Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Friday (May 29, 2026).

VinFast announced that it has begun local production of its VF MPV 7 battery-powered electric vehicle at its Subang plant in West Java, Indonesia.

A leaked audio recording featuring a prominent Zimbabwean preacher speaking to a journalist has triggered intense political debate after the cleric allegedly claimed flamboyant preacher Passion Java ...

Indonesia’s ever-expanding community of ojol —the popular shorthand for online taxi drivers, mostly motorbike riders— found a silver lining ...

Bangladesh's mobile telecommunications network is facing serious disruption as an ongoing power and fuel crisis threatens operations across the country, according to mobile operators. The Association ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Several areas across Jakarta were hit by a sudden power outage on Thursday night, April 9, 2026. The disruption affected various regions, including Central, North, and West Jakarta ...

ST. LOUIS Mo. – As a powerful and historic winter storm makes its way across the United States, power outages and problems are spiking due to heavy snow and dangerous ice. Nearly 80,000 power outages ...

Ausgrid runs the kind of infrastructure that cannot afford surprises. The utility keeps electricity flowing to 1.8 million customers across Sydney and New South Wales. So when Ausgrid’s IT team kicked ...