Tag: Asia
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A rare convergence of 3 former Malaysian PMs at court building, all facing separate legal battles
Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Muhyiddin Yassin and Najib Razak turned up at Kuala Lumpur’s court complex on Thursday (Aug 27) for their respective court cases.
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Former Malaysian PM Ismail Sabri Yaakob charged with failing to declare assets under anti-graft law
Ismail Sabri – who was the country’s prime minister from August 2021 to November 2022 – has been at the centre of corruption and money laundering allegations.
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34 Australians, 9 South Koreans missing following Nepal-Tibet floods
The flash floods that hit the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday have killed at least 160, with the death toll expected to rise.
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What scientists know so far about the deadly Nepal-Tibet floods
The cause of the deadly landslides and floods along the Nepal-Tibet border is not yet certain, but experts say the risk of such events is compounded by the extreme topography of the Himalayas.
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Live: Hundreds missing as rescuers race to find survivors after deadly Nepal-Tibet floods
Experts warned that a blockage remaining upstream could trigger another flood.
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Myanmar’s Dawei port megaproject could offer a regional shipping shortcut, but viability doubts linger
Myanmar’s Dawei special economic zone could offer Thailand a shorter route to the Indian Ocean by bypassing the Strait of Malacca, but conflict, financing constraints and Russia’s role raise questions over whether the long-stalled project can be revived.
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Deadly flood hits Nepal-Tibet border, hundreds unaccounted for
Nepal’s tourism board said Americans, Indians, an Australian, Malaysians and Britons were among those unaccounted for.
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Over 380 missing, including tourists, after flash flood on Nepal-Tibet border kills at least 22
The missing include travellers from Malaysia, India, the US and the UK, as well as over 90 Nepali nationals.
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Nepal floods at China border kill 8, cause ‘major casualties’ in Tibet
Hundreds of people were also reported missing.
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Indonesia’s forestry ministry processes 42 forest fire cases, sanctions six companies
The country’s meteorology agency detected 4,508 hotspots on Wednesday morning (Aug 26), with nearly eight in 10 in Kalimantan. President Prabowo Subianto has instructed officials to do more in preventing forest and land fires.
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