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Philippines' Duterte wants 1,700 freed inmates locked up
Reuters, Published on 04/09/2019
» MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday 1,700 convicts who were freed early for good behaviour should be sent back to prison after questions were raised over the legality of their release.
Hong Kong leader denies Beijing won't let her resign
Reuters, Published on 03/09/2019
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she has never asked the Chinese government to let her resign to end the city's political crisis, responding to a Reuters report about a voice recording of her saying she would step down if she could.
Hong Kong leader sees 'way out' of chaos
Reuters, Published on 20/08/2019
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she hoped a peaceful weekend anti-government protest was the start of an effort to restore calm and that talks with non-violent protesters would provide "a way out" for the Chinese-ruled city.
Indonesia police hunt inmates after Papua jail set ablaze
Reuters, Published on 20/08/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesian police were hunting on Tuesday for more than 250 inmates who fled a jail in Papua that had been set ablaze a day earlier, during a wave of civil unrest in cities across the country's easternmost area.
Police regain control in Indonesia's Papua region after protests
Reuters, Published on 19/08/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's police chief said on Monday that authorities in the easternmost Papua region were regaining control after protesters set fire to tyres and torched a local parliament building over the recent detention of scores of Papuan students.
Hong Kong charges 44 protesters with rioting
Reuters, Published on 31/07/2019
» HONG KONG: More than 40 people appeared in a Hong Kong court on Wednesday charged with rioting for their role in a recent protest that turned violent when thousands of activists clashed with police near Beijing's main representative office in the city.
Australian student missing in North Korea is released
Reuters, Published on 04/07/2019
» SYDNEY: An Australian student who was missing in North Korea has been released from detention, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday.
Myanmar soldiers jailed for Rohingya killings freed early
Reuters, Published on 27/05/2019
» YANGON: Myanmar has granted early release to seven soldiers jailed for the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys during a 2017 military crackdown in the western state of Rakhine, two prison officials, two former fellow inmates and one of the soldiers told Reuters.
Filling 'Brexodus' gap, Filipino nurses stymied by English tests
Reuters, Published on 08/04/2019
» MANILA: Bracing for life after Brexit, British hospitals badly need more nurses like Filipino Jobie Escalona, but she twice flunked a mandatory English language test that asked her to write up the merits of immigration and computer education in school.
Australian, NZ students kick off global climate change strike
Reuters, Published on 15/03/2019
» WELLINGTON/SYDNEY: Thousands of school students walked out of class across Australia and New Zealand on Friday as part of a global student strike against government inaction on climate change.