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Some 112,300 people discontinued their Integrated Shield Plan riders in Singapore in 2025, up from 65,000 in 2024, as the cost of private health insurance climbed. The increase of about…
Singapore's Ambassador for International Law, Rena Lee, has received nominations from 33 national groups of legal experts as she seeks one of five seats on the International Court of Justice…
Iran says it could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within two days if the United States accepts its conditions, shortening a proposed seven day process as Qatar and Pakistan pursue…
Myanmar's military is deliberately attacking civilians to frighten them into submission, United Nations human rights investigator Kelley Currie has warned, as foreign aircraft, aviation fuel and military financing help sustain…
Pakistan's military says it can intercept drones launched from Afghanistan and impose a heavy military cost on the Taliban authorities, as renewed fighting along the border brings further reports of…
Indonesia has asked Russia to exclude its citizens from all military recruitment after Ukrainian military intelligence reported that an Indonesian recruit died about a week after reaching the front in…
Thailand's Excise Department has proposed spending 6 billion baht to help motorists replace 150,000 ageing vehicles with new pickups or passenger vehicles built on pickup platforms. Each eligible purchase would receive 40,000 baht in government support, with payments proposed to begin in January 2027, subject…
Japan's government and ruling coalition are considering spending ¥70 trillion to ¥80 trillion on defense over five years beginning in April 2027, a sharp increase that would bring new purchases,…
Nvidia's agreement to build a headquarters on about 3.9 hectares in Taipei's Beitou-Shilin Technology Park is facing a dispute over how it happened. An unnamed person familiar with the company's…
MANILA, Philippines: Thirteen people whose bodies bore gunshot wounds were recorded as having died from illnesses, including pneumonia, stroke and sepsis, according to findings flagged by forensic pathologist Raquel Fortun.…
Former Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen joined Democratic Progressive Party Taipei mayoral candidate Puma Shen at Daan Forest Park on November 1, 2026, as the number watching his official YouTube livestream…
Nepal has cancelled a tender worth about Rs16 billion for the dam and powerhouse of the Sunkoshi Marin Diversion Multipurpose Project, days before three qualified bidders were due to have…
Japan launched its National Disaster Management Agency on November 2, 2026, putting 352 staff under a new organization intended to coordinate preparations, emergency assistance and reconstruction. The agency will sit…
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial is scheduled to resume on November 9, 2026, with eight sitting dates listed for the month and only one charge remaining: alleged unexplained…
Nepal's Supreme Court has ordered the government to create rules for controlled cannabis cultivation and production, setting a deadline of three months to establish a licensing system for medical, scientific,…
A woman and her husband in Bontang, East Kalimantan, admitted inventing a pregnancy and a baby's death after a funeral bundle was found to contain a pillow and a pink…
Uzbekistan has ordered negotiations to secure recognition of pension rights earned by its citizens abroad, with Russia, Germany, Japan and South Korea among the priority countries. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev gave…
Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand are allegedly being asked to pay about 6,000 baht each in income tax to Myanmar's military government while obtaining identity documents needed for legal employment.…
Germany requested 45,000 specialists from Uzbekistan in 2026, yet only 2,000 Uzbek citizens secured jobs there, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev told a November 2 meeting on labor migration. The shortage of…
Dhaka launched a new system for operating buses on six main routes on November 1, 2026, bringing services previously run under about 18 company banners into six designated companies. The…
Xu Chenghong expected perhaps 10 to 20 local people to answer his online wedding invitation. Instead, thousands travelled to his corner of Yunnan province, bringing food, household appliances, wedding cars…
Taiwan's Transportation Safety Board is urging authorities to require reports whenever a power bank smokes or catches fire on public transport, after gathering records of 17 incidents between January 2024…
Sansa, a virtual Buddhist temple created by a 26-year-old job seeker in South Korea, surpassed 800,000 cumulative visits within three days of its launch, according to a November 1, 2026…
Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital says platforms have 12 hours to respond to an initial notice about urgent content before an unanswered notice can lead to an order requiring…
Elon Musk is reportedly moving toward accepting Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. as the main builder and operator of Terafab, the planned Texas chip manufacturing project, after previously insisting that Tesla…
A robot walking on four legs climbed a 3.9 kilometre course on China's Mount Tai in 43 minutes and 41 seconds, winning a mountain race that tested whether machines could…
South Korea's Supreme Court has released its first survey of judges on false legal citations associated with artificial intelligence, finding that 196 judges handling civil, family and administrative cases, or…
South Korea established its Defense Drone Headquarters on November 1, 2026, replacing a command of about 280 personnel with an organization of roughly 100 as the military pursues more than…
