The proposed drop-off points include Senai International Airport, JB Sentral, Medini, Southkey, Mount Austin and Eco Botanic among others.   

Companies are maintaining regular contact with employees on the ground and have restricted business travel to and from the region.

Authorities are targeting offences ranging from doxxing and online rumour-mongering to telecom fraud, according to reports released at the Two Sessions meetings on Monday (Mar 9).

The collapse took place after hours of heavy rain in the area, local media reported.

A Chinese official accused Taiwan's prime minister of "running to Japan to engage in little tricks of seeking independence and making provocations".

The late singer-songwriter is survived by his wife, actress Sheila Dara Aisha. 

Filipino nurses are highly trained and recruited overseas, but this exodus is straining hospitals at home. In the first of a four-part series, CNA looks at the global nursing shortage and how countries are holding on to their healthcare staff.

The two US allies in East Asia face a choice: cooperate on defence or make peace with China, says political science professor Robert Kelly.

More than 60 people are still missing.

“(China does not) subscribe to the logic of major power co-governance,” said Foreign Minister Wang Yi in a Sunday (Mar 8) press conference during the Two Sessions.

Balendra Shah of the Rastriya Swatantra Party also defeated veteran four-time prime minister KP Sharma Oli in his own seat.

At a press conference on Sunday (Mar 8), Wang Yi also renewed China’s call for an immediate ceasefire and said Beijing is ready to work with Middle Eastern countries to restore order in the region.

The press conference at the Two Sessions comes at a time of heightened global tensions, with an escalating Iran war.

The premier is facing multiple challenges that may force him to call early elections, nearly two years ahead of the February 2028 deadline, say analysts and insiders.

The building blocks of the technology industry are deeply dependent on petroleum flowing through the Strait of Hormuz, says David Fickling for Bloomberg Opinion.