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Facebook suspends thousands of apps
Associated Press, Published on 21/09/2019
» Facebook said Friday that it has suspended ``tens of thousands'' of apps made by about 400 developers as part of an investigation following the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Indonesia arrests hundreds linked to forest fires
Associated Press, Published on 19/09/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesian police said Thursday that they have arrested 230 people suspected of starting fires that are spreading health-damaging haze across a large part of Southeast Asia.
Filipino coast guard men convicted in Taiwan fisherman death
Associated Press, Published on 18/09/2019
» MANILA: A Philippine court has found eight Filipino coast guard personnel guilty of conspiring to shoot and kill a Taiwanese fisherman in a 2013 incident at sea that strained the ties of the Asian neighbours.
20 dead as truck falls off south Philippines cliff
Associated Press, Published on 17/09/2019
» MANILA: Philippine police say 20 villagers were killed and several others injured when the truck they were riding in lost control and fell off a cliff in a remote mountain village in the country's south.
Taiwan loses biggest Pacific ally as Solomons embraces China
Associated Press, Published on 17/09/2019
» WELLINGTON, New Zealand: Taiwan has lost its largest ally in the Pacific after the Solomon Islands on Tuesday confirmed it is switching diplomatic allegiance to China, and observers say other Pacific nations may soon follow.
Israeli PM vows to annex 'all the settlements' in West Bank
Associated Press, Published on 16/09/2019
» JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Monday to annex “all the settlements” in the West Bank, including an enclave deep in the heart of the largest Palestinian city, in a last-ditch move that appeared aimed at shoring up nationalist support the day before a do-over election.
Philippines: China wanted to restrict foreign forces at sea
Associated Press, Published on 11/09/2019
» MANILA: The Philippine foreign secretary said Wednesday that China has sought to restrict the presence of foreign military powers in the South China Sea and foreign involvement in oil and gas projects in the disputed region under a pact it's negotiating with Southeast Asian nations.
US priest accused of abusing boys for decades in Philippines
Associated Press, Published on 09/09/2019
» TALUSTUSAN, Philippines: The American priest's voice echoed over the phone line, his sharp Midwestern accent softened over the decades by a gentle Filipino lilt.
Hong Kong tells US to stay out, students form protest chains
Associated Press, Published on 09/09/2019
» HONG KONG: Thousands of students are forming human chains in schools across Hong Kong to show solidarity after violent weekend clashes to push for democratic reforms in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.
Typhoon kills 5 in North Korea, 3 in South Korea
Associated Press, Published on 08/09/2019
» SEOUL, South Korea: One of the most powerful typhoons to ever hit the Korean Peninsula has left five people dead and three injured in North Korea, state media reported Sunday, in its first public announcement of casualties since the storm made landfall in the country a day earlier.