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Myanmar to restrict private vehicle use as fuel shortages emerge
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/03/2026
» NAY PYI TAW — Myanmar’s military government will impose limits on private vehicles starting Saturday to conserve fuel as disruptions to Middle East shipping routes threaten the country’s energy supplies.
Limited internet returns in Iran after protest blackout
AFP, Published on 19/01/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - Limited internet access has returned in Iran, a monitor said Sunday, 10 days after authorities imposed a communications blackout that rights groups have said was aimed at masking a violent protest crackdown that killed thousands.
Parents of abducted Nigerian students plead for rescue
AFP, Published on 25/11/2025
» PAPIRI, Nigeria - Parents of dozens of children kidnapped last week from a Catholic school in Nigeria are desperate for their release, with one father crying out that his son is so young he has not yet learned to speak.
Pillaged Ivory Coast nature reserve on the mend after crisis decade
AFP, Published on 31/10/2025
» COMOE NATIONAL PARK (IVORY COAST) - Forest ranger Daouda Bamba is in no doubt about who the apex predator is in Ivory Coast's Comoe National Park, ravaged by war and unrest between 2002 and 2011.
At least 69 killed by central Philippines quake, many missing
AFP, Published on 01/10/2025
» MANILA- At least 69 people were confirmed killled by a powerful quake that struck the central Philippines, senior rescue officials said on Wednesday.
Two arrested over murder of Australian in Indonesia's Bali
Reuters, Published on 17/06/2025
» JAKARTA - Indonesian police said on Tuesday that two people have been arrested over the shooting death of an Australian man and the wounding of another Australian man in a nighttime attack in a villa on the resort island of Bali.
Vespa lovers converting vintage scooters to electric
AFP, Published on 16/04/2025
» JAKARTA - When Indonesian executive Heret Frasthio takes his antique 1957 VL Vespa for a ride, its white paint peeling off, the usual fumes and hum of the free-spirited scooters cannot be seen or heard.
Markets rise despite China-US tariff clash
AFP, Published on 09/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - Stock markets regained some ground Tuesday, even as trade tensions between the United States and China were strained by turmoil over President Donald Trump's tariffs offensive.
Philippines’ Duterte bound for ICC’s Hague jail with spiritual advisers and volleyball
Bloomberg, Published on 13/03/2025
» Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will be trading his cozy countryside home for the sterile walls of the International Criminal Court’s detention centre, following his high-profile arrest as part of a probe into his deadly war on drugs.
President Trump says US 'reciprocal tariffs' to be announced Thursday
AFP, Published on 13/02/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said that he would announce "reciprocal tariffs" on trading partners Thursday, opening new fronts in a trade war economists warn could fuel inflation at home.