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Headlines from the outlets of the region and the specialist cyber press, newest first, one row per story. Headlines in other languages are machine-translated into English; the mark after them gives the language, and the original is underneath. The last 30 days unless you set dates. How translation and stories work · Which outlets, by country
2081–2120 of 2460 articles
Group by story · Times in UTC| Oct 20 15:25 |
Malaysia |
Indonesian anger builds over wildfires, toxic haze
Demonstrators pointed particularly to the government’s inability to put out the fires that have ravaged vast swaths of Borneo and Sumatra since July.
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| Oct 20 15:22 |
Singapore |
'Understanding anger does not oblige us to justify violence': S'porean actress Sharon Au on France riots
She is safe and away from the areas affected by the unrest.
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| Oct 20 15:14 |
Malaysia |
Bersatu stabbed PN in the back, claims Wan Fayhsal
The Wawasan leader claims Bersatu triggered PN’s deregistration after losing its leadership positions in the coalition.
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| Oct 20 14:32 |
Hong Kong |
1,155 nomination forms received for EC poll
The Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC) said it received a total of 1,155 nomination forms for the Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections, as the nomination period came to a close on Tuesday. Designated …
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| Oct 20 14:26 |
Malaysia |
US VP Vance says he will stay out of Israel vote as Trump backs Netanyahu
US vice-president JD Vance says he is focused on the US midterms, while president Donald Trump backs Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the Oct 27 election.
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| Oct 20 13:48 |
Malaysia |
Hamzah alleges bad faith in PN deregistration
The Wawasan president says the RoS applied the law differently to PN and Bersatu, and failed to explain why it rejected the coalition’s defence.
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| Oct 20 13:24 |
Philippines |
Lawmakers who seek expulsion of Beijing's top envoy to Manila not welcome in China — embassy
MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers who asked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to expel or declare Ambassador Jing Quan persona non grata are "not welcome" in China, the Chinese Embassy in Manila on Tuesday …
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| Oct 20 13:14 |
China |
Contested subsectors double in Hong Kong’s Election Committee poll
The number of contested subsectors in Hong Kong’s powerful Election Committee has doubled compared with 2021, in a move observers said reflected Beijing’s push to foster healthy competition within the pro-establishment camp …
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| Oct 20 12:55 |
Philippines |
Sara tops Marcos in latest poll; Robin Padilla leads 2028 Senate race
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte continues to enjoy higher public ratings than President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., while Sen. Robin Padilla leads early preferences for the 12 Senate seats at stake …
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| Oct 20 12:41 |
Thailand |
Italian president awards Princess Sirivannavari highest Order of Merit
ROME, Italy – Italian President Sergio Mattarella presented Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana Rajakanya with the Knight Grand Cross, the highest rank of Italy’s Order of Merit, at the Presidential Palace on 20 October …
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| Oct 20 12:06 |
Malaysia |
PKR demands apology from Mukhriz over alleged PN deregistration plot
Its secretary-general Fuziah Salleh says slides outlining plans to suspend and deregister PN were never presented at PKR’s national congress.
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| Oct 20 12:01 |
Philippines |
Complainants back ‘strategic move’ to drop 3 charges vs Sara Duterte
MANILA, Philippines — The complainants in the first and third articles of impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte on Tuesday said the prosecution’s move to abandon most of the charges was a …
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| Oct 20 12:01 |
Philippines |
Prosecution ready to give ombudsman evidence vs Duterte once requested
MANILA, Philippines — House prosecutors are ready to turn over the trove of evidence they collected for Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial. However, the panel prefers to await a formal subpoena …
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| Oct 20 11:57 |
South Korea |
Ruling party introduces chip cluster bill as union opposes labor exemptions
The ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) introduced a bill Tuesday to support a major semiconductor cluster in Korea’s southwestern region, drawing opposition from labor rights groups over provisions that would ease …
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| Oct 20 11:42 |
Malaysia |
Police dismantle housing protest camps in Portugal
Protesters in Portugal are rallying against soaring housing costs, echoing similar demonstrations in neighbouring Spain, where tents have occupied central Madrid for weeks.
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| Oct 20 11:35 |
Malaysia |
Chinese patrols east of Taiwan are ‘highly destabilising’, says US commission chair
Officials in Taiwan say they believe China is practising a possible maritime blockade using a combination of military, paramilitary and civilian assets.
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| Oct 20 11:24 |
Malaysia |
One in three Americans back second execution attempt after failed one
A nationwide survey found that only a minority supported further attempts to execute inmates who survived previous executions.
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| Oct 20 11:21 |
Malaysia |
Don’t lump refugees with undocumented migrants, warns group
Civil society coalition CSO Platform for Reform says a blanket crackdown risks sending those fleeing war and persecution to torture, imprisonment or even death.
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| Oct 20 11:08 |
Malaysia |
PN can use PAS logo in Melaka polls, says Sanusi
Following the coalition's deregistration, PN election director Sanusi Nor says the Islamic party's logo is familiar to voters.
