The key meeting, which begins Monday (Oct 26), could offer clues about Beijings priorities ahead of 2027, observers say.

The palm oil cultivation company said the hotspots detected within its estate between January and Oct 21 were in community enclave areas.

"This matter must be approached with care and compassion. The adolescent involved is still growing and developing," saidSarawak's Minister of Women, Children and Community Well-being Development Fatimah Abdullah.

"She was able to say she was in good health, but being 81, things aren't getting any better," saidKim Aris of his mother, Aung San Suu Kyi.

Businesses in Pakistan say the closure of key border crossings with Afghanistan has left goods stranded, disrupted sales and forced exporters to take longer, more expensive routes to Central Asia.

Claims that Waze collects sensitive government information or lets others exploit user data are completely false, the company says.

A poll conducted in early October by a research firm showed about 62 per cent of thepublic opposed the programme.

At one point a super typhoon and one of the strongest storms in the Pacific this year, Champi weakened slightly on Thursday but was still packing gusts of more than 227 kmh near its centre.

The shark - nicknamed Bukhangi by fans - has drawn more than 1.6 million visitors to a canal in South Koreas Busan since it was first spotted there last month.

Kahf has faced boycott calls in Malaysia after a football meme was perceived as belittling the country and other regional neighbours.

Malaysia has repeatedly used public funds and government-backed financing to support troubled corporations. AirAsia's financial woes offer an opportunity for a fresh template, writes CNAs Leslie Lopez.

AI firms need to invest more in discovering, tracking and - most importantly - disclosing what their agents are up to,says Catherine Thorbecke for Bloomberg Opinion.

MSCI warned last week it was considering demoting Indonesia's equities to "standalone" market status,triggering a record-breaking market rout.

The haze sent air pollution levels surging to dangerous levels not only in Indonesia, but also in Malaysia, Singapore and Timor-Leste, prompting the ASEAN regional bloc to call a meeting over the crisis.

Tokyo climbed above 30C by early afternoon on Wednesday (Oct 21), the threshold the Japan Meteorological Agency classifies as a "midsummer day".

Tensions between North and South Korea have risen since Pyongyang began fortifying its border in April 2024.

PayLah! users will now be able to scan to pay at more than 250,000 participating merchants in Taiwan.

Given concerns about the app being used to monitor Malaysian citizens' data, Anwar suggested they switch to using Tuju, an app developed by the Malaysian Highway Authority.

Federal civilian agencies should remove DeepSeek products as well as third- party products and services developed using DeepSeek from their IT systems, the US Department of Homeland Security said.

Weeks of haze have left thousands unwell in Indonesia.

Jio Platforms is home to India's biggest telecom company with more than 500 million subscribers, making it the world's second-largest telecom operator in a single country after China Mobile.

Shenzhen is accelerating improvements to visitor services and urban safety as it prepares to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in November. But which changes will endure after world leaders leave?

India is inserting itself deeper into the global electronics supply chain.Has that progress been worth what taxpayers have paid for? Andy Mukherjee weighs in for Bloomberg Opinion.

As Indonesian President Prabowo Subiantoenters his third year in office, observers say the challenge will be to translate his ambitious promises into tangible results while balancing public expectations with economic and political stability.

Twelve flights between Singapore and Pontianak in West Kalimantan were cancelled in September, while another two between Singapore and Palembang in South Sumatra were cancelled on Oct 15, according to Indonesias Transportation Ministry.

China's Finance Minister Lan Foan called on APEC members to work more closely together to boost growth at a time when the global economy has been rocked by rapid change and the fallout from geopolitical conflicts.

Perikatan Nasional's dissolution would mean that its component parties would not be able to contest the upcoming elections under a common banner.

Ukraine has insisted that "diplomacy must prevail over emotions" in relations between the countries and that they consider "the situation resolved".

Students, including from the University of Indonesia, will protest against recent forest fires, as well as the rout on the stock market.

Tokyo said it was "extremely regrettable" that its diplomats had been unable to visit the Japanese journalist detained in Russia, despite a bilateral protocol that guarantees the right to consular access.

North Korea has threatened to deploy additional tactical strike weapons along the border and resume loudspeaker broadcasts towards the South.

Any request for support from companies in any sector "will be considered based on the interests of the country and the people, the fiscal sustainability of the government and the protection of public funds", said Malaysia's finance ministry.

Aung San Suu Kyi received books, an envelope and a diplomatic communication from King Charles, Myanmar authorities say.

Mynt, the operator of mobile wallet GCash, raised about US$966.99 million after selling over 8 billion shares.

Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Dudung Abdurachman said the government was still capable of handling the fires with its own resources.

Vocational and technical training is gaining ground in Malaysia among students and their parents. But companies need to play a bigger role and salaries need a bump, say experts and those who have chosen that path.

ASEAN often gets criticised for the political crises it cannot resolve. The work it puts into preparing for major disasters is less visible, say Lim Junli and Ian Li from the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies.