KUCHING: The Sarawak government must have strong Chinese representation after the state polls, says

TOKYO( BLOOMBERG)-Less than a fifth of candidates in Japan's upcoming election are female, unchanged from the last vote four years ago, indicating the percentage of women in one of the world's most male-dominated parliaments is unlikely to increase. More than 1, 000 candidates are running for 465 seats in the Oct 31 election but only 186 are female, data released early on Wednesday( Oct 20) showed. While an unprecedented two out of four candidates in a vote for leadership of the ruling Liberal D

KUALA LUMPUR: Alvin Goh Leong Yeong has submitted a representation against the Malaysian Anti

KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney General's Chambers( AGC) is still deliberating the representation filed

increasing women’s representation in federal and provincial government jobs and highlighted a persistent

“ strong ” when it comes to support for Kyiv. Officials are angry that Mr Orban, a nationalist populist who

The events in Moscow and other cities in December 2011 and January 2012 have clearly demonstrated that there is an opposition in Russia, and this opposition should be granted legal status. This is not a simple issue, but it should be addressed as a step towards making Russian society more democrati

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on Monday indefinitely postponing the international recognition of Afghanistan’s Taliban and Myanmar’s military junta, which would see their envoys accredited at the global forum.A resolution, modeled on an agreement last week by the influential UN Credentials Committee that includes the United States, Russia and China, was adopted by consensus without a vote by the UN member states. Last week, the committee recommended to

17 per cent of women representation on their boards and management, have the ability to hire and

examine the letter of representation sent by former Perlis mentri besar Datuk Seri Azlan Man to the