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Ms Wong lived in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, for eight years as a child before migrating to Australia.

The pact will remove or sharply reduce duties on most goods traded between the countries.

Asia News Network writers discuss recent Nato-related developments and the wider implications. Here are excerpts.

Eateries, stores, suppliers and various organisations are rescuing food that would go to waste to save the environment.

Experts expect countries most affected by supply chain breakdowns and commodity shortages to produce more essential goods locally.

Beijing is likely to make its presence felt more regularly in the territory's governance.

He is seeking a declaration that he was unlawfully detained for eight days in 2018.

Airbus said the deals showed 'positive recovery momentum and prosperous outlook for the Chinese aviation market'.

Ms Suu Kyi has been kept virtually incommunicado by the military after the 2021 coup.

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's soup kitchens are feeling the heat, as they grapple with soaring food inflation and more mouths to feed as homelessness in the capital rises following two years of the pandemic.

Eight businesses in Johor were given compound notices for offences linked to the sale of chickens, eggs and cooking oil.

The extreme weather has destroyed communities, forced evacuations and threatened lives.

Synopsis: Every first Friday of the month, The Straits Times' foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar chats with ST’s correspondents in the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe.

Former ambassador Enrique Manalo, 69, was sworn in as Secretary of Foreign Affairs on July 1.

TOKYO (REUTERS) - The highest temperatures since record-keeping began 147 years ago scorched much of eastern Japan for a week as of Friday (July 2), with the government asking citizens to cut power use as much as possible, while still running air conditioners to stay safe.

Mr Putin said Moscow could take part in Jokowi's plan to move Indonesia's capital to the island of Kalimantan.

Mr Lee, 64, was picked as HK's next chief executive by a small committee in May, winning 99% of the votes.

They found that each year, New Caledonia whales would sing exact songs sung by whales in east Australia.

Qantas and Jetstar are expecting to fly more than 350,000 domestic passengers in the first few days of July.

The downpour would be focused around Sydney, and along the coast to the north and south.