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The UK insurance industry has pledged to act to ensure that long-standing customers are not unfairly penalised at renewal compared to new customers.

US President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Thursday morning that his “highly anticipated” meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un would take place in Singapore on June 12, saying that they will try to make the summit “a very special moment for World Peace”. 
Trump tweeted his announcement about seven hours after he welcomed three Americans who had been held in North Korea when they returned to the US at Joint Base Andrews, a military base in Maryland, early…

The catchphrase “Malaysia Boleh” or “Malaysia Can” evolved as a national slogan in the early 1990s, rallying citizens around the proud vision of a tiger economy aspiring to developed nation status. Over time, it came to be used by its very citizens in a mocking tone, deriding their Southeast Asian nation, and especially its government, for its bumbling ways.
But since the night of May 9, spirits have been soaring again as Malaysians try to grasp, still in disbelief, the…

The use of blockchain in financial services could pose a risk to competition, a senior official at the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said.

When a smiling North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shook hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on the border of their countries during a summit last month, images of the historic moment grabbed the world’s attention.
It was the first time a North Korean leader had set foot in the South since the 1950-1953 Korean war. Moon and Kim said they would work to denuclearise the Korean peninsula and seek a peace agreement to replace the 1953 armistice.
Since that April 27 encounter,…

Five Indonesian police officers and a prisoner were killed in clashes at a high security jail that saw Islamist inmates take an officer hostage, authorities said Wednesday, with negotiations underway to secure his release.
The deadly riot broke out late Tuesday at the facility inside the Mobile Police Brigade headquarters in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta.
It comes several days after the arrest of three terror suspects accused of plotting to attack the police headquarters and other…

Vietnam requested on Tuesday that China withdraw military equipment from the South China Sea, following media reports this month that China had installed missiles there.
“Vietnam requests that China, as a large country, shows its responsibility in maintaining peace and stability in the East Sea,” Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said in a statement, referring to the South China Sea.
China ‘installs cruise missiles on South China Sea outposts’
The…

The UK government must “immediately” establish the new Industrial Strategy Council, a manufacturing trade body has said.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo may find himself without a challenger in the next election.
While Prabowo Subianto – leader of the main opposition party and runner up in the 2014 election – has accepted his party’s endorsement, it’s uncertain if he can assemble a viable coalition to be nominated by an August deadline. Widodo is leading in opinion polls and wooing the former general, who’s seen as his only real competition.
The lack of a credible contender in next…

A strong chemical smell that prompted more than 20 visitors to complain of throat pain at a popular Kyoto temple last week may have been caused by an animal repellent spray used nearby, the city government said Monday.
A city contractor used the spray containing capsaicin, found in chilli peppers, near Nanzenji temple around the time the visitors complained of throat and other pain Wednesday morning, according to local authorities.
Police are investigating the incident as a possible case of…