammad Ibrahim over the central bank’s controversial RM2 billion (S$659 million) land purchase from the Finance Ministry in …
Read More »China and the United States must rebalance their prospects, according to Kissinger, East Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] Former diplomat Henry Kissinger, as chief architect of the US-led campaign to Communist China more than 40 years ago, could be forgiven for considering with some dismay the current tension between …
Read More »KL examines other transactions of former Goldman banker: Anwar, Southeast Asia
[ad_1] Malaysia's pending leader said the government is reviewing new Goldman Sachs deals led by former partner Tim Leissner, whose fundraising work for 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) has resulted in the Walloon …
Read More »China's Xi Jinping pledged to raise trade with US, Asia News & Top Stories
[ad_1] SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged on Monday (Nov. 5) to lower tariffs, broaden market access and impedance to the United States and others. The China International Import Expo, …
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