CANBERRA, Sept 14 — High overseas migration has driven Australia's rate of population growth to its highest level in over a decade.

WASHINGTON, Sept 14 — Vivek Ramaswamy, a contender for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, said that he would seek to reduce the size of the US federal government by closing down five agencies if elected president in 2024.

JAKARTA, Sept 13 — Foreign ministers from Asean countries have expressed their sadness over the tragic loss of lives and extensive property damage caused by the earthquake in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains on Friday (September 8).

LONDON, Sept 13  — BMW, Ford and Honda subsidiary American Honda Motor on  Tuesday announced a deal to create ChargeScape, an equally-owned company that will create a single, cost-effective platform connecting electric utilities, automakers, and EV customers.

WASHINGTON, Sept 13 — Payment processor PayPal announced on Tuesday that it has extended its multi-year relationship with ride-hailing company Uber Technologies, reported dpa news agency.

LONDON, Sept 13 — BP boss Bernard Looney has resigned with immediate effect after accepting he was not "fully transparent" in his disclosures about past relationships with colleagues, reported PA Media/dpa.

TRIPOLI, Sept 12  —  Osama Hammad, the eastern-based prime minister of Libya, said on Monday that more than 2,000 people were killed and thousands of others went missing after floods hit eastern Libya on Sunday.

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BANGKOK, Sept 12 — Thailand’s industrial sentiment hit a one-year low in August over weak exports, slow economic recovery and its new government’s plans to kickstart the economy, said an industries group today.

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LONDON, Sept 12 — The new European Umopn rules which are likely to see Apple change the charging port on its new iPhone could cause "mountains" of e-waste, some industry experts have warned,  German news agency (dpa) reported.

RABAT, Sept 12 — The death toll from a strong earthquake in Morocco has risen to 2,854 people, the country’s Interior Ministry said on Monday.

WASHINGTON, Sept 12 — The White House fact sheet issued during President Joe Biden’s visit to Vietnam weighed in at over 2,600 words.

MANILA, Sept 12 — Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and her news site Rappler were acquitted of tax fraud by a trial court today, in another legal victory for the embattled journalist.

BEIJING, Sept 11 — The Chinese biotech firm, Sinovac Biotech, said on Monday that it had started Phase 2 trial of its SA55 injection, which it hopes will be approved as a Covid-19 treatment, reported German news agency (dpa).

BRUSSELS, Sept 11 — The European Union is to provide €1 million (RM5.01 million) to Morocco to support relief efforts in areas affected by the recent earthquake, the European Commission announced on Monday, reported the German News Agency (dpa).

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 — Morocco has responded favorably to offers made by friendly countries to provide relief and rescue teams in response to a 7-magnitude earthquake that struck late Friday, but wants to see the assistance coordinated by its local authorities.

MOSCOW, Sept 11 — A new vision of cooperation between Japan and the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will be presented at a bilateral summit in Tokyo in December designed to mark the 50th anniversary of the parties' friendship, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Sunday (September 10), reported Sputnik.

MOULAY BRAHIM, Sept 11 — Survivors of Morocco's deadliest earthquake in more than six decades struggled to find food, water, and shelter on Sunday (September 10) as the search for the missing continued in remote villages and the death toll of more than 2,100 seemed likely to rise further.

BEIJING, Sept 10 — China and Europe should 'unite and co-operate' against global uncertainties, Premier Li Qiang told the European Union chief on the sidelines of the annual G20 summit in New Delhi.