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China’s economy is having major problems. Despite the country’s dominance of global manufacturing, its living standards are starting to stagnate...

Oil firms to cut pump prices this week

Oil companies are poised to lower pump prices this week. Shell, PetroGazz, and CleanFuel will cut the prices of diesel...

Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President, dies at 100

Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured...

South Korea’s acting leader orders inspection of airline systems after country’s worst air disaster

SEOUL - South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok on Dec 30 ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country's entire...

Israeli forces order evacuation of northern Gaza town, residents say

CAIRO – Israeli forces carrying out a weekslong offensive in northern Gaza ordered any residents remaining in Beit Hanoun to...

How Hong Kong hospital engineer tackled ‘mission impossible’ on Covid ward

Around the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, former Hong Kong Institution of Engineers president Yuen Pak-leung saw a news report...

From secret society to karaoke club: Malaysia’s Chinese clan associations fight to stay relevant

TAIPING – As the sun dipped below the horizon, the Tsen Loong Association premises in the sleepy-hollow town of Taiping,...

‘An old friend’ of China: former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100

Former US president Jimmy Carter, who established formal diplomatic relations with Beijing and welcomed China’s paramount leader Deng Xiaoping to...

Año defends purchase of advanced weapons

NATIONAL Security Adviser Eduardo Año defended the Philippines' recent purchase of advanced defense systems, saying the country has the right...

Nearly 300 arrested in Syria crackdown on Assad loyalists: monitor