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Inside the Philippines’ $2-billion flood-control scandal
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/12/2025
» Senator Francis Pangilinan leaned into his microphone and fired off numbers in pesos: 50 million? 10 million? 100 million? “You withdrew this in cash?”
Philippines freezes $200m in assets linked to flood graft
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/11/2025
» MANILA - The Philippine government has frozen more assets allegedly linked to graft-ridden flood control projects, raising the total to 12 billion pesos ($204 million), President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Wednesday.
Four dead in Hong Kong high-rise blaze
Reuters, Published on 26/11/2025
» HONG KONG - Four people have died after a massive fire engulfed multiple high-rise towers of a residential complex in Tai Po district in northern Hong Kong on Wednesday, with thick grey smoke billowing out as emergency services battled to subdue the blaze.
Afghanistan bus crash kills 76
AFP and Reuters, Published on 20/08/2025
» KABUL — A traffic accident in Afghanistan’s western Herat province killed 76 people, including 17 children, on Tuesday night when a bus carrying deported migrants to Kabul caught fire after colliding with a truck and motorcycle, a government official said.
Myanmar junta captures key town, expanding election writ
AFP, Published on 20/08/2025
» NAY PYI TAW — Myanmar's junta said Wednesday its troops have captured a battlefield town in the country's east, clawing back rebel-contested territory as it prepares to stage a disputed December election.
Israel's Netanyahu warns wildfires could reach Jerusalem
AFP, Published on 01/05/2025
» BET SHEMESH (ISRAEL) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Wednesday that rapidly spreading wildfires near Jerusalem could reach the city, as he declared the situation a "national emergency".
Powerful 6.2 earthquake shakes Istanbul
Reuters, Published on 23/04/2025
» ISTANBUL - More than 150 people were injured when they jumped from buildings in Istanbul on Wednesday as one of the strongest earthquakes in years hit the city.
Wildfire burns in 3,200 acres of New Jersey forest area
New York Times, Published on 23/04/2025
» PINE BARRENS — A fast-moving wildfire in the Pine Barrens section of southern New Jersey spread to 3,200 acres of the heavily forested area by Tuesday evening, prompting the shutdown of a 17-mile (27.3-kilometre) stretch of one of the state’s busiest highways, authorities said.
Powerful earthquake rocks Myanmar, Thailand
AFP, Published on 28/03/2025
» NAY PYI TAW - A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on Friday, buckling roads in capital Naypyidaw, damaging buildings and forcing people to flee into the streets in neighbouring Thailand.
Hundreds of millions in Asia celebrate Year of the Snake
AFP, Published on 29/01/2025
» BEIJING - Hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year with their families on Wednesday, as they bid farewell to the Year of the Dragon and usher in the Year of the Snake.