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Reuters, Published on 19/09/2024
» MANILA - The United States has no immediate plans to withdraw a mid-range missile system deployed in the Philippines, despite Chinese demands, and is testing the feasibility of its use in a regional conflict, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
Published on 14/09/2024
» SURUCUCU, Brazil - Brazilian authorities say they have almost squashed the illegal gold rush that drew thousands of wildcat miners to Yanomami indigenous land in the Amazon rainforest and caused a humanitarian crisis of disease and malnutrition.
South China Morning Post, Published on 06/09/2024
» Senior Buddhist figures in China have emphasised the importance of government approval in the recognition of reincarnated Tibetan religious leaders, at a meeting this week less than a year before the Dalai Lama is expected to announce his succession plan.
South China Morning Post, Published on 03/09/2024
» ULAANBAATAR - Human Rights Watch called on Mongolia to either deny entry to Russian President Vladimir Putin or arrest him, according to a statement by Maria Elena Vignoli from the non-governmental organisation's global justice unit on Monday.
South China Morning Post, Published on 22/08/2024
» NEW YORK - As the Democratic Party unites behind US Vice-President Kamala Harris, the nation's first Asian-American and African-American woman to be nominated for president by a major political party, many Asian-Americans say they feel increasingly emboldened and optimistic that their voices will be heard.
Kyodo News, Published on 15/08/2024
» KYODO - A weeklong government call for increased preparedness based on an advisory over a potential megaquake along the Pacific coast officially ended 5pm on Thursday, after no new major seismic activity was confirmed around the Nankai Trough.
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/08/2024
» YANGON - The Myanmar military regime failed to sell a family mansion belonging to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the country’s commercial capital.
Published on 10/08/2024
» TOKYO - Japanese authorities have urged the public to refrain from hoarding emergency supplies, after panic buying led to shortages of some essential goods following the release of a “megaquake” advisory.
Published on 08/08/2024
» SYDNEY - Australia’s Great Barrier Reef faces the risk of near-annual coral bleaching with temperatures in surrounding waters found to have reached the highest in at least four centuries.
Published on 06/08/2024
» WASHINGTON - Democratic US presidential candidate Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate on Tuesday, choosing a progressive policy champion and a plain speaker from America’s heartland to help win over rural, white voters.