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Yangon stunned by flag prank
Published on 02/01/2015
» The Yangon Division Justice Department has filed a report with police requesting them to investigate and take action against whoever hoisted the State of Burma flag on top of the Divisional High Court building in Yangon city centre on New Year’s Day.
Move over, rickshaw: Cambodia launches public buses
AFP, Published on 09/02/2014
» Motorcycles, cars, tuk-tuks and the humble rickshaw dominate its traffic-clogged roads, but now the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh is launching a new weapon in the fight against chronic congestion: its first public buses in over a decade.
Makati mayor escorted to graft hearing
Published on 29/01/2015
» MANILA — The mayor of the Philippines' main financial district was arrested Thursday for contempt and escorted to a Senate hearing to answer allegations of corruption after he repeatedly snubbed the legislature.
Laughing off the fear
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 03/07/2022
» When Taha al-Baskini won a part in a new play about soldiers who reunite after dying in combat, his costume was already in his closet. His onstage camouflage pants were the same ones he had worn as a militia fighter during Libya's most recent civil war a few years ago, when an airstrike injured al-Baskini and killed several of his comrades as they defended their city.
Uber locks horns with NY city hall over fleet expansion
AFP, Published on 20/07/2015
» NEW YORK - The ride-booking app Uber is fighting New York's city hall, which wants to keep in check a fleet of vehicles that already far outnumbers the Big Apple's trademark yellow cabs.
Barcelona city hall fines Airbnb, Homeaway
AFP, Published on 22/12/2015
» BARCELONA - Barcelona's left-wing city hall said Monday it had slapped home rental websites Airbnb and HomeAway with a fine of 60,000 euros ($65,000) each for marketing lodgings in the Spanish city that lacked permits to host tourists.
Kiev readies for protest as focus moves to occupied city hall
AFP, Published on 16/02/2014
» Anti-government protesters in Kiev readied for a new, mass demonstration on Sunday, amid expectations that the capital's occupied city hall could soon be vacated in what would be a highly symbolic move.
In Paris, 'love locks' conquer all, even City Hall
AFP, Published on 15/08/2012
» They say you can't beat City Hall, but Paris authorities who once took a dim view of the thousands of "love locks" adorning the bridges of the Seine river have had a change of heart.
New Seoul city hall sparks controversy over design
AFP, Published on 24/05/2012
» The South Korean capital Thursday unveiled its latest landmark, a controversial $256 million city hall with an undulating glass structure that looms over its preserved colonial-era stone predecessor.
Khan's rise from London housing estate to city hall
AFP, Published on 07/05/2016
» LONDON - London's new mayor Sadiq Khan has gone from a public housing estate in the British capital to running the city, a remarkable rise for the Pakistani immigrant bus driver's son.