Vietnam plans to reduce its public vocational education institutions by about 47.7% from their July 2025 level, taking a network of 344 colleges and intermediate schools down to approximately 180. The Ministry of Education and Training reported that 234 remained as of October 27, 2026,…
The share of Yellow River Basin monitoring sections with good water quality rose from 59.1 percent in 2016 to 93.2 percent in 2025, according to the Yellow River Conservancy Commission…
Hanoi residents from officially recognised poor households could receive up to VND 20 million each to replace a petrol or diesel motorbike with an electric vehicle, under a payment procedure…
Lahore recorded an Air Quality Index of 535 at 8am on Monday, November 2, 2026, as fine particle pollution reached 343 micrograms per cubic metre. The reading, recorded by IQAir…
Malaysia has recorded 1,293 landslides since 2021 and identified 1,577 slopes in critical condition, according to Fire and Rescue Department director-general Datuk Seri Nor Hisham Mohammad. Prolonged rain during the…
Delhi's air quality index reached 307 at 7.05 am on Monday, November 2, 2026, entering the very poor category for the first time this season just six days before Diwali.…
Andhra Pradesh authorities planned to evacuate about 30,000 people as Cyclone Murasu approached India's eastern coast, with the India Meteorological Department forecasting landfall near Ongole between 11:30 p.m. on November…
Hong Kong recorded an average temperature of 27.4 degrees Celsius in October 2025, its highest October reading since records began in 1884, according to figures the Hong Kong Observatory announced…
Malaysia faces a forecast of three to five episodes of prolonged heavy rain during the 2026/2027 Northeast Monsoon, followed by a possible shift toward hotter, drier weather from late January…
Japan's Narita airport plans to bring its three terminals together into a single terminal in the 2030s, alongside runway work expected to increase annual flight capacity from 340,000 to 500,000…
A technical fault in a Nepal Army helicopter at Surkhet has delayed efforts to evacuate six Indian tourists stranded by heavy snowfall at Danigad, in Ward 8 of Shey Phoksundo…
Malaysians aged 18 and above will be able to choose a passport valid for five or 10 years through MyOnline Passport from November 2, extending an option that had been…
Kazakhstan will begin introducing electronic travel authorizations on November 1, 2026, at Aktau International Airport and four road border crossings, before making the permits compulsory for eligible travelers on July…
Long Thanh International Airport is targeting its first commercial operations at midnight on December 24, 2026, with Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet expected to lead a gradual launch. Airports Corporation of…
Taiwanese pitcher Teng Kai-wei finished his first season with the Houston Astros with 73 strikeouts in 73 2/3 innings, career highs that helped carry him past 100 strikeouts in Major…
Japan's Mao Shimada won her first senior Grand Prix event at Skate Canada International in Kelowna, British Columbia, scoring 235.44 points to set the highest women's total of the season.…
The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters approved Hiromi Ito's bid to move to Major League Baseball on November 1, 2026, starting the posting application process for a pitcher who won the Sawamura…
India's D Gukesh and Uzbekistan's Javokhir Sindarov will meet in Geneva for the youngest World Chess Championship contest in history, with the first game scheduled for November 24. Both will…
Glenn Phillips finished with 341 runs across five innings against India, passing Phil Salt's record for a bilateral Twenty20 international series as New Zealand won the final match by seven…
The Samsung Lions advanced to the 2026 Korean Series with a 6-1 victory over the KIA Tigers on Nov. 1, combining seven strong innings from Ariel Jurado with three hits…
Marc Marquez won the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang on November 1, 2026, completing 20 laps in 40 minutes 14.236 seconds to move 44 points clear of injured title rival…
John Mark "Marama" Tokong defeated Brazil's Samuel Pupo 16.60 to 11.00 at Cloud 9 in Siargao on Sunday, November 1, 2026, advancing to Round 2 of the World Surf League…
Bocchi the Rock! will return to cinemas in 2027 with a story set before Kessoku Band existed. Eiga Bocchi the Rock! Hoshi no Ashiato, whose title translates as Bocchi the…
Pokémon Center BANGKOK will open on December 1, 2026, on the sixth floor of centralwOrld in Bangkok, bringing Thailand its first official Pokémon Center. Pokémon Thailand says the branch will…
Lisa's Halloween transformation on October 31, 2026, put a Thai fashion label at the center of an elaborate aquatic fantasy. The BLACKPINK singer appeared as a Dark Siren, wearing a…
The Weeknd has arrived in Kuala Lumpur ahead of concerts at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil on November 4 and 5, with Rapid KL extending selected rail services to…
Gil Aducal Morales, the Filipino comedian and singer known as Ate Gay, died on November 1, 2026, aged 55, his family announced. His death came just over two weeks after…
The Weeknd's Hong Kong tribute has moved from a stadium screen to streaming platforms. Released on NetEase Cloud Music on November 1, 2026, Hong Kong builds its chorus around Faye…
A federal court in Virginia dismissed Melissa Mais's amended copyright complaint against BTS and its associated companies on October 22, entering judgment in favor of the defendants after giving her…
Shah Rukh Khan released Tu Mil Jaaye, the first song from King, at midnight on November 2, 2026, marking his 61st birthday with a collaboration featuring Arijit Singh, Madhubanti Bagchi…