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Get back to work…please: Philippine president urges senators to end boycott
MANILA, June 3 — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos warned today that important laws may be derailed as senators backing Vice President Sara Duterte stopped attending sessions ahead of her impeachment […]
Indonesia free meals agency HQ sealed off after investigators raid premises
JAKARTA, June 3 — Investigators from the office of Indonesia’s Attorney General raided the headquarters of the country’s National Nutrition Agency in the early hours of Wednesday, officials said, saying […]
Flood warnings issued as storm Jangmi moves towards Tokyo
TOKYO, June 3 — A severe tropical storm moved towards Tokyo on Wednesday, with forecasters warning of floods after torrential rain battered swathes of the country and prompted calls to […]
Indonesia’s Prabowo sacks free meals agency chief over governance, food quality concerns
JAKARTA, June 3 — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has sacked the head of the National Nutrition Agency, which oversees his flagship US$20 billion (RM79.6 billion) free school meals programme, an […]
Trump signs AI order giving government access to powerful models
WASHINGTON, June 3 — US President Donald Trump yesterday signed an executive order creating a voluntary framework under which AI developers will share advanced models with the government before public […]
Trump admin abandons US$1.8b fund to compensate supporters
WASHINGTON, June 3 — The Justice Department yesterday dropped a contentious plan to create a US$1.8 billion (RM7.16 billion) compensation program that critics had denounced as a “slush fund” for […]
Israel, Hezbollah trade blows as diplomats meet in Washington
BEIRUT, June 3 — Israel and Hezbollah exchanged fire yesterday while Lebanese and Israeli envoys met in Washington for direct talks, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying the […]
US government appeals judge’s order for tariff refunds
WASHINGTON, June 3 — The Trump administration yesterday formally appealed a judge’s order for refunds of the US president’s global tariffs after they were struck down by the Supreme Court […]
‘I can’t breathe’: Clashes erupt after UK police handcuff dying student
SOUTHAMPTON, June 3 — Video of a dying student who was handcuffed by British police after being stabbed by a Sikh man and falsely accused of racially abusing his murderer […]
Trump names ally Bill Pulte as US intelligence chief, despite no security experience
WASHINGTON, June 3 — President Donald Trump yesterday appointed a loyalist housing official with a history of targeting Trump’s enemies as the head of US intelligence, despite him having no […]