27 September 2022
MALAYSIA
United Nations
Malaysia will continue to highlight world issues, says Ismail
Automotive
Malaysia's largest sports car facility to be built by 2025
Legislation
Over 600,000 sign petition against tobacco bill, claim vape groups
Defamation
Supporters raise RM300,000 in donation drive to pay for Jamal Yunos defamation damages
Security
Bank Negara wages war on financial scams with new countermeasures, tighter security
1MDB
‘RM2.08bil went to Najib’
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/09/27/rm208bil-went-to-najib
Floods
Experts take stock on how DBKL’s flood wall will work
ASIA
Energy
Bank study group sets out guidelines for financing Asia's energy transition
Risks Are Rising For Asia Pacific’s $1.8 Trillion Renewable Revolution
Automotive
Thailand, the Detroit of Asia now wants a shot at EVs
AUSTRALIA
Anti-corruption
Australia to create national anti-corruption watchdog
Privacy
Australia plans privacy overhaul after huge telecom data leak
Recession
Australia forecast to avoid recession
EUROPE
Politics
The far-right wins big in Italy. Here’s what that means for Europe
Weather
Powerful hurricanes get second wind in Europe
https://phys.org/news/2022-09-powerful-hurricanes-europe.html
Materials
Umicore launches Europe’s first battery materials gigafactory in Poland
https://insideevs.com/news/612492/umicore-battery-materials-gigafactory-poland/
GLOBAL
Humanitarian Catastrophe
Haiti in a humanitarian catastrophe - UN envoy
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-63042307
Space
Nasa flies spacecraft into asteroid in direct hit
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63039191
Funerals
Why a state funeral for slain ex-PM is controversial
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62976786
SINGAPORE
Repeal
Successful court challenge could be possible if 377A is not repealed
Crime
Knife-wielding man who was shot by police in Clementi stand-off pleads guilty
Labour
Two workers injured after false ceiling in dormitory rooms collapse
UK
Currency
What does the pound’s slump mean for the UK and its consumers?
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/26/what-does-pound-slump-mean-for-uk-and-its-consumers
Mortgage
Mortgage lenders halt some deals after pound falls
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63041679
Queen Elizabeth II
Seven-year-old girl ‘pushed aside’ during Queen’s coffin incident
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/17/girl-pushed-aside-queen-coffin-incident-funeral
US
Courts
Elon Musk to face deposition by Twitter lawyers ahead of trial
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/sep/26/elon-musk-deposition-twitter-lawyers
Citizenship
Putin grants Russian citizenship to US whistleblower Edward Snowden
Evacuation
Florida issues evacuation order for Tampa ahead of Hurricane Ian