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The 22-year-old died July 30 in a hospital in Kerala state, where he was treated for fatigue and encephalitis. Authorities subsequently learned he’d tested positive for the monkeypox virus on July 20, the day before he returned to India.

Singapore has welcomed US engagement in the region, including through initiatives like the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, as Nancy Pelosi makes an Asia tour.

Guatam Adani – worth more than US$115 billion – made his riches in power, green energy, gas, and ports, but may venture into telecommunications, where Mukesh Ambani – who is worth US$87 billion – has the leading company in India’s mobile market.

The head of the US Indo-Pacific Command said he wanted to identify new areas where Washington could work with Wellington, calling Australia and New Zealand’s Pacific leadership ‘critically important’.

‘Many agree that men who have sex with each other should not be thrown into prison’, said Singapore’s law minister in a Facebook video, while noting that ‘people don’t want’ the city state’s current definition of marriage to change.

A tiny turtle rescued by a Sydney zoo took six days to pass all the plastic in his system. A veterinary nurse said he was lucky to survive. The amount of plastic in the world’s oceans is projected to outweigh fish by 2050, according to the WWF.

Russia’s Singapore envoy Nikolay Kudashev said Russia had ‘nothing to be ashamed of, and nothing to regret’, pointing out that few Asian nations had sanctioned President Vladimir Putin’s government over its war in Ukraine.

Jacinda Ardern on Monday called for Beijing to be clear that it does not support the invasion of Ukraine, and to uphold the international rules and norms that both China and New Zealand had benefited from.

. The state of emergency was first declared in February 2021, after the military toppled the civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi

The man wearing a police uniform, who is believed to be an officer, was brandishing a Russian-made AK-47 assault rifle when he broke into two shops. He took trays filled with gold and jewellery that he threw on the pavement outside, shouting for people to take the items, according to a police statement

He won the presidency in 1992 and was credited with steering the economy into a period of rapid growth until the 1997 financial crisis hit Southeast Asia.

Filmmaker Toru Kubota, 26, was detained near an anti-government rally. More than 2,000 people have been killed and at least 14,000 arrested since last year’s military coup.

As the South Asian nation prepares to mark its 75th independence day, its massive population of young people say they feel powerless to challenge a power structure ruled over by a tiny, elderly elite.

When flavoured condoms are soaked in hot water, polyurethane from the condoms is released, resulting in a cocktail that can give off a high that lasts for 10 to 12 hours at a time, Vice reported.

Visa delays amid a post-pandemic travel surge are prompting Indian citizens to cancel their overseas summer plans or visit nearby Asian countries.

A lack of protection or even downright crackdowns on news and journalists hurt more than liberal freedoms – markets and economic growth also depend on the free flow of news and information to thrive.

Meagre incomes don’t leave workers with much at the end of the month, and millions are pushed deeper into debt as they take out new loans to get by.

Meeting will be the first face-to-face dialogue of foreign ministers from Japan and China since November 2020 amid heightening tensions between the two countries.

Beijing wrong-footed Washington and its allies by aiming for the Indo-Pacific Strategy’s soft underbelly. The significance of their rivalry for regional security cannot be overstated.

Tasik Chini was recognised in 2009 as Malaysia’s first Unesco ‘biosphere reserve’. But rampant mining and logging along its shores have poisoned the water and stripped away natural habitat – putting its heritage status at risk.