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| Oct 20 11:07 |
Singapore |
Trump's Republicans had a plan to lock in Texas for a generation. Why is it failing?
Gerrymandering? Let me introduce you to Dummymandering.
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| Oct 20 10:56 |
Malaysia |
Muhyiddin saddened by Perikatan deregistration, warns against abuse of power in coalitions
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — Bersatu president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today expressed sadness over the deregistration...
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| Oct 20 10:45 |
Malaysia |
Anwar sidestepped bigger issues on ‘corporate mafia’, says Rafizi
The Bersama leader maintains that the extraordinary allegations are not the usual claims of corruption or abuse of power.
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| Oct 20 10:36 |
Malaysia |
Australian police charge man over ‘targeted’ attack on lawmaker
The 43-year-old driver was charged on Tuesday evening with dangerous driving and intentionally causing serious injury, as well as harming a public official.
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| Oct 20 10:26 |
Philippines |
Supreme Court sets limits to Congress budget increases
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) ruled that Congress cannot increase the president's proposed budget as indicated in the P449.5 billion increase allotted to unprogrammed appropriations in the 2024 national budget …
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| Oct 20 10:06 |
Malaysia |
PN deregistration a reminder to lead fairly, says Muhyiddin
In a swipe at PAS, the Bersatu president says parties leading coalitions shouldn't abuse their positions to pursue their own interests.
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| Oct 20 09:42 |
China |
Malaysia’s opposition bloc declared invalid, but limited gains for Anwar
Malaysia’s main opposition coalition lost its registration on Tuesday, just 11 days before nominations for a state election, drawing accusations that Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government is using state powers to cripple …
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| Oct 20 09:33 |
Malaysia |
France pledges new curfews as PM seeks to regain control after unrest
The eurozone’s second-largest economy was rocked on Saturday by some of its worst street violence in years.
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| Oct 20 08:59 |
Malaysia |
Budget 2027 debate: Muhyiddin calls for urban poverty master plan, MP allocation law proposed
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — Issues concerning urban poverty, the allocation of funds for Members of Parliament (MPs), a...
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| Oct 20 08:50 |
Malaysia |
Israel’s Ben-Gvir poised for election gains as young voters turn to far right
Polls indicate Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Jewish Power party is gaining support among younger, urban voters ahead of Israel’s Oct 27 election.
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| Oct 20 08:18 |
Malaysia |
On Israeli election eve, settler violence becomes Netanyahu’s liability
Opposition figures despite their political differences, condemned the settler attacks as 'Jewish terrorism', a term Benjamin Netanyahu’s government strongly rejects when used by foreign critics.
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| Oct 20 08:18 |
Philippines |
House prosecutors want NBI to pursue Duterte property probe beyond impeachment trial
MANILA, Philippines — House of Representatives' prosecutors on Tuesday urged the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to deepen its investigation into properties linked to Vice President Sara Duterte, saying other government agencies …
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| Oct 20 07:55 |
Malaysia |
Deregistration won’t dent support for PN, says Samsuri
The Perikatan Nasional chairman questions the timing of the coalition’s ‘extraordinary’ deregistration.
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| Oct 20 07:54 |
Malaysia |
US envoys Witkoff, Kushner to take part in Ukraine talks in Oslo
Ukraine has asked US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to join diplomatic efforts in Oslo to end the war with Russia.
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| Oct 20 07:44 |
Japan |
Infantino to take FIFA re-election campaign to Japan to court Asian soccer federations
Gianni Infantino's campaign for re-election as FIFA president is set to move this week to Japan and a meeting scheduled for Wednesday with the Asian Football Confederation. This…
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| Oct 20 06:43 |
Myanmar |
Rare photos of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi show her receiving books sent by King Charles III
Myanmar’s regime reported on Monday that it had delivered two books sent by King Charles III to jailed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, along with a sealed envelope and diplomatic correspondence. Regime …
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| Oct 20 06:21 |
Philippines |
Marcos wants drug syndicates eliminated, 'uprooted' – Malacañang
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered law enforcement agencies to eliminate any transnational drug syndicate that aims to operate in the Philippines and prosecute those in cahoots with them, …
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| Oct 20 06:06 |
Mongolia |
Mongolian President U.Khurelsukh’s state visit to Germany has begun
President U.Khurelsukh’s state visit to Germany, the first by a Mongolian president in 14 years, is significant as it is taking place within the framework of the 100th anniversary of educational cooperation …
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| Oct 20 06:02 |
South Korea |
President Lee calls for all-out efforts to boost housing supply
President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday stressed the need to cut the time required for administrative procedures in building homes, calling for all-out efforts to boost housing supply. The president made the …
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| Oct 20 05:54 |
Malaysia |
Attack on Australian politician follows years of threats to public figures
Concerns grow over increasingly toxic political dialogue in a country where politicians traditionally live in their electorates with minimal security.
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| Oct 20 05:49 |
Malaysia |
Azmin: RoS deregistration shows Perikatan leadership breached coalition constitution
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) secretary-general Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali said the...
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