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Philippines votes in polls expected to strengthen Duterte
AFP, Published on 13/05/2019
» MANILA: Filipinos vote Monday in midterm polls that are expected to strengthen President Rodrigo Duterte's grip on power, opening the way for him to deliver on pledges to restore the death penalty and rewrite the constitution.
Princess Ubolratana disqualified from list of candidates for PM
AFP, Published on 11/02/2019
» Princess Ubolratana was on Monday formally disqualified for running for prime minister, ending her brief and ill-fated political union with a party allied to the powerful Shinawatra clan, just days after a stern royal command rebuking her candidacy was issued by her brother, the king.
Trump promises 'sunny' State of Union speech
AFP, Published on 06/02/2019
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump promises a shift to sunny optimism in the State of the Union speech Tuesday but insistence on his Mexico border wall will cast a shadow threatening more turmoil.
Pope Francis holds historic public mass in UAE
AFP, Published on 05/02/2019
» ABU DHABI - Pope Francis held a historic public mass for an estimated 170,000 Catholics at an Abu Dhabi stadium on Tuesday on the first ever papal visit to the Muslim Gulf.
Chinese dissidents in Taiwan airport limbo for over 100 days
AFP, Published on 16/01/2019
» TAIPEI: Chinese dissident Liu Xinglian marked his 64th birthday on Wednesday at Taiwan's Taoyuan airport, one of two refugees who have been trapped in limbo there for more than 100 days, hoping for asylum overseas.
Rappers lay into junta, social conformity
AFP, Published on 13/11/2018
» "A country killing the people... doesn't give a damn about its children," spits 17-year-old Elevenfinger, one of a legion of acerbic young rappers ripping into politics, dire education system and calcifying social mores.
US election: Trump's incendiary politics vs Democrat 'resistance'
Associated Press, Published on 07/11/2018
» WASHINGTON: A turbulent election season that tested President Donald Trump's slash-and-burn political style against the strength of the Democratic resistance comes to a close as Americans cast ballots in the first national election of the Trump era.
Frenzied push ahead of Tuesday's US elections
AFP, Published on 05/11/2018
» US voters go to the polls Tuesday, two years after the Trump election to pick a new Congress, with Trump and both parties putting out all campaigning effort.
Mahathir: Malaysia 'won't accept' LGBT rights
AFP, Published on 26/10/2018
» Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday said his country cannot accept LGBT rights such as same-sex marriage, dismissing them as "western" values.
Southeast Asia stocks rise on US-China trade talks
Published on 13/09/2018
» Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Thursday tracking broader Asia on hopes that China and the United States could strike a deal on their tariff dispute.