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Heat shatters seasonal records in Asia
Published on 01/06/2023
» SINGAPORE: Countries across Asia have been hit by another round of extreme heat that has toppled seasonal temperature records throughout the region, raising concerns about their ability to adapt to a rapidly changing climate.
New alliances form in Myanmar struggle
Published on 19/04/2023
» At dusk in northern Myanmar, fighters from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) patrol their frontlines and mark the positions of junta troops, their decades-long conflict with the military fraught with new risks since the coup two years ago.
Pregnancy and Covid: What women need to know
New York Times, Published on 16/03/2023
» Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to Covid-19, and new government data show that maternal mortality rose sharply in 2021, the second year of the pandemic. Here is what women need to know to keep themselves safe.
Desolation in east DR Congo village after ADF attack
AFP, Published on 12/03/2023
» MUKONDI (DR CONGO) - Only a few survivors are left in the village of Mukondi, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where ADF militants hacked dozens of people to death during an attack this week.
Nine killed in Israel West Bank raid
AFP, Published on 26/01/2023
» JENIN, Palestinian Territories: An Israeli raid on the occupied West Bank's Jenin refugee camp Thursday killed nine Palestinians including an elderly woman, Palestinian officials said, also accusing the forces of using tear gas inside a hospital children's ward.
Finnish fur farm horror caught on video as industry fights ban
AFP, Published on 19/01/2023
» HELSINKI: Obese, infection-ridden foxes trapped in small cages; cubs feeding on their dead siblings: footage filmed by an animal rights group paints a shocking picture of fur farming in Finland.
As China lifts pandemic border controls, mixed feelings at home and abroad
Published on 08/01/2023
» HONG KONG: Over the past three years, Zhou Wanhui, a Hong Kong resident, has visited her parents in China just three times.
Activists decry 'repression' as UN chief visits Vietnam
Published on 21/10/2022
» HANOI: A “new wave of repression” in Vietnam is jeopardising progress in tackling climate change, human rights groups told United Nations chief Antonio Guterres Friday as he began a visit to Hanoi.
Vietnam shuts airports, imposes curfews as Typhoon Noru nears
Reuters, Published on 27/09/2022
» HANOI: Vietnam closed airports, announced curfews and urged thousands more people evacuate on Tuesday as intensifying Typhoon Noru barrelled towards the country, two days after causing at least eight deaths and widespread flooding in the Philippines.
A Hong Kong sawmill's last days
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 11/09/2022
» From the brine-soaked docks of a ferry pier to the red-painted pillars of a Buddhist temple, many an ageing wooden structure in Hong Kong has found new purpose in the hands of Wong Hung-kuen.