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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Reuters) — Footage from airport cameras purportedly showing the assault on the half-brother of the North Korean leader emerged on Monday (February 20) as a row between Malaysia and North Korea escalated over the handling of the investigation into the killing of Kim Jong Nam. CCTV footage, released by Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV, purported to show Kim Jong Nam being assaulted in Kuala Lumpur International Airport by a woman, who is believed […]
(Reuters) — A United States aircraft carrier strike group has begun patrols in the South China Sea amid growing tension with China over control of the disputed waterway and concerns it could become a flashpoint under the new U.S. administration. China’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday (February 15) warned Washington against challenging its sovereignty in the South China Sea. The U.S. navy said the force, including Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, began routine operations in […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysian government scientists were on Friday examining samples from the autopsy of the half-brother of North Korea’s leader, after the 45-year-old was assassinated at Kuala Lumpur’s airport. Police were meanwhile questioning two female suspects who were arrested carrying Vietnamese and Indonesian passports, as well as a Malaysian man, as they attempted to shed light on the murder of Kim Jong-Nam. Lab forensics received samples from the post-mortem late Thursday and […]
Jodi Bustos, Eagle News Service QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Small business owners are now preparing their world-class Filipino made products to attract different nationalities who will gather in Boracay for the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ministerial Meeting on Sunday, February 19. Some of their featured native products are keychains, recycled bags, T-shirts imprinted with ‘Philippines’ and much more. They are among the beneficiaries who will benefit in the ASEAN Summit […]
(Eagle News) — Nagpakalat ng tatlong libong (3,000) pulis ang Philippine National Police sa Boracay para sa pagsisimula ngayon ng serye ng mga pulong kaugnay ng ASEAN Summit sa Abril at Nobyembre ng taong ito. Ayon kay Supt. Gilbert Gorero, spokesman ng Police Regional Office 6, standard operating procedure ang pagpapakalat ng libo-libong pulis lalo na’t mga dayuhan ang kanilang babantayan. Hindi aniya ito nangangahulugan na mayroong banta sa seguridad ng mga dayuhang kalahok sa […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Twelve Indonesians, including three children, have been killed on the holiday island of Bali after landslides triggered by heavy rains engulfed several villages, an official said Friday. Several houses were also buried and badly damaged in the incident, which took place overnight from Thursday to Friday in Kintamani district in central Bali. “The extreme rain that occurred all day on Thursday has triggered landslides in three villages and 12 people have […]
QUEZON CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to push for inclusive development for persons with disabilities (PWDs) through its support for persons with autism (PWAs) during the kick-off celebration of the National Autism Consciousness Week (NACW), led by the Autism Society Philippines (ASP), at the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena on Monday, February 6. For this year, the celebration, slated from February 5 to 11, calls to build an autism-global society that […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (Reuters) — Thai officials on Thursday (February 2) displayed 2.9 tons of confiscated pangolin scales worth $826,446 that were smuggled into Thailand from Congo and destined for Laos. Authorities said the seizure was a result of an illegal wildlife crackdown by the police, Thai customs, and the Wildlife Department, who had carried out three raids at Bangkok’s Suvarnnabhumi Airport since December. Thai customs chief Kulit Sombatsiri said although pangolins were moved from Appendix […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — An Indonesian passenger plane carrying 130 people skidded off the runway as it landed at a major airport in heavy rain, the airline said Thursday, the latest mishap to hit the country’s aviation sector. No one was hurt after the Boeing 737-800 operated by Indonesian flag carrier Garuda came off the runway at the airport serving the city of Yogyakarta late Wednesday as it arrived from Jakarta. Adisutjipto International Airport, on […]
YANGON, Myanmar (Reuters) — During the decades of military rule, cars ownership in Myanmar was reserved to a select few and traffic jams in Yangon, then the capital, were unknown. But now, after six years of civilian rule, cars are no longer a privilege and vehicles of all shapes and sizes fight for space on the roads. Rush hour gridlocks are a daily occurrence and set to worsen as the appetite for cars and mobility […]
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte on Tuesday, January 24, leads the launching ceremony and unveiling of the ASEAN 2017 Committee on Business and Investment Program (CBIP) audio-visual presentation at the Rizal Hall in Malacañang Palace.
CANBERRA, Australia (Reuters) — Asian TPP nations announced on Tuesday (January 24) they were looking for ways to save the multi-country trade pact in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull his country out of it. Fulfilling a campaign pledge Trump signed an executive order in the Oval Office on Monday (January 23) pulling the United States out of the 2015 TPP agreement and distancing the United States from its Asian allies. […]
