Asian Legal Review

The presidential front runner denied making a ‘very cruel’ comment on voters’ intelligence, as he fended off questions about women’s rights and his multibillion-dollar plan to provide free meals.

With days to go before the February 14 polls, a clear win for the ruling party’s presidential pick appears all but impossible.

The island nation has been struggling with an economic crisis since declaring bankruptcy in April 2022 with more than US$83 billion in debt.

Both Sultan Ibrahim and his predecessor have called for Anwar Ibrahim’s administration to be allowed to see through its full term after years of political turmoil and a revolving door of prime ministers.

The gloves-off feuding between the two powerful political dynasties threatens to destabilise the Philippines, change the US-China geopolitical chessboard in the South China Sea and upend regional politics.

The ‘world’s first’ bespoke regulation on artificial intelligence (AI) is closer to being finalised after the proposed new EU AI Act cleared a major legislative hurdle on Friday.

The European Central Bank (ECB) will conduct “cyber resilience stress tests” to supervise banks and the way in which they respond and recover from cyber-attacks during 2024.

Manufacturers of ‘smart’ products sold in the UK face an administrative burden and technical challenges to comply with new cybersecurity requirements due to take effect in less than three months, with associated obligations also falling on importers and distributors, a cybersecurity adviser has said.

Democrat Betty McCollum and Republican Bill Huizenga said the first-ever caucus on the coup-hit nation will ‘address issues impacting the Burmese people across the US’.

Businesses across sectors and throughout supply chains are increasingly being advised to consider the risk they are exposed to from growing scrutiny of ‘forever chemicals’.