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Malaysia bans foreign cards at fuel pumps, but S’poreans still free to swipe for RON97

The ban is meant to prevent the misuse of subsidised RON95 petrol.

Motorists refuelling their vehicles at a Shell petrol station along Jalan Lingkaran Dalam in Johor Bahru on March 31.

China’s property slump far from over despite embattled developer Country Garden’s return to profit

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Prabowo and Anwar dial into the Gulf to protect energy and political standing

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Deforestation surge, El Nino raise fears of repeat of Indonesia’s 2015 haze crisis

Thailand to force cannabis shops into medical model as numbers plunge

Pakistan, Afghanistan open fresh talks in China to end conflict, say sources

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After border clashes with Thailand, Cambodia’s economic time bomb ticks louder

The economic realities have raised questions over the performance of Cambodia’s leadership.

Mr Sim Srong surveys the damage of his shop in Samraong district, near the Thai border in Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province. His shop was damaged during the outbreak of hostilities between Cambodia and Thailand.

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How to get a billion passengers to fly in India

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For kinship, not gifts: China’s rise redefines ties with relatives abroad

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Singapore and Shandong to make joint push into green, high-tech future

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Australia considers raising taxes for energy giants as gas profits surge amid Mid-East war

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Jakarta condemns incidents that killed three Indonesian UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

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‘The mosque, the river, the sea’: Why Terengganu folk say they need little else to be happy

Climate change

News analysis

India updates climate targets as energy crisis bites

India added an estimated record 48GW of renewable energy capacity in 2025, versus about 9GW of new coal capacity.

A man rides a motorcycle through a field of solar panels in Gujarat Solar Park at Patan district, Gujarat, India, on Sept 12, 2024. PHOTO: REUTERS

Green Pulse Podcast

What do higher energy prices and the war in the Middle East mean for renewables?

Climate change and Singapore’s adaptation strategy cannot wait for geopolitics to stabilise

Planet trapped record heat in 2025: UN

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7.4-magnitude quake hits eastern Indonesia, tsunami warning issued

The quake hit at a local time of 6.48am in the Molucca Sea, USGS said.
The quake hit at a local time of 6.48am in the Molucca Sea, USGS said.

New Zealand signs Cook Islands agreement to counter China deal

FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Team South Korea and Team Cook Islands wave their flags from a boat during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics.   Lee Jin-man/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Team South Korea and Team Cook Islands wave their flags from a boat during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics.   Lee Jin-man/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Luxon appoints Penk to lead New Zealand defence in Wellington reshuffle

New Zealand's flag flutters in front of 'The Beehive', the executive wing of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings, in Wellington, New Zealand, September 24, 2025. REUTERS/Marty Melville
New Zealand's flag flutters in front of 'The Beehive', the executive wing of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings, in Wellington, New Zealand, September 24, 2025. REUTERS/Marty Melville

French navy chief says China will have to engage more in Strait of Hormuz discussion

FILE PHOTO: A map showing the Strait of Hormuz is seen in this illustration taken March 23, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A map showing the Strait of Hormuz is seen in this illustration taken March 23, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Corruption probe against former Kyrgyz security chief widens with arrest of his brother

China’s property slump far from over despite embattled developer Country Garden’s return to profit

A general view of buildings in Tianjin, China August 18, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
A general view of buildings in Tianjin, China August 18, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo

Malaysia’s public sector, govt-linked firms to work from home from April 15

A work-from-home (WFH) directive for Malaysia’s public sector, statutory bodies and government-linked companies (GLCs) will take effect from April 15.
A work-from-home (WFH) directive for Malaysia’s public sector, statutory bodies and government-linked companies (GLCs) will take effect from April 15.

Pakistan, Afghanistan open fresh talks in China to end conflict, say sources

View of a drug rehabilitation center destroyed in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 18, 2026.
View of a drug rehabilitation center destroyed in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 18, 2026.

Deforestation surge, El Nino raise fears of repeat of Indonesia’s 2015 haze crisis

This handout photo taken in Merauke regency, South Papua, on March 17, 2025 and released by Mighty Earth shows a deforested area that will be converted into a sugar cane plantation.
This handout photo taken in Merauke regency, South Papua, on March 17, 2025 and released by Mighty Earth shows a deforested area that will be converted into a sugar cane plantation.

4 high-value paintings linked to 1MDB case, including a Picasso, to arrive in Malaysia on April 6

Pablo Picasso's L’Ecuyère et les clowns (1961) is among the artworks being repatriated to Malaysia.
Pablo Picasso's L’Ecuyère et les clowns (1961) is among the artworks being repatriated to Malaysia.

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