Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan raised his 2025 economic growth forecast to 3.2% on Sunday, saying the city would bolster its role as a financial centre, innovation hub and trade centre to ...
Myanmar’s Election Is Derided as Fake, but the Nation’s Suffering Is All Too Real
A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor country poorer. Now its military rulers are seeking a veneer of legitimacy by holding elections.
Myanmar will hold its first general election in 5 years as criticism of the military rule mounts
Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on Sunday, its first vote in five years and an election framed by the ruling military as a return to multi-party democracy ...
First election since 2021 coup: Myanmar is voting after 5 years amid civil war — why stakes are high
Myanmar has begun voting in its first general election since the military seized power in a coup in February 2021, an event the ruling junta presents .
Myanmar goes to the polls amid civil war and humanitarian crisis
Myanmar has been hammered by a conflict triggered by a 2021 coup in which the military ousted an elected civilian government led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.
GLIMPSES: Prepping polling machines ahead of Myanmar’s weekend election
Before the polls comes the preparation. Officials from Myanmar’s Union Election Commission are prepping polling stations around the country for the following day’s election.
Thailand and Cambodia Reach Cease-Fire in Brutal Border War
The 72-hour cease-fire could pave the way for an end to the fighting, which has killed dozens and displaced thousands over nearly three weeks.
Spinosaurus relative longer than a pickup truck stalked Thailand’s rivers 125 million years ago
A large fish-eating dinosaur died beside a river 125 million years ago in Cretaceous Thailand. Now, the remains of this ancient predator are helping researchers better understand Asia's enigmatic spinosaurids.
Thailand and Cambodia Sign New Ceasefire Agreement
Thailand and Cambodia have signed a fresh ceasefire deal after hostilities erupted following the collapse of an initial deal agreed to earlier this year and signed in October. The neighboring ...
Iran’s president says his country is in a full-scale war with the West
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday his country is in a full-scale war with the U.S., Israel and Europe ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s meeting ...