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Safety may be our paramount instinct in times like these, but such questions also turn on the issue of who, if anyone, should have access to someone else’s vaccination status, and how high the bar is set for a “strong business need” that warrants disclosure. 

Bioethics expert Michael Wee discusses if medical privacy and personal choice are off-bounds during a pandemic

Hishammuddin Hussein, the foreign minister, nursed his rumoured ascension and galvanised a coalition within UMNO by only cursorily dismissing gossip that Azmin Ali could be his number two.

Malaysia's COVID-19 situation could further risk PM Muhyiddin's political standing

But even amid all that puffery, US allies are wary of isolating China, with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the G7 expressing a desire to frame this as a “green BRI” granting access to financing for low-carbon projects like clean energy that “shows who we are, not who we are against”.

International business leader Andre Wheeler discusses the intent behind the G7's newly-announced Build Back Better World initiative

International passenger traffic in Southeast Asia has been stalled for several months at around 3 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, which is slightly below the current Asia-Pacific average of around 4 per cent and well below the current global average of around 15 per cent.

With Southeast Asian nations not re-opening travel soon enough, the region's aviation industry could be worse-hit, says aviation analyst Brendan Sobie