Haze pollution costs Malaysia $1.9B, potentially claims 1,700 lives: report

VNExpress - Oct 31, 2026

Malaysia’s latest haze crisis is estimated to have caused RM8 billion (US$1.97 billion) in welfare losses and may have contributed to approximately 1,700 premature deaths, according to a newly released report.

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Long Thanh International Airport is expected to open to commercial flights at midnight on Dec. 24, initially handling up to 366 flights a week, 322 of them domestic and 44 international.

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Southeast Asian city ranks among world's top 3 for quality of life

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Chinese school dropout builds Green Goblin-style flying board and rides it across Asia's longest river

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A 26-year-old Chinese man who quit school at 14 has flown a homemade electric board inspired by the Green Goblin's glider in "Spider-Man" across the Yangtze River in his home province of Hubei.

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Smoke from forest and land fires across Indonesia caused an estimated 3,560 deaths in September, more than double the August figure, a Helsinki-based think tank said.

Harapan drops 'poster boy' tactic in Malacca after Johor, N Sembilan defeats

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Flow chefs say One Michelin Star recognition is 'mind-blowing'

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NLEX readies counterflow as Undas traffic builds

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Solon seeks sustainable tourism development at 4 Albay sites

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LEGAZPI CITY, Albay — Four natural and historical sites in Albay province are being eyed for development as sustainable tourism destinations under bills sponsored by Rep. Raymond Adrian Salceda. The proposed measures seek to generate jobs, protect the environment and preserve local heritage while promoting tourism beyond the province’s main attraction, Mayon Volcano. Salceda sponsored

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New BARMM chief minister offers reconciliation, vows to serve all

Oct 30, 2026

COTABATO CITY — Newly elected Bangsamoro Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua on Friday called on all political leaders, including his opponents, to work with his administration in serving the Bangsamoro people. In his inaugural speech following his election over MP Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim, chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and his former

China helps dismantle major meth trafficking network in Southeast Asia

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China has broken up a major transnational drug trafficking network in cooperation with Indonesia and Malaysia, seizing around 1.2 tonnes of liquid methamphetamine, China’s Ministry of Public Security said on Friday. The operation was carried out on October 21 by Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency (BNN), which raided and shut down a large-scale drug processing and purification facility in Aceh, Indonesia, and arrested 11 people, with help from China’s National Narcotics Control Commission...

Haze pollution costs Malaysia $1.9B, potentially claims 1,700 lives: report

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Vietnam's largest airport to open on Dec. 24 with up to 366 flights a week

Vietnam's largest airport Long Thanh to open on Dec 24 with up to 366 flights a week

Southeast Asian city ranks among world's top 3 for quality of life

Chinese school dropout builds Green Goblin-style flying board and rides it across Asia's longest river

Wildfire smoke kills an estimated 3,560 in one month in Southeast Asia's largest economy

Harapan drops 'poster boy' tactic in Malacca after Johor, N Sembilan defeats

Flow chefs say One Michelin Star recognition is 'mind-blowing'

NLEX readies counterflow as Undas traffic builds

Solon seeks sustainable tourism development at 4 Albay sites

LIVE UPDATES: Undas 2026 (Oct. 31, 2026)

New BARMM chief minister offers reconciliation, vows to serve all

China helps dismantle major meth trafficking network in Southeast Asia

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