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May 16, 2022 5:57 AM

The country reported eight new deaths.

The mountaineer continues to break records despite shattering his heels in an accident in 1996.

May 15, 2022 9:11 PM

SINGAPORE - Mr Aravinth Kumarasamy and five other members of the Apsaras Arts Dance Company from Singapore were midway through their tour of Sri Lanka when its government imposed a three-day curfew on April 2.

May 15, 2022 7:18 PM

While the amendment largely works in Zahid and Najib’s favour, it also means that PM Ismail can delay GE15 without threatening the party’s status quo.
 

May 15, 2022 6:52 PM

China needs to expand the real economy and avoid a mass jobless situation, Mr Xi said in a speech on Dec 8.

Government declared a two-day holiday for the nation’s most important religious event; but cancelled state festival at the Kuragala temple; recent mob violence by loyalists left nine dead and more than 225 wounded.

May 15, 2022 5:03 PM

On Saturday evening, a suicide bomber detonated in a small market.

The US YouTuber drew flak for wearing the Cartier-designed jewellery, which originally belonged to an Indian king, at the New York event’s red carpet.

‘If this ban occurred in a normal year the impact would be minimal, but the loss of Ukraine volumes exacerbate the issues,’ analyst said; India will approve export to countries that need wheat for food security, based on requests.

May 15, 2022 4:32 PM

The surprising thing is that India isn't even a prominent exporter on the world stage.

May 15, 2022 4:10 PM

TANGI VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN (NYTIMES) - The father of six knew that where he was digging could kill him. But winter was approaching, and selling a few pounds of scrap metal peeled from a nearby abandoned military outpost could offset the rising prices of food and fuel as Afghanistan's economy collapsed around him.

May 15, 2022 3:24 PM

WEISSENHAUS (BLOOMBERG) - Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven industrialised nations blamed North Korea's push for weapons of mass destruction for the humanitarian situation in the country, as state media reported more than 170,000 new cases in a worsening fever outbreak.

Jinshiro Motoyama has been on a hunger strike demanding the immediate termination of work on the new base at Henoko and a reduction in the total number of US bases in Okinawa.

May 15, 2022 1:45 PM

Celebrations are muted as the island weathers a worsening economic crisis.

May 15, 2022 12:50 PM

Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah tweeted that he held an informal meeting with his counterpart from NUG.

The president, who met the billionaire in Texas, also invited him to the November G20 meeting in Bali.

Beijing’s absence from top-level, face-to-face diplomacy could exacerbate the divisions that already exist, particularly with Europe.

May 15, 2022 12:00 PM

Last year, three of the five films that entered the prestigious one-billion-rupee club were South Indian. 

Speculation mounts after the government did not directly address a lawmaker’s query whether targets of the plan would include the Central Military Commission.

May 15, 2022 10:56 AM

It is aimed at boosting home ownership and reducing prices.