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The shifting narrative in favour of China has more to do with anger over US President Donald Trump’s disruptive policies, says former SCMP editor-in-chief Wang Xiangwei.

In 2024, Malaysia’s median house price was more than four times its median annual household income. To reverse this, the government, developers and financial institutions must all play their part, analysts say.

IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers' resignation comes just months after the airline faced widespread criticism following a spate of flight cancellations and delays late last year that disrupted travel plans for thousands of passengers.

The Pyongyang-Beijing train will begin the round-trip service on Mar 12, operating four times a week.

A government-commissioned simulation showed that all passengers would have survived had the concrete structure not been present.

Sixteen Chinese nationals, believed to be the syndicate’s ringleaders who had been hiding abroad, were arrested in a series of coordinated operations under the codename “Op Dragon”.

OpenClaw, an open-source AI assistant that does everything from booking flights to organising email, has gained particular traction in China.

A river clogged with timber in North Aceh has become a symbol of how deforestation and extreme weather collided.

BrahMos is an Indian-Russian joint venture headquartered in New Delhi. Its missile system comes in land-based, air, ship-based, and submarine-based versions. 

Rising tensions in the Middle East have exposed Southeast Asia’s growing reliance on imported energy and are testing the region’s economic resilience, say experts.

Australia's Qantas Airways, Scandinavia's SAS and Air New Zealand are among the airlines that have hiked ticket prices, citing the spike in fuel costs.

President Donald Trump also said he would waive some oil-related sanctions on "some countries" following talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

Once a tiny indie label tucked above a button shop in Kuala Lumpur, Joe Chia is now a global name worn by K-pop stars like Seventeen’s S.Coups and Stray Kids’ Felix. Founders Joe Chia and Melissa Deng tell us how they built one of Asia’s most compelling menswear brands.

India trains nearly 400,000 nurses annually, more than any other country. In the second of a four-part series on the global nursing shortage, CNA looks at why Indian nurses are seeking work elsewhere.

The latest search, which began in December and concluded in January, scoured an area of around 15,000 sq km.

The proposed drop-off points include Senai International Airport, JB Sentral, Medini, Southkey, Mount Austin and Eco Botanic among others.   

Companies are maintaining regular contact with employees on the ground and have restricted business travel to and from the region.

Authorities are targeting offences ranging from doxxing and online rumour-mongering to telecom fraud, according to reports released at the Two Sessions meetings on Monday (Mar 9).

The collapse took place after hours of heavy rain in the area, local media reported.

The trip follows a sharp deterioration in Japan-China relations.

A Chinese official accused Taiwan's prime minister of "running to Japan to engage in little tricks of seeking independence and making provocations".

The late singer-songwriter is survived by his wife, actress Sheila Dara Aisha. 

Filipino nurses are highly trained and recruited overseas, but this exodus is straining hospitals at home. In the first of a four-part series, CNA looks at the global nursing shortage and how countries are holding on to their healthcare staff.

The two US allies in East Asia face a choice: cooperate on defence or make peace with China, says political science professor Robert Kelly.

More than 60 people are still missing.

“(China does not) subscribe to the logic of major power co-governance,” said Foreign Minister Wang Yi in a Sunday (Mar 8) press conference during the Two Sessions.

Balendra Shah of the Rastriya Swatantra Party also defeated veteran four-time prime minister KP Sharma Oli in his own seat.

At a press conference on Sunday (Mar 8), Wang Yi also renewed China’s call for an immediate ceasefire and said Beijing is ready to work with Middle Eastern countries to restore order in the region.

The press conference at the Two Sessions comes at a time of heightened global tensions, with an escalating Iran war.

The premier is facing multiple challenges that may force him to call early elections, nearly two years ahead of the February 2028 deadline, say analysts and insiders.

The building blocks of the technology industry are deeply dependent on petroleum flowing through the Strait of Hormuz, says David Fickling for Bloomberg Opinion.

India received the docking request for the Lavan on Feb 28, the day the Iran war started

With a record 12.7 million graduates entering the workforce this year amid slowing growth and AI disruption, youth employment took centre stage at a Two Sessions press conference.

Arrested in February across several states, the youths were part of messaging groups that discussed plans to target police stations, government installations and places of worship in Malaysia, said the police chief in revealing the arrests on Friday (Mar 6).

A minister in Prabowo Subianto’s Cabinet said separately that the president has received the backing from several Middle Eastern and other Islamic countries for the undertaking.

The family of Daim Zainuddin, an influential two-time finance minister who died in November 2024, said in a statement it was "public knowledge" that the investigation targeted Daim's widow Na'imah Abdul Khalid and their sons.