Separately, a special state assembly session will be held on Tuesday, with Bernama reporting that all state assemblymen attending the meeting are expected to approve and gazette the state bills for gas supply.  The tabling of the Gas Supply Bill 2023 will see the setting…

SURGE IN TRAVEL DEMAND Searches for overseas hotels and flights surged in China, as soon as authorities announced it would relax COVID-19 travel restrictions. According to data from Trip.com Group, search interest for outbound flights from mainland China rose by 83 per cent from Dec…

The US Central Intelligence Agency has argued that Beijing was aiming to develop the ability to take control of Taiwan by that year, though military officials believed nothing was set in stone and the timing of any attack on the island would heavily depend on…

Paris – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday pledged more security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific as Kishida made his first visit to France since taking office. Japan holds the 2023 presidency of the Group of Seven industrialised countries, and…

JAKARTA: A strong 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit deep under the ocean off Indonesia and East Timor early on Tuesday (Jan 10), the US Geological Survey reported. The epicentre of the quake was 427km south of the Indonesian island of Ambon at a depth of 95km, USGS said.…

In one village, the roofs and walls of several damaged houses had collapsed. Debris and household items were scattered on the ground. The quake caused light poles to sway and sent residents running out of buildings and onto streets in Tual, a port in the…