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About a dozen Malaysians were among those named in the 12 million files making up the Pandora Papers.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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With supply from abroad falling short, the success of home-grown vaccines can make or break Asia's fight against Covid-19.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

news At least 19 people missing in Japan after landslides dw.com 10 hrs ago © Provided by Deutsche Welle Provided by Deutsche Welle Japanese authorities said on Saturday that at least 19 people were missing after rows of houses were swept away by mudslides in Atami, west of Tokyo. Officials in the Shizuoka prefecture said that the mudslide happened on Saturday morning. Rescue workers are still searching for the missing people. The seaside city of #Atami in #Shizuoka, less than two hours fr...

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Covid-19 hits rural India While India’s cities are on the mend from the latest Covid-19 wave, the deadly virus is coursing through the vast rural hinterland. Over 60 per cent of the new cases are now surfacing in the villages. India Correspondent Debarshi Dasgupta was in Uttar Pradesh, one of Indias least developed states, where villagers spoke of their fears as the virus rampaged across their neighbourhoods amid poor testing levels and lax Covid-appropriate behaviour.  Down south in Karnata...

Read more:  Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore cancelled The Shangri-La Dialogue scheduled for June 4 to 5 in Singapore has been cancelled due to the deteriorating global Covid-19 situation, organisers announced. The International Institute for Strategic Studies said it would plan for the return of the full in-person security summit next year. United States Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin had earlier said he would attend the dialogue, which was to be held at the Shangri-La Hotel, while Japanese P...

Spotlight on child abuse in the Philippines Filipino outreach worker Erick Reyes was only five years old when he encountered sexual abuse. Life at home was also filled with violence, he tells Philippines correspondent Raul Dancel. Children in the Philippines are particularly vulnerable to sexual abuse and domestic violence. One in four Filipino children are sexually abused, a national study has shown. Listen to the podcast here, and watch the poignant video on YouTube.  In the finale of our In...

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China tests Biden with South China Sea tactic Is China testing Americas commitment to its allies in the region? Thats one thought being debated as a possible explanation for the presence of several Chinese fishing boats in a disputed reef in the South China Sea. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on March 22 that the boats were simply "taking shelter from the wind" and the Philippines should view the situation in a "rational light". But Manila has been getting tense about th...