Month: July 2022

The anti-party hopping bill to curb defections by MPs was approved with a two-thirds majority in parliament.

Najib used the Indonesian president’s trip to Beijing to take aim at critics who had accused him of ‘selling the country’ when he made similar overtures during his leadership.

Given the continuing international freeze on Afghanistan’s economic assets and meagre financial support from erstwhile donors, an increase in the production and sale of illegal drugs is likely. A Taliban boost for the opium trade, combined with its support to terrorist organisations like al-Qaeda, can exacerbate the challenge of narco-terrorism.

UK rules on secondary fundraisings by public companies are to be relaxed, after a series of reforms were recommended in a recent report.

A short-term visit pass issued when Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in the city state earlier this month has been extended for 14 days, sources said.

China is Indonesia’s biggest trade partner and a major source of foreign investment, while China relies on Southeast Asia’s largest economy for mineral resources and sees it as a key belt and road partner.

The governing party in South Africa has been ordered to pay around $6 million to a supplier of promotional banners during the 2019 national election campaign.

The capital punishment of four democracy activists is a warning to the junta’s opponents and the global community for treating it like a pariah, observers say.

His first State of the Nation address was focused on economic plans and did not mention any other country by name, or the South China Sea conflict.

Singapore has launched a S$23.5 million programme focusing on researching the long-term impact of climate change on the country.