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Businesses in Malaysia’s Johor state are gearing up for an influx of shoppers from Singapore ahead of Lunar New Year. They said the number of customers had risen gradually in recent weeks, with a sharper increase in sales expected. Hamper store owner Loo Chok Nan said he began getting Lunar New Year orders from Malaysian and Singaporean buyers about two weeks ago. “We would normally deliver the orders as soon as they have been wrapped and packed, so that we have enough room to pack more coming...

Tiny carbon nanotubes with walls just one atom thick found on the far side of the moon have provided the first confirmed evidence that a material long thought to require sophisticated human engineering could also be produced naturally. They were found in rocks collected by China’s 2024 Chang’e-6 mission, the first probe to land on the far side of the moon and bring samples back to Earth. Using high-resolution electron microscopes, a team from Jilin University in northeastern China detected the...

Having grown up in “one of the most dangerous places in the world”, Samuel Granada is entirely unfazed about being the most marked man in Hong Kong football. Since joining Premier League North District on loan from Brazilian giants Fluminense back in September, Granada has scored 12 goals in 12 matches, establishing himself as the revelation of this local league season. “I’m a target for other players and fans, and there’s now an expectation among the Hong Kong people, crowds, coaches and staff...

Vietnam’s Communist Party five-yearly congress is set to consolidate more power for General Secretary To Lam, whom observers say has behaved like he “expects a mandate”. But term and age limits on the leadership are expected to remain, they add, leaving Lam as just a “first among equals” when the conclave concludes on Sunday. The congress – where the one-party state’s highest decisions are made – opened on Monday and will set key economic targets for the country as well as pick new...

A red stencil of a hand pressed against the wall of an Indonesian cave is the oldest rock art ever discovered, scientists said on Wednesday, and sheds light on how humans first migrated to Australia. The cave art dates back at least 67,800 years, according to research published in the journal Nature by a team of Indonesian and Australian archaeologists. “We have been working in Indonesia for a long time,” study co-author Maxime Aubert of Australia’s Griffith University said. This time they...