Malaysia’s economy grew 5.3 per cent year on year in the third quarter of 2026, supported by stronger manufacturing activity and a surge in exports, although declining mining output and slower services
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Indonesia’s oil and gas import bill surged 40.2 per cent year on year to US$25.8 billion in the first seven months of 2026, as higher global energy prices increased pressure on the
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Cambodia has referred nearly 450 cases involving around 4,000 people to court in just over a year as it seeks to dismantle the country’s online scam industry, but questions remain over whether
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Italy is deploying 500 additional soldiers to Milan following two days of rioting that caused more than €1 million in property damage, injured 14 police officers and prompted retailers, including luxury fashion
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US President Donald Trump has said Ukraine should consider appointing a new representative to negotiate peace with Russia, arguing that President Vladimir Zelensky has failed to end the conflict despite having had
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Sri Lankan opposition parliamentarian D. V. Chanaka has blamed substandard coal used at the Norochcholai power plant for a nationwide electricity blackout on the 17th, alleging that the plant’s shutdown has forced
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HSBC Group Chief Executive Georges Elhedery said on Tuesday that the Gulf region would recover from the impact of the Iran war through investment in more resilient alternative logistics routes, suggesting that
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OpenCode, an open-source artificial intelligence coding agent, said attackers had breached an older system, affecting 1.4% of users of its online platform, OpenCode Console, where some customers store application programming interface (API)
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Microsoft has introduced new security features designed to monitor and control artificial intelligence agents inside enterprises, reflecting growing concern that the systems companies deploy to perform complex tasks could become security risks
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Sri Lanka is not Myanmar, but the Colombo monks’ protest raises an uncomfortable question about how far the state might go to enforce its authority against Buddhist clergy. As Ranil Wickremesinghe invokes
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Across Europe, young people are increasingly taking to the streets to demand change, confronting governments over everything from unaffordable housing and underfunded education to corruption, economic insecurity and a perceived lack of
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Shares in several Singapore-listed agricultural companies fell on Tuesday after Senior Minister K Shanmugam warned that businesses potentially linked to fires causing regional haze would not escape responsibility, as Singapore considers legal
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Sri Lanka’s opposition United National Party (UNP) has accused the government of failing to provide Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suphajee Suthumpun with appropriate diplomatic protocol and security during her visit to the
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The then German Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the floodgates to refugees from underdeveloped and Muslim-majority countries, allowing them to enter Germany in the name of humanitarian policy. At that time, several well-meaning
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Indian security forces have foiled at least ten infiltration attempts along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir in 2026, killing nine terrorists in five incidents, according to partial SATP data.
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