Fireworks at cabinet meeting today? Anwar challenges Umno ministers to speak up

A road project with coordinates pointing to Nigeria. A government building apparently located in the Sahara Desert. Another road mapped to a sea near Brunei. These are among the unlikely locations listed for infrastructure projects in the Philippines’ proposed 2027 national budget, according to independent watchdogs that have discovered the discrepancies, highlighting problems with government transparency and accountability. Their scrutiny of Manila’s proposed 7.2 trillion pesos (US$114 billion)...

When Huang Baoying was growing up, her older brother helped look after her, their parents recalled. Huang Bocan would tutor his younger sister at night and help her with her studies, their mother said. To his parents, he was a responsible son whom they trusted to help care for Baoying while they worked long hours. Years later, he would be sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her. “We never imagined that things could become so serious,” their father said after Bocan, 34, was sentenced on...

Ex-economy minister shares obstacles encountered in trying to secure Valluvan's promotion.

A restroom with runway views at Incheon International Airport has won the Presidential Award, the top prize at South Korea's 28th Beautiful Restroom Awards.

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A restroom with runway views at Incheon International Airport has won the Presidential Award, the top prize at South Korea's 28th Beautiful Restroom Awards.

Singapore is seeking to flip the script by turning its land and manpower constraints into reasons to embrace AI instead of fearing it, even as the technology carries the spectre of job losses and cyberthreats in the wrong hands, a senior official has said. Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo argued that pragmatism would give her resource-scarce country an edge without becoming overly reliant on any single power or AI provider. At the Family Business Summit in Hong Kong...

Local election and political systems may present challenges.

The event themed Echoes of Time II will feature ceramics, imperial artifacts, commissioned porcelain, and valuable ancient jade pieces, connecting collectors and art lovers and widely spreading heritage values.

An Indonesian police inquiry into the wiretapping of President Prabowo Subianto’s phone was a matter for law enforcement, the country’s police chief said on Thursday, as the scandal exposed the deepening cracks between Prabowo and his former backer and predecessor, Joko Widodo. “We assure you that this is ‌purely law enforcement and has nothing to do with rivalries or anything else,” police chief Suyudi Ario Seto told reporters without elaborating, adding that the arrests must serve as a lesson...

The recognition highlights the historical, cultural and documentary values of the two collections while acknowledging Việt Nam's contributions to preserving and sharing the common heritage of the Asia-Pacific region as well as the world.