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Indonesia village grapples with trash brought in by tides
Reuters, Published on 19/03/2024
» TELUK - Solikah, an Indonesian housewife living in the fishing village of Teluk, was in tears as she pointed to piles of trash strewn on a beach close to her home of 40 years.
Indonesia says 'Jurassic Park' project no threat to Komodo dragon
Reuters, Published on 27/10/2020
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's environment ministry on Tuesday sought to calm outrage over construction of an island tourism project being dubbed "Jurassic Park", after an image went viral on social media of a Komodo dragon facing off with a big truck.
Philippines complains Facebook fact-checkers are biased
Reuters, Published on 16/04/2018
» MANILA: The Philippines government on Monday criticised Facebook's choice of two independent online news platforms to help fight the spread of fake news, saying they are biased against President Rodrigo Duterte.
Myanmar security forces 'setting northern Rakhine ablaze'
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2017
» YANGON: The rights group Amnesty International said evidence pointing to a "mass-scale scorched-earth campaign" across the north of Rakhine state was unmistakably ethnic cleansing, while Myanmar insisted on Friday it was not barring aid workers from Rakhine State, where a counter-insurgency campaign has sparked an exodus of Muslim Rohingya refugees -- although authorities on the ground might restrict access 'for security reasons'.
At least 80 dead in Philippines war on drugs
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2017
» MANILA -- Police killed at least 13 people in Manila on the third night of an escalation in President Rodrigo Duterte's ruthless war on drugs and crime, taking the toll for one of the bloodiest weeks so far to 80, Reuters witnesses and media reported on Friday.
Analysts: BA needs charm offensive
Business, Reuters, Published on 31/05/2017
» LONDON/BERLIN: British Airways must turn its attention to repairing its brand after a weekend of chaos and criticism caused by a major IT outage that grounded flights from London's two main airports.