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President Zardari calls for moving on from polarisation plaguing politics

The President stated the challenges faced by the country were not impossible to overcome, they “just require dialogue, parliamentary consensus and a timeline [of] implementation…

  • Published: April 19, 20248:10 am
  • Author Dawn
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Parents urged to ditch vaccine hesitancy amid rising pertussis cases in the Philippines

House Deputy Majority Leader Jannette Garin made the call after the Department of Health reported 1,477 cases of pertussis from January 1 to April 6, with 63 deaths.

  • Published: April 18, 202412:44 pm
  • Author Faith Argosino
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Old, unfit vehicles taking lives in Bangladesh

According to the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, there are 35,782 registered buses older than 20 years and 37,275 trucks and lorries over 25 years, and that the number of…

  • Published: April 18, 202410:30 am
  • Author Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary
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Royals step into the void as government struggles with a divided Malaysia

However, analysts believe such interventions could undermine the elected administration and elevate the acceptance of royal activism amid a climate of political uncertainty.

  • Published: April 18, 20248:23 am
  • Author Shannon Teoh
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Malaysians urged to boost unity, avoid fanning 3R issues

The government called on the people of all races and faiths to uphold the decree by His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, on the importance of maintaining unity and to…

  • Published: April 18, 20248:17 am
  • Author Yee Xiang Yun
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X’s failure to address concerns regarding misuse of platform necessitated ban in Pakistan

Access to X has been disrupted since February 17, when former Rawalpindi commissioner Liaquat Chattha accused the chief election commissioner and chief justice of Pakistan of…

  • Published: April 18, 20248:16 am
  • Author Umer Burney and Ishaq Tanoli
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Nepal to crack down on teachers engaged in partisan politics

The ruling was issued to stop school teachers from contesting in different levels of elections of the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML in the run-up to the parties’ conventions.

  • Published: April 18, 20248:15 am
  • Author The Kathmandu Post
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Primary and middle school students in Mongolia to have milk 3 times a week

The program will be implemented in phases starting May 1. In the first phase, 19,300 primary and middle school students of 8 schools will be included.

  • Published: April 18, 20248:14 am
  • Author E. Oyun-Erdene
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All employers in Singapore must fairly consider flexi-work requests from Dec 1 under new rules

The tripartite workgroup aims to sensitise employers, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises with less advanced human resource processes, to consider flexi-time and…

  • Published: April 17, 20249:04 am
  • Author Tay Hong Yi
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Opposition victory upends South Korea’s ruling party’s plans

The People Power Party's plans to merge Gyeonggi Province's Gimpo into Seoul— known as the so-called “Megacity Seoul" project—could be scrapped, as well as the relaxing of…

  • Published: April 15, 20248:55 am
  • Author Jung Min-kyung

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