July 10, 2019 11:42 AMKUALA LUMPUR – The Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration will be able to pass a proposed amendment to the constitution to lower the voting age from 21 to 18,, after the opposition agreed to support it. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-10 06:05:19 Category: 2019 Tag: 1142 Post ID: 8049

July 10, 2019 11:28 AMTOKYO (AFP) – Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe began descending on Wednesday (July 10) for its final touchdown on a distant asteroid, hoping to collect samples that could shed light on the evolution of the solar system. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-10 06:05:15 Category: 2019 Tag: 1128 Post ID: 8048

July 10, 2019 11:05 AMSEOUL (BLOOMBERG) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in warned top business leaders of an extended battle with Japan over its export controls on vital manufacturing materials, raising concerns their latest fight could disrupt global supply chains. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-10 06:05:11 Category: 2019 Tag: 1105 Post ID: […]Continue reading

July 09, 2019 12:31 PMMANILA (AFP) – Prominent rights lawyer Amal Clooney has said she will join the legal team defending Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, whose news site has repeatedly clashed with President Rodrigo Duterte. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-09 06:00:38 Category: 2019 Tag: 1231 Post ID: 8001

July 09, 2019 12:22 PMSHANGHAI (REUTERS) – China’s efforts to reduce chronic air pollution could increase its ability to generate solar power by up to 13 per cent by allowing more sunlight to reach the earth, according to a study published on Tuesday (July 9). Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-09 06:00:35 Category: […]Continue reading

July 09, 2019 12:21 PMPORT MORESBY (AFP) – Papua New Guinea’s new reformist police minister has warned of a plot by officers to detain and possibly kill him, as a battle for control of the nation’s much-maligned police force turned ugly. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-09 06:00:31 Category: 2019 Tag: 1221 Post […]Continue reading

July 09, 2019 12:17 PMSYDNEY (NYTIMES) – Australian federal police obtained from Qantas Airways the personal travel records of a journalist, a revelation that alarmed the media industry on Monday (July 8) after police raids on journalists in June raised questions about press freedoms in the country. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-09 […]Continue reading

July 09, 2019 11:12 AMTOKYO/SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) – Resurgent tensions between Japan and South Korea threaten to wallop chipmakers from Samsung Electronics Co. to SK Hynix Inc., upsetting a carefully choreographed global supply chain by smothering the production of memory chips and other components vital to widely used devices. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: […]Continue reading

July 08, 2019 12:55 PMKUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia’s former youth and sports minister Khairy Jamaluddin has turned down an invite by his successor Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman to cross over to the latter’s party, saying he is happy to be with opposition coalition Barisan Nasional. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com […]Continue reading

July 08, 2019 12:50 PMBEIJING (AFP) – Caught in the crossfire of the US-China trade war, Chinese students are looking for alternative study destinations – threatening to turn off an important source of revenue for American universities. Go to Source Author: straitstimes.com Post date: 2019-07-08 06:01:12 Category: 2019 Tag: 1250 Post ID: 7925