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Filipina maid opens photo exhibition in Macau
Nine years after she left the Philippines and stepped foot in Hong Kong as a domestic helper, Xyza Bacani’s life has taken a new turn. Bacani was recently named one of the recipients of the Magnum Foundation Fellowship for Human Rights with her latest, unpublished, images of the abuse suffered by domestic helpers in Hong Kong, and will be jetting off to New York in just a few months time to study at the prestigious […]
Rescue efforts fail to save 12 stranded pilot whales in Western Australia
A pod of pilot whales that became stranded on the rocks in Bunbury harbour in Western Australia have died before they could be rescued, local media reported. The pod of 20 long-finned pilot whales was spotted on Monday (March 23) morning, starting a rescue effort involving volunteers and Department of Parks and Wildlife staff lasting several hours, reports said. “Often in these events and these incidents it takes a while to gear up and get […]
Africa faces elephant poaching crisis say experts
Experts warned that Africa faces a poaching crisis that is likely to see a further decline in the number of wild elephants on the continent at a summit in Botswana on Monday (March 23). Delegates from Europe, Africa and Asia attended the Africa Elephant summit held in the northern Botswana town of Kasane. Experts from the United Nations body that polices the global ivory trade, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), said […]
Kuwait increases security along border with Iraq vs ISIS – Jojo Sison Diones reports
Comedian sentenced over facebook post on Charlie Hebdo attack – Ivy Hernandez reports from Paris
Spain arrests two suspected ISIS militants in Ceuta – Wes Ramos reports
World leaders extend sympathy to Singapore as leader passed away
World leaders extended their sympathies as the “Founding Father of Singapore”, former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, passed away.
Italian authorities confiscate large eggs
The Italian customs officers confiscated a million-year old prehistoric egg in an airport. The large egg was said to came from a prehistoric “elephant bird”.
Modern Singapore’s founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, dies at 91
Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore‘s first prime minister and architect of the tiny Southeast Asian city-state’s rapid rise from British tropical outpost to global trade and financial centre, died on Monday (March 23), aged 91, the government announced. A statement from the Prime Minister’s office was read out on Channel News Asia. Although Lee had receded from the public and political scene over the past few years, he was still seen as an influential figure in […]
Awareness push for World Tuberculosis Day
Ahead of the World Tuberculosis Day on March 24, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for global solidarity and action to support a new 20-year strategy which aims to end the global tuberculosis epidemic. Recent years have seen significant progress in the fight against TB, with over 37 million lives saved, but WHO reminds that much more needs to be done. In 2013, 9 million people fell ill with TB, almost half a million […]
Richard III’s coffin leaves Leicester University for reburial
The remains of King Richard III left the University of Leicester on Sunday (March 22) to make their final journey to Leicester Cathedral. Richard, the medieval English monarch whose remains were found under a car park three years ago, will be reburied on Thursday (March 26) nearly 530 years after he was slain in battle and dumped in a humble grave. He was the last English king to die in battle when he was killed […]
