
News: World & Southeast Asia

Grateful Dead co-founder and guitarist Bob Weir dies aged 78
Bob Weir was diagnosed with cancer in July and had beaten the disease, but "succumbed to underlying lung issues.
World

Grateful Dead co-founder and guitarist Bob Weir dies aged 78

Thousands of Australians without power after tropical cyclone hits Queensland
Little information is filtering out after an internet shutdown, with monitor NetBlocks showing virtually no connectivity since Thursday.
For India, 2025 was “one of the most active years” for trade agreements, aimed to “spread risk” rather than to pivot from Washington.
Seoul rejected the allegation, with its defence ministry saying the drone was not a model operated by its military.
About 1,000 protesters rallied in western Caracas and a few hundred in Petare, far fewer than past demonstrations by Nicolas Maduro’s camp.
Southeast Asia

Polls open in second phase of Myanmar junta-run election

Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualised images
Rescue teams sifted through landfill debris, seeking survivors after a massive garbage pile buried at least four workers.

US announces aid to bolster Thailand, Cambodia truce
The US is expected to offer US$20 million to help both countries combat drug trafficking and cyber scams, as part of a US$45 million aid package.
The annual religious parade commemorates the arrival of the wooden statue of Christ from Mexico in the early 1600s.
But rather than the hardline approach once articulated by his former national security adviser John Bolton, the US president seems to prefer leverage, spectacle and material gain, making an all-out war unlikely.






