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Virus hit 'like a bomb' as toll rises in Ecuador's business capital
AFP, Published on 15/04/2020
» GUAYAQUIL (ECUADOR) - Ecuador's economic capital Guayaquil is reeling from the most aggressive outbreak of COVID-19 in Latin America after the pandemic hit the city "like a bomb," its mayor said.
Asean needs a united response
News, Published on 14/04/2020
» The number of Covid-19 patients in Asean passed 10,000 at the start of this week. As a collective, the bloc represents nearly 650 million people. With the number of infections rising with each passing day, Asean's economy, people and way of life are increasingly hit harder by the pandemic.
Bill Clinton says Lewinsky affair was to 'manage anxieties'
AFP, Published on 06/03/2020
» NEW YORK - Bill Clinton said he had an affair with Monica Lewinsky to help him deal with the stress of being president as he opened up in a documentary released Friday about the scandal that led to his impeachment.
A matter of time
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 01/03/2020
» After almost a year-long build-up, Kevin Parker's latest offering under project Tame Impala is finally here. The album, their fourth following 2015's Currents, was first teased in March last year with lead single Borderline.
Non-refoulement at heart of refugee protection
News, Published on 03/12/2019
» In early November, the world witnessed a tense and potentially life-threatening situation unfold at Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur International Airport, as two Cambodians were held in airport detention, pending deportation to Cambodia. Despite candidly declaring to immigration authorities that they would face imprisonment in Cambodia, and that they were not willing to return to their home country, there were numerous preparations taken to remove them from Malaysian soil.
It's only news when the man bites the dog
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 20/11/2019
» As British newspaper magnate Viscount Northcliffe said: "When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news."
Back in time
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 03/11/2019
» It's been so long since I've been on a carousel.
A Tale of Two Chinese Cities
B Magazine, Published on 27/10/2019
» It was a gloomy morning when we arrived in Hangzhou, China. The overcast sky turned the entire city to quiet, grey grandeur under light drizzle as our bus pulled away from the airport to the city.
America at war within can't lead world
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 18/10/2019
» The extraordinary country that once touted itself and was seen by many as the "leader of the free world" is no longer so great. America, the fabled "city upon a hill" and beacon of freedom and democracy for the world, is unwell from within, wracked by nasty divisions and visceral polarisation.