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  1. Jais confirms khalwat arrest involving politician

    State religious authority confirms two individuals were nabbed at about 6pm yesterday.

  2. S’pore is experiencing its 12th consecutive day of unhealthy air, the longest since 2015 haze crisis

    During similar episodes in 2019 and 2023, periods of unhealthy air only lasted a couple of days

  3. BUV ranks 41st in Asia in QS Global MBA Rankings 2027

    British University Vietnam (BUV) is the only Vietnamese institution featured in the QS Global MBA Rankings for the second consecutive year, rising two places to 41st in Asia.

  4. Wang Yi: China-Türkiye cooperation benefits global economic recovery

    Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Thursday on the sidelines of the 7th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia in Baku.

  5. Indonesian governor under fire over viral Singapore breakfast photo as haze chokes his province

    East Kalimantan Governor Rudy Mas'ud is facing a backlash after a photo of him at breakfast with his wife in Singapore went viral while wildfire smoke blankets his Indonesian province.

  6. Former Chinese flight attendant turns human smuggler on Thai-Malaysian border

    Thai immigration police have arrested a 34-year-old Chinese former flight attendant accused of brokering illegal border crossings between Thailand and Malaysia for Chinese nationals.

  7. Researcher accused of neurotoxin attack on Vietnamese colleague, caught fleeing to China

    A Chinese graduate student at the University of Wyoming has been arrested at Los Angeles International Airport, accused of poisoning a Vietnamese colleague's tea with a neurotoxin before trying to fly home.

  8. Peso sinks past 63:$1 for the first time

    MANILA, Philippines — Expectations of higher US interest rates bolstered the greenback and dragged the Philippine peso past 63 per dollar for the first time on Thursday, putting the spotlight on how the Bangko Sentral…

  9. Kris Aquino expresses love, support for son Josh following viral remarks

    Kris Aquino lightly addressed the issue involving her eldest son Josh

  10. Overseas Filipino remittances hit 3-month bottom in August

    MANILA, Philippines — Money sent home by Filipinos overseas hit a three-month low in August, as remittance growth remained modest amid geopolitical risks facing migrant workers abroad. Latest data from the Bangko…