As unrest deepens, Hong Kongers keep eyes on real estate from Canada to Australia
As protests in Hong Kong stretch from summer into autumn with little sign of resolution, a surge in migration applications suggests more locals are making plans to leave the special administrative region. Their sentiments, reflected in passport paperwork and in interviews with residents, migration agents ...
Indonesia's rainforest fires surge, stoking global warming fears
Fires in Indonesia's rainforests have jumped sharply, satellite data show, spreading smog across Southeast Asia and adding to concerns about how the rise in wildfire outbreaks worldwide is affecting global warming. Illegal blazes to clear land for agricultural plantations have been raging on Sumatra and ...
Dutch concerned by Kiev's release of pro-Russia Ukrainian suspect in downing of MH17
Dutch investigators expressed concern Thursday they will be unable to question a Ukrainian man over the downing of flight MH17 after a court in Kiev freed him pending trial. The release of Vladimir Tsemakh, an alleged air defense specialist for pro-Russian separatists, comes amid speculation ...
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's second corruption trial started Wednesday, with a prosecutor alleging he pilfered billions of dollars from the 1MDB state investment fund through an "elaborate charade" and then sought to cover his tracks. Chief prosecutor Gopal Sri Ram said in his ...
Toyo Tire pumps up capacity in Malaysia under global production strategy
Toyo Tire Corp. will boost annual output capacity in Malaysia by 48 percent, to 7.4 million units, as part of a global strategy to promote overseas production, the firm said. Toyo Tire said local subsidiary Toyo Tyre Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. recently built a plant in ...
Malaysia makes record bust of ketamine and cocaine worth $161 million
Malaysian authorities on Friday said they had seized nearly 3.7 tons of ketamine and cocaine worth about $161 million in the country's biggest drugs haul to date. Malaysia is a key transit point for illegal narcotics, with authorities seizing record amounts of crystal methamphetamine in ...
Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak's major 1MDB trial postponed
Malaysian ex-leader Najib Razak's most significant 1MDB trial, which centers on claims that huge sums ended up in his bank account, was postponed Monday for a week after prosecutors said they were not ready. It is the second trial linked to scandal-hit state fund 1Malaysia ...
Body believed to be Franco-Irish teen found in Malaysia jungle
A naked body believed to be that of a Franco-Irish teen who disappeared from a Malaysian resort was found in a jungle ravine Tuesday after a 10-day search involving a massive team. A helicopter winched the body out of the rainforest and transported it to ...
Japan should support nuclear ban treaty, says Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad
Visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Wednesday that Japan, as the world's only country to be attacked with nuclear weapons in war, should support a U.N. treaty banning such weapons. In an interview with Kyodo News in the city of Fukuoka, Mahathir also said ...
Malaysia resumes China-backed rail project after bargaining the price down to $10 billion
Malaysia on Thursday restarted a $10 billion, China-backed rail project that is part of Beijing's global infrastructure drive following its suspension last year when a corruption-plagued government was ejected from power. The 640-kilometer (400-mile) line will link northeast Malaysia, near the Thai border, to the ...
Families of the victims of flight MH17 marked five years on Wednesday since the crash, with calls for justice for the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines plane over war-torn eastern Ukraine. The remembrance services in the Netherlands and Kuala Lumpur came less than a ...
Not going anywhere: How to handle the world's growing trash problem
The stench of curdled milk wafted from a shipping container of waste at Malaysia's Port Klang as Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin told a group of journalists in May she would send the maggot-infested rubbish back where it came from. Yeo was voicing a concern ...
