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UPDATED 8.45PM | Electoral watchdog concerned decision was setting a poor precedent.
As Rodrigo Duterte’s crimes-against-humanity trial looms, an international tribunal faces the challenge of managing a sprawling prosecution case around the health of an 81-year-old former president of the Philippines, on top of shielding the proceedings from a highly charged media environment. Those pressures came into focus at an International Criminal Court (ICC) status conference on Wednesday, when Presiding Judge Joanna Korner urged prosecutors to trim their witness list and evidence ahead...
Thousands of Vietnamese queue to pick up their new iPhones Friday as Apple's authorized resellers in Vietnam began handing over the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max simultaneously from 8 a.m.
The greater risk lies in how the parties frame the decision, says UM senior lecturer.
Thai Queen Suthida highlighted traditional Thai culture and craftsmanship across five outfits worn during her recent state visit to Vietnam.
Indonesia welcomed its first aircraft carrier on Friday, a former Italian warship that the government says will strengthen the archipelago nation’s maritime security and disaster response capabilities. The 41-year-old former ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi, with capacity for short take-off and vertical landing aircraft and helicopters, was welcomed with a military ceremony upon its arrival at a naval base in North Jakarta’s Tanjung Priok seaport. Rome in March agreed to give the carrier, which was...
A 16-year-old student shot dead at least two fellow students and then killed himself at a school in the southern Philippines on Friday, provincial officials said. Eight others were injured, with four in critical condition. All the victims – Grade 9 students at Banga National High School – were aged 14 to 17, said Albert Palencia, mayor of Banga town in South Cotabato, where the shooting took place. The incident follows two fatal gun incidents since June at schools in the Philippines, where...
The Ministry of Education and Training has proposed eliminating university admission bonus points for IELTS certificates and excellent student awards starting next year.
What's going on in the news today, with updates at 9am, 2pm, 6pm, and 9pm.
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UPDATED 3.24PM | Ex-PM must pay RM50m fine, comply with all pardon-related conditions.