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SINGAPORE: Among the hotly debated issues in Malaysia's proposed budget for 2021 is an allocation of RM85.5 million (US$20.7 million) to revive the government's public relations arm - the Special Affairs Department (JASA). The department,…

MANAMA: Bahrain’s Prince Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa, the world’s longest-serving prime minister who had held the post since independence in 1971, died Wednesday at the age of 84, state media announced. “The Royal Court mourns His Royal…

HONG KONG: A travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore will begin on Nov 22, the two cities announced on Wednesday, as they moved to re-establish overseas travel links and lift the hurdle of quarantine for visiting foreigners. Hong…

LONDON: Norwegian archaeologists have identified a previously undiscovered "high-status" Viking burial site, featuring a feast hall, cult house, and the remnants of a ship burial. Researchers were able to discover the findings…

HANOI: Vietnam's information minister accused foreign streaming companies like Netflix and Apple of skirting their tax responsibilities, saying it would create unfair competition for domestic firms. Foreign stream firms, which have…

KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak said that Barisan Nasional's (BN) support for budget 2021 is conditional upon people being allowed to draw from the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) and an automatic extension of the…

MANILA: A Philippine journalist who survived a previous attempt on his life by pretending to be dead was killed outside his home on Tuesday, authorities said, in the latest such murder. Virgilio Maganes, 62, who was a commentator for radio…

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's health regulator said on Monday (Nov 9) it had suspended clinical trials of a Chinese-developed COVID-19 vaccine after an "adverse incident" involving a volunteer recipient, a blow for one of the most advanced…

LONDON: Premier League Chief Executive Richard Masters has defended the organisation’s current Covid-19 bail-out offer for English Football League (EFL) teams, saying “scarce resources” among elite clubs is a reason for deadlock over the…

PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian mother has been reunited with her nine-year-old son after his father brought him to Dubai two years ago. Rose Hu, 38, had fought a legal battle for more than a year to win custody of her child following her…