Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Food courts and hawker centres are common dining spots in Singapore ByKoh Ewe Published 1 hour ago Police in Singapore are investigating the assault of an elderly man after he patted a young girl on the head at a food court. A man believed to be the father of the […]
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Advertisement Crime in Hong Kong Hong KongLaw and Crime Hong Kong maid cafe operator arrested for allegedly molesting staff, 14 Operator of Mong Kok cafe, a 35-year-old man, allegedly touched employee multiple times, beginning on her first day at work 1-MIN READ1-MIN Listen Leopold Chen Published: 11:20am, 17 Aug 2026 The operator of a Hong […]
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Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto is presiding over celebrations marking the 81st anniversary of the country’s independence, with a flag-raising ceremony at the presidential palace in Jakarta, followed by a military parade.
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Advertisement Britain WorldEurope ‘Inhumane’: UK’s extreme heat pushes NHS staff, patients to limit In hospitals built for a cooler climate, staff are dealing with patients too sweaty to receive drips and colleagues collapsing on the job 5-MIN READ5-MIN Bloomberg Published: 11:52am, 17 Aug 2026 “Horrific, horrendous, unbearable, unsafe.” That is how medical professionals describe the […]
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Credit: Japanese Coast Guard Following the Japan-Philippines Summit Meeting on May 28, 2026, Japan and the Philippines are to hold negotiations to determine the boundaries of their overlapping Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) and continental shelves in the waters east of Taiwan. The main goals include clarifying the scope of resource development, strengthening defense and maritime […]
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ListenListen (5 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo An Israeli soldier stands near a Palestinian home besieged by Israeli settlers in the village of Qusra, south of the city of Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank [File: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP] By Al Jazeera Staff Published […]
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ListenListen (3 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Red Cross volunteers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo carry the body of an Ebola victim on June 8, 2026 [AFP] By Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters Published On 17 Aug 202617 Aug 2026 The […]
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Advertisement Hong Kong politics OpinionHong Kong Opinion Opinion Alice Wu How has John Lee’s promise of a ‘new chapter’ for Hong Kong held up? As the chief executive works on both his policy address and a five-year plan for the city, more boldness, reforms and innovation are needed 3-MIN READ3-MIN Alice Wu Alice Wu is […]
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Advertisement China’s Communist Party ChinaPolitics Xi Jinping speaks at event to commemorate former president Jiang Zemin centenary Thousands gather in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing for the Chinese leader’s speech honouring the centenary of Jiang’s birth 1-MIN READ1-MIN Listen 00:00 WATCH LIVE: China commemorates centenary of former leader Jiang Zemin Jun Mai […]
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Advertisement South Korea This Week in AsiaEconomics South Korean shipbuilders first to benefit from Trump’s plan to keep US Navy afloat The president is allowing foreign shipbuilders with US investments to build up to two vessels at their parent shipyards 4-MIN READ4-MIN Listen Park Chan-kyong Published: 10:00am, 17 Aug 2026 South Korean shipbuilders could be […]
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