This picture taken and released by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on July 13, 2024 shows rescuers carrying out a casualty for further attention at a hospital, after a landslide in Ha Giang province that killed at least 11 people. A landslide triggered by heavy rains buried and killed at least eleven people who were travelling in a van in northern Vietnam, the country's disaster management authority said on July 13. (Photo by Vietnam News Agency / AFP)
Malaysia:
* Negligent, weak and undisciplined teachers excluded from time-based promotion, says Anwar
* Upcoming civil service salary review among best ever, says Anwar
* M'sia projected to rank 16th in world's 30 largest economies by 2075, says finance website
* MCMC lauds govt review for sterner action against cyberbullying
* BN may go solo for GE16, says Tok Mat
* Law clamping down on mule accounts a positive development, says Bukit Aman CCID director
* Rules on prohibition of e-cigarette sales expected to be implemented soon
* Malaysia to propose Asean Community Vision 2045 concept in 2025, says Mohamad Hasan
* Make new drugs from US, Europe available to DMD patients here, urges advocate
* A-G Report: LCS procurement process refers to earlier construction, says Mohamed Khaled
* Spike in commercial crime with losses amounting to RM1.2bil this year, says CCID director
* Peja willing to give way to Hamzah to be Bersatu no. 2, says Muhyiddin
Visitors entering Haw Par Villa, an Asian cultural park which features Chinese folklore, legend and mythology in Singapore. At Hell's Museum in Singapore, the main attraction at Haw Par Villa park, visitors are welcomed to a kitschy, air-conditioned hell on Earth. - AFP
Singapore:
* Pope Francis will promote intercultural, inter-religious dialogue on Asia trip, Vatican official says
* Singaporeans say air-con, holidays and dining out are most essentials for them in expensive city-state
* End ‘witch-hunt’, says Joseph Schooling on swimming selection controversy
* After 4 ‘lung washes’ and S$40k spent, ex-vaper reclaims his health
* Estate of businessman killed by father-in-law fails in appeal to get back luxury watch
* Carbon credit project half the size of Singapore wins court reprieve
* Samaritans: Suicide cases see record drop in 24 years in Singapore
* Oil settles down on weaker US consumer sentiment; weekly loss
Indonesia:
* Indonesia's Prabowo to allow debt-to-GDP ratio to reach 50%, FT reports
* Autonomous tram coming to Indonesia's new capital Nusantara in July, says Transport Minister
* 27 dead, 15 still missing as Indonesia rescuers announce they have ended landslide search
* UN says world population to peak at 10.3 billion in the 2080s
* Indonesia says it has begun recovering data after major ransomware attack
* US$8b durian export bid to China faces thorny challenges
This photograph shows the new Indonesia's future Presidential Palace (centre) in the future capital city of Nusantara, in Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan. The new city is scheduled to begin operating as the country's new political centre on August 17, 2024 during Indonesia's 79th Independence Day in the future capital city of Nusantara in Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan. - AFP
Thailand:
* Thai PM Srettha urges expansion of halal food market to boost country's economy
* Body of missing Chinese woman believed to be kidnapped in Thailand found buried in Chachoengsao province
* Controversy erupts over new Thai senator’s education credentials
* Thailand expands visa-free status to 93 nations to boost tourism
* Thai banks admit inability to investigate Myanmar arms trade
Philippines:
* Philippines raises the alert for La Nina, weather phenomenon to star in August and last until next year
* US renews call on China to stop aggressive actions in disputed sea, where hostilities have flared especially against the Philippines
* Philippine Senate orders arrest of town mayor probed for alleged Chinese crime ties
* Environment in focus as Beijing, Manila spar over fate of warship on disputed shoal
* WHO urges more surveillance in bird flu fight; countries must be prepared to handle human-to-human transmission cases
Officials get their hair shaved by their family members during a mass Buddhist novice monk ordination ceremony ahead of the beginning of the three-month Buddhist Lent on July 21 and honouring Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn's 72nd birthday, at Ratchabophit temple in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday, July 13, 2024. - Reuters
Vietnam:
* Death toll increases to 11 in northern Vietnam after landslide buries van
* Indian billionaire Adani plans to build port in Vietnam to tap trade opportunities
* At least nine in minibus killed in landslide in Vietnam's mountainous north
* Landslide in Ha Giang buries van, kills eight
* More warded over vaping; number of hospitalisation cases due to electronic cigarette use has been increasi
Myanmar:
* 105kg of heroin blocks worth at least RM3.5mil seized in eastern Myanmar
* Rescuers recover five bodies after Myanmar river accident
* Myanmar's Temple city pines for tourists
Members of Nepal's Armed Police Force (APF) search for survivors in the Trishuli River at the site of a landslide following heavy rainfall in Simaltar on Saturday, July 13, 2024. Nepali rescue teams resumed their search early on July 13 for at least 63 people missing after monsoon rains triggered a landslide that swept two buses off a highway and into a river. - AFP
Cambodia:
* Military helicopter goes missing in Cambodia, says Defence Ministry; poor weather hampers search and rescue missions
* Cambodia advises fishermen, tourists not to venture out to sea due to bad weather
* Cambodia mulls selling its products through global titan Amazon
Laos:
* Laos, WHO join hands to address health-related challenges in the country
* Ambitious Thailand-Laos cross-border passenger train service begins trial operation
* Luang Prabang farmers grow coffee for export to Japan
Brunei:
* Brunei economy well poised for growth despite global uncertainties, says its central bank; robust 6.8% seen in Q1
* Grand parade rehearsal for Brunei King Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah's 78th birthday
Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant pose for photographers during their pre-wedding ceremony in Mumbai, India. The youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, has married his longtime girlfriend in what many have dubbed the wedding of the year. The wedding early Saturday was being attended by global celebrities, business tycoons and politicians, highlighting the billionaire’s staggering wealth and rising clout, and came after months of festivities.(AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade, File)
AseanPlus:
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* After big success in Kalki, Indian legendary actor Kamal Haasan returns to his roots in Indian 2, the character that made him a superstar 28 years ago
* Darvel Bay’s corals escape severe bleaching but not destructive human activities
* Wedding party resumes for son of Asia's richest man - a fantasy event now seen in reality
* India's Reliance, Bollywood fuel Ambani wedding hype through social media
* Earth sees warmest-ever June, the 13th consecutive record-breaking month
* India's Ambani wedding spectacle gets political with Modi posters
* China launches online crackdown on 'harmful' content targeting children
* New quality productive forces reshaping China's economic landscape
* BTS' Jin to carry Olympic torch near Louvre Museum
* Japan aims to recycle 50,000 tonnes of used clothing
* Pakistan court acquits ex-PM Imran Khan, wife in unlawful marriage case, lawyer says
* Taiwan on alert over 'waves' of missile tests in north China
* K-pop group NewJeans named tourism ambassadors
* Australia PM tells Russia to 'back off' after claims over espionage arrests
* Three climbers die on Mt Fuji within two days of opening
* US forces in Japan to strengthen measures to prevent sex crimes
* North Korea denounces declaration at NATO summit, KCNA says
* S. Korea, US sign guidelines for decisive, integrated response to NK nuclear attacks
* China’s exports top forecasts but falling imports point to more stimulus
* Tennis - Djokovic ready to live up to his own lofty expectations in final against Alcaraz
* Doping - Probe of Chinese swimmers could keep US from hosting future events, ASOIF says
* Super rugby on show: Tele'a double edges All Blacks past England 24-17 to win series
