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Storms uprooted trees and ripped roofs across Malaysia’s capital of Kuala Lumpur on Monday night, as forecasters warned of a potentially dangerous collision between the seasonal monsoon and La Nina climate phenomenon that could dump more rains over the coming weeks. The northeast monsoon brings heavy rains and strong winds to Malaysia all the way through March, while La Nina …

JPMorgan Chase’s Asia-Pacific head is confident that New Delhi can navigate its trade woes with Washington India is a “bright spot” in a difficult global economy due to its strong domestic growth and minimal dependence on exports, JPMorgan Chase Asia-Pacific head Sjoerd Leenart has said. In an interview with Bloomberg TV on Monday, Leenart said he is confident that India …

Firefighters have been battling a blaze at a recycling site in Hong Kong’s Tsing Yi for about seven hours since it broke out, two days after another fire erupted near the same spot. The Fire Services Department was alerted at 4.12am on Tuesday that a fire had broken out at a recycling site at the junction of Tsing Sheung Road …

OPINION — Israel’s Operation Rising Lion will go down as among the most impressive military campaigns in history. Military academies, military planners, and the Intelligence Community will study it for decades. More urgent, however, is that policymakers understand the importance of U.S. support in enabling Israel to advance our shared interests. In less than a fortnight, Israel brought to its …

OPINION — “In the 12-month period ending in October 2024 [Fiscal Year 2024], 84,076 Americans died from a drug overdose, according to the most recent available provisional statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), underscoring the devastating effect these cartels have on our country. Although these numbers show a 25 percent decline since the same 12-month period …

Belgium, Luxembourg and Malta have all announced recognition of a Palestinian state during the UN General Assembly on Monday Belgium, Luxembourg and Malta have formally recognized Palestine during a summit on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, expanding the list of European Union nations supporting Palestinian statehood. Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said Brussels …

Hong Kong building owners could incur millions of dollars in costs and require a year to repair glass curtain walls damaged by storms, experts have said, as Super Typhoon Ragasa sparks safety concerns with its potential record wind speeds. The Observatory warned on Monday that Ragasa could pose a “considerably larger” threat than Super Typhoon Mangkhut, which resulted in at …

Multiple drone sightings at major European airports on Monday evening caused all air traffic to be grounded and dozens of diversions, with authorities still investigating the source of the disruptive airspace incursion. Copenhagen Airport in Denmark was closed for over four hours after two or three “large” drones were spotted hovering over the largest travel hub in the Nordics. Witnesses …

Prabowo Subianto said his country is willing to provide peacekeeping forces in Gaza. He made the remarks during a speech at the United Nations’ General Assembly session. “It is with a heavy heart that we recall the ongoing, unbearable tragedy in Gaza”, he said. “Thousands of innocent people have been killed, most of them women and children, and famine and destruction …

The executive order follows the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, which the US president blamed on “radical left violence” US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order formally designating the Antifa movement as a domestic terrorist organization, citing a “coordinated campaign of political violence” aimed at law enforcement and conservative figures, the White House announced on Monday. The …