SINGAPORE – A number of scandals rocked the Chinese entertainment scene this year – notably the arrest of pop star Kris Wu for rape, and the surrogacy and tax evasion controversies involving actress Zheng Shuang. And Chinese President
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Evergrande: China property giant misses debt deadline
A crisis at the world’s most indebted company has worsened after news it had missed a crucial repayment deadline. Chinese property giant Evergrande, whose liabilities exceed $300bn (£228bn), failed to meet interest payments to international
Read moreCricket Australia chief backs Paine to make test return
Cricket Australia (CA) CEO Nick Hockley hopes Tim Paine returns to country’s test side “as quickly as possible” after the wicketkeeper resigned from the captaincy because of his involvement in a “sexting” scandal. Paine disrupted
Read moreToshiba investors fret over lack of clarity surrounding vote on breakup plan
TOKYO : Toshiba Corp is grappling with difficult decisions as it seeks to muster shareholder support for its plan to split into three companies, with some investors concerned it might set a preliminary bar for
Read moreABAC®Malaysia celebrates 2021 Anti-Corruption Day
Anti-bribery and anti-corruption efforts are a huge priority in the South Asia Region, with many governments trying to strengthen laws and enhance enforcement in both their private and public sectors. As recent high-profile corruption cases
Read moreChina warns nations will ‘pay price’ for Olympic boycott
China has warned countries who have announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics that they “will pay the price for their mistaken acts”. The US, UK, Australia and Canada will not send government
Read moreAnalysis: Peng Shuai scandal mismanagement triggers Olympic boycotts
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Read moreNajib no-show in court, judge maintains verdict will be delivered tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR: A no-show by Datuk Seri Najib Razak, his lawyers and also the former prime minister’s bailors at the Court of Appeal today enraged the judge presiding over the case, prompting him to warn
Read moreCurrent Covid-19 screening tests able to detect Omicron
SHAH ALAM: All types of screening, including the use of antigen rapid test kits (RTK) are capable of detecting positive cases following the emergence of a new Covid-19 variant, Omicron. Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said
Read moreBursa Malaysia ends lower as markets spooked by new variant
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 26): Bursa Malaysia ended broadly lower on Friday in line with regional markets amid weak sentiment following the emergence of a new Covid-19 variant in South Africa as well as a recent
Read more3 top execs at Mizuho Bank group to resign next spring over system failures
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. chairman and president as well as the head of its banking unit will resign next spring following a series of system failures that have hurt public confidence in one of Japan’s
Read more$200 Million Electric Vehicle Factory Investment Coming To Quebec
Major investments by Canada and Quebec in electric vehicle battery assembly TDS News – Today Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, and the Premier of Quebec, François Legault, announced on Monday an equal investment totalling nearly
Read more182 Unmarked Graves Found At Former Residential School Near Cranbrook, British Colombia
In recent weeks, there have been hundreds of unmarked graves discovered at former Residential Schools across Canada. On June 30, the Lower Kootenay Band informed the public that they had found an additional 182 unmarked
Read moreGet The Vaccine Or Get Suspended Without Pay
Mandatory vaccination for Toronto City Workers The City of Toronto recently reported as of October 5, 26,138 members of the Toronto Public Service are fully vaccinated, which is 89 per cent of City staff who
Read more31,500 Malaysians to benefit through PENJANA SIM grant
ome 31,500 Malaysians will stand to benefit from the efforts of 63 social enterprises (SEs) who received funding totalling US$2.39 million (RM10 million) through the Malaysian Government’s PENJANA’s Social Impact Matching (SIM) Grant in the
Read moreHow Asia, Once a Vaccination Laggard, Is Revving Up Inoculations
Several countries are now on track to surpass the United States in fully vaccinating their populations, lifting hopes of a more permanent return to normality. SINGAPORE — As the United States and Europe ramped up their Covid-19 vaccination programs,
Read moreShortages, shipping, shutdowns hit Asian factory output
In this April 27, 2020, file photo, employees of a private delivery company sort out parcels at a distribution center in Beijing. (AP Photo) Shortages of power, computer chips and other parts, soaring shipping costs
Read moreBiden hosts Indo-Pacific leaders as China concerns grow
WASHINGTON–President Joe Biden is set to host the first in-person gathering of leaders of an Indo-Pacific alliance known as “the Quad” on Friday, wrapping up a tough week of diplomacy in which he faced no
Read moreMalaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are leaving their zero-Covid policies behind, but they aren’t ready to open up, experts warn
Hong Kong (CNN)After months of lockdown, parts of Southeast Asia are leaving behind their “zero-Covid” policy and charting a path toward living with the virus — despite experts’ warnings that it may be too early to do
Read moreUncharted waters for South-east Asian nations after Aukus submarine deal
A new trilateral defence pact between Australia, the UK and the US, known as Aukus, will lead to greater uncertainty for South-east Asia, but analysts say the region could gain from having a counterbalancing force against an
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