Johor rep proposes a three-day weekend
The Johor assemblyman said it was better to standardise the rest days between the government and private sector to ensure the well-being of the family.
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Osaka Court backs denial of same-sex marriage
Similar lawsuits are also underway at district courts in Tokyo and the cities of Nagoya and Fukuoka.
Door open for Anies to join 2024 Indonesian presidential race
The NasDem party’s plan to nominate popular figures like Anies came amid claims that members of the ruling coalition have agreed to prevent non-party candidates from contesting.
Universal pension: Bangladesh govt okays draft act
As per the draft law, a person will have to provide a premium for at least 10 years to get pension from the age of 60 until his death.
‘Everybody wants to be segregated’: Internal divisions in US hardening, warns Yale’s Prof Amy Chua
Citing anti-immigration, anti-China and anti-Muslim sentiment, she described the US currently as "hunkering down, and in a kind of very open way".
Russia’s war in Ukraine could last years, NATO’s Stoltenberg says
Adding that the supply of weaponry to Ukrainian troops would increase the chance of liberating Donbas, the Secretary General said, “we must not let up in supporting Ukraine”.
Sara Duterte takes oath as 15th vice-president
Thee inauguration took place at San Pedro Square in Davao City — her hometown, where she is the outgoing mayor.
PTI supporters stage nationwide protests against rising inflation on Imran’s call
He warned that more price hikes and inflation were in the offing and asked people to amp up their struggle against the "imported government".
Stateless refugees and the calculus of human worth
World Refugee Day is a good day to talk about how our world deals with statelessness. But maybe the conversation ought to start with the state.
Have we already started seeing the Rohingya refugee crisis differently?
The writer says the shift in the 2022 Joint Response Plan and its focus on environmental sustainability seems to highlight a strategic and philosophical shift in response to the…