Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told a group of Asian journalists that Moscow’s poor performance on the battlefield served as a cautionary tale about the quality of Russian arms.
Crazy Rich Asians: Singapore to surpass Australia, Hong Kong as Asia’s millionaire capital by 2030: HSBC
The proportion of millionaires in Singapore, Australia, Hong Kong and Taiwan is also expected to be higher than the US by the end of the decade, the HSBC report said.
Pot-smoking tourists not welcome in marijuana-friendly Thailand, says health minister Anutin Charnvirakul
‘We don’t welcome those kinds of tourists,’ Thailand’s Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters when asked about recreational marijuana use among foreign visitors.
‘Too low’: Indonesia’s call for optimism doesn’t match 5.3pc growth target, analysts say
President Joko Widodo touts 5.44 per cent growth in second quarter of 2022 and 27-month trade surplus run, calls on Indonesians to be vigilant amid geopolitical uncertainties.
West Australia considers carbon penalty for high emission generators
The state government of West Australia (WA) is considering a carbon penalty for high emission power generators connected to the state grid.
Rohingya demand security as UN rights chief visits Bangladesh’s squalid camps
Michelle Bachelet met residents of the sprawling and squalid relief settlements housing nearly a million ethnic Rohingya who fled persecution in Myanmar.
Malaysia eyes Thailand’s medical cannabis policy, as Kuala Lumpur contemplates its own marijuana strategy
In April, Malaysia’s health ministry said it was ready to conduct clinical trials on products containing cannabis extract for health purposes.
German fighter planes en route to Australia as Berlin shifts focus to Indo-Pacific
The air force’s largest peacetime deployment comes amid rising tensions with China in the region in wake of US House Speaker Pelosi’s Taiwan visit.
Thai police arrest China’s She Zhijiang, suspected gambling kingpin, ‘on the run for a decade’
She Zhijiang, the chairman of Yatai International Holdings Group, which has made gaming investments in Cambodia, the Philippines and Myanmar, is accused of running illegal online gambling operations and will be extradited to China.
BECCS gets UK backing as CCUS clusters shortlist announced
Businesses could soon have new UK incentives to invest in technology that generates energy from sustainable biomass while storing the carbon released in the process.