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Two other Asian cities made the top 10 of the 2025 Happy City Index - Seoul ranked 6th and Taipei 8th.

Chinese tourists have been using publicly accessible surveillance feeds to capture their group travel photos at iconic locations.

Debate surrounding the M72 tuberculosis vaccine candidate arose after Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s remarks following his meeting with philanthropist Gates, the Microsoft co-founder.

The developments were announced following meetings on Thursday (May 15) in Kuala Lumpur between a Bangladeshi government official and Malaysia’s Home Affairs Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail as well as Human Resources Minister Steven Sim.

Washington is looking to export US dairy and grain products to India, as part of efforts to balance its US$45 billion trade deficit with New Delhi.

Businesses are shifting their focus to Europe and Southeast Asia amid the threat of higher US duties.

Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand can ill afford to emerge from US talks with higher tariff rates than China, say analysts. 

Investors are reassessing Beijing’s military capacity and potential to rise as an arms exporter, says Shuli Ren for Bloomberg Opinion.

The persistence of political dynasties hinges on three interconnected factors: Name recognition, resource control and patronage networks, says Southeast Asian politics expert Sophie Lemiere.

If convicted, 27-year-old Muhammad Irshad Abdul Hameed could be jailed for up to 10 years and fined RM50,000 (US$11,661).

As rail infrastructure ages, components need to be replaced and structures such as pillars and tunnels have to be reinforced. 

Budi Gunadi Sadikin had earlier said that a man who buys jeans larger than size 33 inches is obese and those who are obese are likely to “meet God sooner”, drawing public pushback.

Huawei’s significance in China’s AI sector stems from its ability to produce advanced chips that rival Nvidia’s in performance.

Investors are snapping up properties near the future Bukit Chagar RTS station, driving up rents and land costs. Do decades-old bakeries, barbers and tailors in the area stand a chance?

There’s an irony to claiming victory in a trade war that yields no winners, says former SCMP editor-in-chief Wang Xiangwei.

Zhang Runbao, 23, and Ye Yingxi, 18, both reportedly Chinese nationals, had allegedly tried to deceive Ye’s mother into paying a five million yuan (US$693,832) ransom on May 2 at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur.