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Tue, 10 Nov 2026 17:51:00 +0800Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke's resignation to take effect 'immediately' after court grants Najib house arrest
Anthony Loke first announced his resignation in September to protest the conditional royal pardon granted to Najib Razak, but stayed on temporarily at Prime Minister's Anwar Ibrahim's request.
Tue, 10 Nov 2026 17:29:00 +0800Malaysia court clears way for former Malaysian PM Najib to start house arrest
The High Court issued a new order after former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak was briefly released and sent back to prison last Friday.
Tue, 10 Nov 2026 17:09:00 +0800Indonesia VP Gibran expresses intent to step down, presidential official says
Presidential spokesperson Prasetyo Hadi denied reports that President Prabowo Subianto rejected Gibran Rakabuming Raka's request, but stopped short of saying the president had accepted it.
Tue, 10 Nov 2026 16:46:00 +0800Alice Huang, Chinese businesswoman tied to Nvidia CEO, went from finance to chips
Alice Huang, reported by Chinese financial publication Caixin to be about 42 years old, previously worked in banking and investment management, according to fund industry records.
Tue, 10 Nov 2026 16:13:00 +08003 politicians in Prabowo’s Cabinet resign from party led by Jokowi’s son
The three - Giring Ganesha Djumaryo, Raja Juli Antoni, and Isyana Bagoes Oka - all announced their resignations from the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) on Monday (Nov 9).
Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:06:09 +0800Three workers die at Tata's India iPhone parts factory in latest safety incident
Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:08:27 +0800China's trade surplus soars past US$1 trillion as AI boom powers exports
Exports rose sharply by 35.2 per cent in October from the same month last year, helping to lift China's trade surplus to US$1.04 trillion in the first 10 months.
Tue, 10 Nov 2026 09:11:15 +0800North Korea tests new 'high-speed' torpedo system
Tue, 10 Nov 2026 06:00:00 +0800He transformed Africa’s biggest airline. Can he turn around SIA-backed Air India?
Tewolde Gebremariam’s success with Ethiopian Airlines could help revive Air India, but analysts warn that fierce competition, mounting costs and operational challenges will make his job far from easy.
Tue, 10 Nov 2026 05:59:00 +0800Commentary: Jensen Huang is bigger than Nvidia – and it’s a problem
The revelation of the CEO’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy is not just shaking up the chipmaker but the entire AI world, says Shuli Ren for Bloomberg Opinion.
Mon, 09 Nov 2026 19:52:00 +0800Bangladesh challenges ousted PM Hasina over return pledge
Hasina, whose 15-year rule was ended by a mass uprising she tried to crush, has vowed to return in December to Bangladesh, where she was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity over the 2024 crackdown on protesters.
Mon, 09 Nov 2026 18:06:06 +0800China extends suspension of new rare earth controls until January
The two-month extension, announced on Monday (Nov 9) was due to expire this month.
Mon, 09 Nov 2026 17:11:33 +0800Indonesia considers bug sweeps, tighter controls on spy tools after wiretap scandal
The scandal led to the arrests of four senior police officers, among them a former national police chief who had recently been appointed President Prabowo Subianto's chief of staff.
Mon, 09 Nov 2026 16:26:00 +0800From affair allegations to Nvidia probe: How the Jensen Huang controversy unfolded
A timeline of key developments that thrust Nvidia’s chief executive into the spotlight - sparking an internal investigation and widespread online discussion.
Mon, 09 Nov 2026 15:13:09 +0800Okinawa governor calls for review of US forces pact after murder of Japanese woman
A US Marine was indicted on suspicion of murdering a 39-year-old Japanese woman at a hotel in Okinawa - in a case that triggered outrage and reignited controversy over the US military presence on the island.
Mon, 09 Nov 2026 13:05:00 +0800Indian capital New Delhi chokes with pollution after Deepavali fireworks
It comes after millions celebrated Diwali with fireworks.
Mon, 09 Nov 2026 12:31:00 +0800Building fire kills 14 in China's northern city of Taiyuan
The blaze broke out in a building in Shanxi province's Taiyuan city around 5pm on Sunday (Nov 8)
Mon, 09 Nov 2026 11:11:32 +0800Japanese man with ‘grudge against society’ stabs bookshop worker, police say
The 33-year-old male suspect in Osaka allegedly used a kitchen knife to stab a bookshop worker, who called police immediately afterwards.
Mon, 09 Nov 2026 10:27:00 +0800South Korea says Nvidia issues won't affect contracted GPU supplies
South Korea's Vice Minister of Science and ICT Ryu Jemyung said that 10,000 Nvidia graphics processing units funded under a 2025 supplementary budget had already arrived and were in use.
Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:00:00 +0800Commentary: What the timing of Najib’s house arrest says about Malaysian politics
With two upcoming state elections, conventional wisdom held that neither coalition would want the former prime minister and his corruption convictions as a live campaign topic, says Asian studies professor James Chin.