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World begins to bid goodbye to 2025 with fireworks and icy plunges
Reuters, Published on 31/12/2025
» Dec 31 - 10...nine...eight...As Wednesday turned to Thursday, people around the world said goodbye to a sometimes challenging 2025 and expressed hopes for the new year to come.
Gay-themed forum is cancelled in Malaysia
The New York TImes, Published on 01/06/2025
» KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A planned forum on themes related to LGBTQ+ issues in Malaysia was indefinitely postponed after online attacks by the public and harsh criticism by a government official.
M5.9 earthquake strikes Myanmar, felt in northern Thailand
Apinya Wipatayotin and Reuters, Published on 13/04/2025
» A 5.9-magnitude earthquake was detected Sunday morning northeast of Myanmar's Meiktila City.
Giant sinkhole appears in English village
Reuters, Published on 19/02/2025
» GODSTONE, England - A large sinkhole has appeared in this village in southern England, swallowing up at least one garden and forcing authorities to evacuate residents from around 30 homes.
Laos keen to cash in on ecotourism
News, Mongkol Bangprapa in Laos, Published on 03/02/2025
» Khammouane province in Central Laos is being highlighted as new attraction in the neighbouring country. It has invited tourists and investors from Thailand to explore its natural landscapes and business opportunities.
Philippines raises ‘serious concern’ over China ‘monster’ ship
Bloomberg, Published on 16/01/2025
» The Philippines said it expressed “serious concern” over the presence of Chinese vessels near its shores during talks with China on their South China Sea dispute.
British woman dies in suspected methanol poisoning in Laos, taking toll to five
Reuters, Published on 22/11/2024
» LONDON - A British woman who fell ill after drinking contaminated alcohol in Laos has died, the fifth foreign national now suspected to have died in the incident.
Hong Kongers bring mattress, fridge, oversized items on public transport
South China Morning Post, Published on 31/05/2024
» HONG KONG - A photo shared on social media showing a woman bringing a mattress onto a Hong Kong tram has sparked questions about what passengers can take on public transport.
Malaysia’s top court axes several state Islamic laws
Reuters, Published on 09/02/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s top court on Friday declared unconstitutional more than a dozen Islamic laws enacted by the state of Kelantan, in a landmark decision that could affect similar sharia laws in other parts of the Muslim-majority country.
Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore hope to lure Chinese with visa-free travel
Reuters, Published on 09/02/2024
» SINGAPORE/BANGKOK - Chinese engineer and aviation enthusiast Wei Ming is exactly the kind of visitor the tourism authorities in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand are looking for.