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Philippine quake death toll rises to 72
AFP, Published on 02/10/2025
» BOGO, Philippines - The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the central Philippines rose to 72 on Thursday, rescuers said, as officials turned their efforts to the hundreds injured and thousands left homeless.
In India's Mumbai, the largest slum in Asia is for sale
AFP, Published on 26/09/2025
» MUMBAI - Stencilled just above the stairs, the red mark in Mumbai's Dharavi slum is tantamount to an eviction notice for residents like Bipinkumar Padaya.
Tree planting ‘decades overdue’ in sweltering Athens
AFP, Published on 22/04/2025
» ATHENS - On a cloudy spring morning in one of Athens’ most densely inhabited districts, thousands of fresh saplings dotting a small hilltop park mark a fledgling effort to tackle crippling heat that critics say is long overdue.
'Organised chaos': $19bn airport megaproject takes shape in cramped NY
AFP, Published on 19/03/2025
» JOHN F. KENNEDY AIRPORT (UNITED STATES) — New York's JFK airport is an overlapping patchwork of open terminals, giant building sites and burgeoning infrastructure, wedged in by thousands of homes on one side and the ocean on the other.
Trump’s Gaza stunner builds on expansionist aims
Reuters, Published on 05/02/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s jaw-dropping statement that he would like the United States to take control of and redevelop the Gaza Strip might have sounded like it came from nowhere, but it was in keeping with his new administration’s expansionist ambitions.
US warship makes rare visit to Cambodia base at centre of feud
Bloomberg, Published on 13/12/2024
» The US will send a warship to visit a naval base in Cambodia for the first time since the Southeast Asian nation reportedly signed a deal in 2019 that would allow China to establish a permanent foothold there.
Half of shops affected by renewal scheme in Hong Kong's 'Little Thailand' aim to stay in area
South China Morning Post, Published on 17/06/2024
» HONG KONG: More than half of the local shops affected by a redevelopment project in Hong Kong's "Little Thailand" have expressed an interest in continuing to operate their businesses in the area, the Urban Renewal Authority has said.
China-backed canal in Cambodia could have military use: US, Vietnam
Bloomberg, Published on 15/04/2024
» The latest China-funded infrastructure project in Washington’s crosshairs is a proposed canal in Cambodia.
China-backed canal in Cambodia draws US questions
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/04/2024
» A proposed canal in Cambodia is the latest China-funded infrastructure project in Washington’s crosshairs.
Serbia’s strongman seeks final act that will decide his legacy
Reuters, Published on 15/12/2023
» BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic joked earlier this year about how he saw the mood of the country he has led for almost a decade: "People are getting fed up with me."