UN's climate change Communications Officer Alexander Saier, UN's climate change executive secretary Simon Stiell, and COP27 President Sameh Shoukry listen to questions following the opening ceremony of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly known as COP27, at the Sharm El Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt. - AFP
Malaysia:
* GE15: Up to EC to call off polls in event of major floods, says PM
* Covid-19 Watch: 4,621 new cases, says Health Ministry
* Do or die, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad says he wants to try to save Malaysia
* Ringgit expected to extend downward trend this week
* Bursa Malaysia to trade sideways from Monday onwards (Nov 7)
* Sarawak to table anti-party hopping constitutional amendments in November
* GE15: 1,386 candidate nomination papers received, says EC
* GE15: Quieter start to polls campaigning in Sabah
* GE15: Prabakaran urges Tian Chua to withdraw from Batu race
* GE15: Four arrested, eight investigation papers opened over alleged offences on nomination day
* GE15: ‘A vote for BN is a vote for Zahid’ just Opposition’s perception, says Ismail Sabri
* GE15: Armed Forces personnel not allowed to participate in campaigns, says Army chief
Hostesses greet participants and delegates at the Indonesia pavillon inside the Sharm El Sheikh International Convention Centre, on the first day of the COP27 climate summit, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh. - AFP
Singapore:
* UN climate summit opens with warning against 'backsliding'
* Singapore reports 1,893 new Covid-19 cases and one death on Sunday (Nov 6)
* Singapore vows to become crypto asset hub without cryptocurrency trading and speculations
* Singapore PM says political succession to coincide with general elections due in 2025
* Man wanted by US with RM32 million bounty on his head still in Singapore
* Jail for male volunteer usher in S’pore who took video of man in church toilet
* Govt slams Branson’s reasons for dodging debate
Indonesia:
* Eco-conscious Indonesians convert motorcycles into electric types, driving up business for workshops
* Indonesian digital lender Neo Commerce targets full-year profit in 2023
* 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolts North Sulawesi province in central Indonesia
* K-pop band’s concert halted after 30 faint in crush
* ‘I am going home after I retire’, says Jokowi
A woman poses for photographs amidst a lights installation during the Bangkok Illumination show at the Iconsiam shopping mall in Bangkok on Sunday, November 6, 2022. - AFP
Thailand:
* Majority of northerners want Thaksin’s daughter as the next Thai PM, says survey
* Thailand’s rice exports boom - earnings rising 36% to 95.232 billion baht as exports from January to September surge 40%
* Romance-investment scams net over RM110 million in eight months in Thailand
* Economic recovery and revival of businesses help reopen jobs in Thailand
* Thailand poised to hit tourism target
Philippines
* Philippine trade deficit narrowed to US$4.82 billion in September
* Philippines President Bongbong Marcos to attend Asean-EU summit
* BBus bomb kills one, injures 11 in southern Philippines
* There are no ‘natural disasters’, just man-made vulnerabilities
* Brazil elections: Lessons for Philippines’ opposition
A pedestrian outside a shopping mall in District 1 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. - Bloomberg
Vietnam:
* Vietnam reports 241 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday (Nov 6)
* New policies on Covid-19 fight needed, says Vietnam PM
* Vietnam's fruit exports to bring home over US$5 billion by 2025
* Vietnamese scientist discovers anti-cancer agents from rice husks
* Vietnam central bank held emergency meetings with banks over liquidity, say sources
Myanmar:
* China, Russia and India enabling Myanmar’s military rule, says report
* Myanmar reports 90 new Covid-19 cases
* Myanmar takes delivery of Russian fighter jets, says monitor
Workers unfold a banner for the upcoming ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh. - AFP
Cambodia:
* "Zero-Snaring" campaign in Cambodia ends with satisfactory results, says top official
* Girls are becoming our agents of change for climate justice and gender equality, says study
* The Asean Summit - Cambodia preparing for arrival of world leaders
Laos:
* Laos to use new drug to cure alcoholic hepatitis
* Remains of missing US soldiers returned
Brunei:
* Brunei Armed Forces Commander meets up with visiting Vietnam military chief
* Brunei continues streak of no critical Covid-19 cases
Attendees at the COP27 climate conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Disagreements over who should pay for the harm done by climate-driven extreme weather events will be at the heart of discussions at COP27, the first to be held in Africa since 2016. - Bloomberg
AseanPlus:
* King congratulates Mohammad Tayyab for being elected International Hockey Federation president
* Tengku Maimum appointed as chair of Council of Asean Chief Justices
* Methane clouds spotted in China by high-resolution satellite
* COP27 summit to begin with plea to discuss climate compensation
* China posts six-month high Covid-19 count as it sticks with its 'ZERO-COVID' strategy
* China trade: Yuan settlements seen rising as geopolitical strife fuels currency diversification
* India: This little boy's venom can be deadly - even for a cobra
* Japan PM pledges to boost military capacity
* Aftermath of the Itaewon disaster
* Climate opportunity awaits
* Netherlands dump South Africa out of T20 World Cup, India in semis
* NK fires more missiles as US flies bombers over SK
* Candlelight vigils for South Korea Halloween crush victims
* Sri Lanka cricketer Gunathilaka faces sex assault charges in Australia
* Hong Kong leader John Lee shrugs off absence of threee top bankers from key financial summit, insists city ‘full of vigour and energy’
* Shaheen stars as Pakistan reach T20 World Cup semi-finals
* Beijing Marathon back after two-year absence but Covid rules in force
* Taiwanese man dies fighting in Ukraine war
