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EU state aid rules will be fully transposed into UK law should the UK leave the EU without a formal deal in place, the UK government has confirmed.

Proposals allowing the forced sale of long-term vacant or derelict land in Scotland could be more burden than boon for local planning authorities if introduced, experts have warned.

More than 130 members of parliament, across five countries in Southeast Asia, have demanded that Myanmar be investigated by the International Criminal Court (ICC), the most united condemnation from the region since the violence began against the Rohingya a year ago.
In a joint statement released by Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights, they called for the Myanmar military to be “brought to justice” for its “murderous operation in Rakhine State”.
Rohingya crisis:…

Malaysian police on Friday filed criminal charges against fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, who is wanted in connection with a multibillion-dollar money laundering scandal at state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).
Low, popularly known as Jho Low, is regarded as having been close to former prime minister Najib Razak and has been identified by investigators in Malaysia and the United States as a top suspect in the 1MDB case.
He was slapped with eight charges of money laundering at a court…

European pharmaceutical companies will be able to supply their medicines in the UK on the basis of approved batch testing carried out in the EU for at least two years from the point the UK leaves the EU in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit, according to the UK government.

A ban on foreigners buying homes in New Zealand is not enough to solve the problems of affordable housing and homelessness, analysts and campaigners said, as the country became the latest to impose curbs on non-residents buying property.
New Zealand’s parliament last week passed a law to bar many non-resident foreigners from buying existing homes in a bid to curb house price growth and reduce rates of homelessness.
The ban exempts Australians and may also exclude Singapore.
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During Malaysia’s 14th General Election the Ceritalah team travelled the country to talk to working Malaysians to understand what ordinary citizens were going through under the previous National Front government (Barisan Nasional, or BN) – and how they felt. As the 100 days of the new Coalition of Hope (Pakatan Harapan, or PH) government drew to a close on August 17, the team followed up with some of the people they met to get a sense of how they’re feeling now.
“Now?…

Rules requiring banks to publically disclose how often they have had to report major operational and security incidents have taken effect in the UK.

Britain and Japan cancelled a plan for a simulated amphibious beach assault near Mount Fuji this week that would have been the first joint drill between their troops in Japan, officials said on Wednesday, as a typhoon approached the Japanese mainland.
Typhoon Cimaron, which is heading north from the western Pacific, is expected to bring strong winds and rain to Japan over the next few days.
Typhoons Soulik and Cimaron approach western Japan bringing high waves, strong winds
Britain and Japan…

Nearly one million Rohingya Muslims marked Eid ul-Adha on Wednesday in the world’s largest refugee camp, almost a year to the day since a brutal military crackdown drove the persecuted minority from Myanmar in huge numbers.
Prayers were offered in makeshift mosques across southern Bangladesh to celebrate the Islamic festival of sacrifice as cows were slaughtered in muddy fields across the sprawling camps.
Rohingya crisis: terrorism may spread beyond Myanmar, Suu Kyi warns
In Kutupalong, a…