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South Korean boy band BTS, a fundraising juggernaut for US social justice causes, met with President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday to discuss hate crimes targeting Asians.The K-pop stars made brief statements to reporters prior to the meeting, calling for a halt to crimes targeting Asian A...
World
India is likely to see normal monsoon rains in 2022, the state-run weather office said on Tuesday (May 31), the fourth straight year of normal or above normal summer rains that spur farm and overall economic growth in Asia's third-biggest economy.India is likely to see 103 per cent rainfall of a...
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday (May 31) that Ankara and Riyadh were in agreement for a visit by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Turkey in the coming period, but no date had been set yet."Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman's visit to Turkey was ac...
Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has downplayed calls for an early election, citing a rise in food prices and other living costs, Nikkei reported on Tuesday (May 31).An election is not due until 2023 but Datuk Seri Ismail has been facing pressure from some in his party, Umno, to call an ...
The Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA) is expecting about 52,000 migrant workers to arrive by the end of the year but warned that it would be too little, too late for output to rebound in the world's second-largest producer.Malaysian plantations have been struggling to harvest palm fruit due ...
Israel on Monday (May 30) warned its citizens against travel to Turkey, citing Iranian threats of revenge for the assassination last week of a Revolutionary Guards colonel.Teheran has blamed Israel for the killing of Hassan Sayad Khodai, who was shot dead at the wheel of his car by two people on a m...
Samoa signed a bilateral agreement with China on Saturday (May 28), promising "greater collaboration" as Beijing's foreign minister continues a tour of the South Pacific that has sparked concern among Western allies.The deal's details are unclear, coming midway through a Chinese de...
Brazil is preparing to receive a record number of international observers for its October election, according to electoral authorities and participating organisations, amid a polarised presidential race in which President Jair Bolsonaro has questioned the reliability of electronic voting machines.Mr...
Sports,Tennis
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga gave Norway's eighth-seeded Casper Ruud a run for his money in a tight French Open first round battle but predictably headed into a tear-jerking retirement with a 6-7(6), 7-6(4), 6-2, 7-6(0) defeat on Tuesday.The Frenchman, whose career had been hampered by multiple injuries i...
Egypt will position itself as an impartial arbiter while hosting this year's COP27 UN climate summit, as it pushes other nations to act on climate pledges while promoting the interests of the developing world, a senior Egyptian official said.Egypt, where unauthorised public demonstrations are ba...
China's military said on Wednesday (May 25) it recently conducted an exercise around Taiwan as a "solemn warning" against its "collusion" with the United States, Chinese state media reported. US President Joe Biden angered China on Monday by appearing to signal a change in a ...
Hacked-off thorn branches encircle two mounds of earth heaped over the tiny bodies of Ms Halima Hassan Abdullahi's twin granddaughters. Babies Ebla and Abdia lived only a day.Weakened by hunger, their mother gave birth to the twins a month early, eight weeks after their exhausted family walked i...
Sports,Football
New Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag says that Cristiano Ronaldo is part of his plans for the club, ending speculation over the Portuguese forward's future.Ten Hag was unveiled as United boss on Monday and while he avoided making grandiose promises, the Dutchman was clear when asked at thi...
The four leaders of the “Quad” group of countries vowed on Tuesday to work together for a free and open Indo-Pacific region and to fight climate change, as they met for talks aimed at standing up to an increasingly assertive China.US President Joe Biden, at the opening of talks with the ...
New Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday (May 24) climate change was the main economic and security challenge for low-lying island counties in the Pacific, referring to a region in which China has been extending its influence."The region is looking to us to work with them ...
Finland and Sweden will send delegations to Ankara on Wednesday to try to resolve Turkish opposition to their applications for membership of the Nato military alliance, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said on Tuesday (May 24).“We are sending our delegations to visit Ankara, actually bo...
AC Milan clinched their first Italian Serie A title in 11 years after earning a 3-0 final-day victory at Sassuolo on Sunday, with a double from Olivier Giroud and one from Franck Kessie sealing the Scudetto in style.Stefano Pioli's side came into the final round of fixtures knowing a point would...
Indonesia allowed a resumption of palm oil exports from Monday (May 23) after a three-week ban, but shipments were not expected to get underway until details emerge on new rules aimed at securing domestic supplies of the edible oil.The Southeast Asian country, the world's biggest palm oil produc...
President Joe Biden arrived in Japan on Sunday (May 22) to launch a plan for greater US economic engagement with the Indo-Pacific, facing criticism even before the programme is announced that it will offer scant benefit to countries in the region.On the second leg of his first Asia trip as president...
Indonesia's resumption of palm oil exports will not blunt Malaysia's competitiveness in exporting the edible oil, the Malaysian commodities minister said on Sunday (May 22), pointing to the rival's loss of sales in India.Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin urged "all Malaysian oil palm grow...
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