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Philippine president and Congress investigate alleged corruption in flood control projects

Philippine president and Congress investigate alleged corruption in flood control projects

The Philippine president and Congress have begun looking into possibly massive corruption in flood control projects that may implicate public works officials and engineers, construction firms and politicians in one of the countries most vulnerable to typhoons.
China's Xi hosts massive military parade with Putin and Kim

China's Xi hosts massive military parade with Putin and Kim

3 Sydney dockworkers charged over massive cocaine shipment

3 Sydney dockworkers charged over massive cocaine shipment

Japan loosens gun rules as bear attacks rise

Japan loosens gun rules as bear attacks rise

Japan on Monday eased gun rules making it easier for hunters to use rifles in built-up areas following a rise in attacks by bears.
September 2, 2025 | 11:15 am GMT+7
Afghanistan earthquake kills more than 800, flattens villages

Afghanistan earthquake kills more than 800, flattens villages

Survivors of an earthquake that flattened villages in eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 800 people, spent the night in the open as rescuers worked Tuesday to pull victims from the rubble.
September 1, 2025 | 11:56 am GMT+7
Indonesia tightens security after deadly protests

Indonesia tightens security after deadly protests

Indonesian authorities ramped up security Monday after six people were killed in unrest over economic hardship that escalated into violent anger against the nation's police force.
September 1, 2025 | 08:28 am GMT+7
Brain implants that read minds: a medical miracle raises new ethical questions

Brain implants that read minds: a medical miracle raises new ethical questions

For the first time, researchers have succeeded in translating silent thoughts in real time using a brain implant coupled with artificial intelligence. This technology promises to offer a new form of communication to paralyzed people. But it also raises consent and privacy concerns.
August 31, 2025 | 04:41 pm GMT+7
Need a pee? Japan has QR code for that

Need a pee? Japan has QR code for that

Japanese toilet giant TOTO has launched a service allowing those caught short in public to locate the nearest washrooms and see how busy they are real-time with a phone and QR code.
August 30, 2025 | 07:07 am GMT+7
South Korea's former first lady and former prime minister indicted by special prosecutors

South Korea's former first lady and former prime minister indicted by special prosecutors

South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee and former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo were indicted Friday in special investigations that followed the ousting of the former president for imposing martial law.
August 29, 2025 | 11:41 am GMT+7
Thai court to rule on PM's fate after Hun Sen call leak

Thai court to rule on PM's fate after Hun Sen call leak

Thailand's Constitutional Court will decide on Friday whether to throw suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra out of office over her handling of the country's border row with Cambodia.
August 29, 2025 | 11:02 am GMT+7
Can a giant seawall save Indonesia's disappearing coast?

Can a giant seawall save Indonesia's disappearing coast?

The encroaching ocean laps against a road in Karminah's village, threatening her home on Indonesia's Java island, where the government says it has a plan to hold back the tide.
August 28, 2025 | 03:37 pm GMT+7
Climate-driven wildfires reverse progress pollution in N. America: study

Climate-driven wildfires reverse progress pollution in N. America: study

Global air pollution is worsening, with the United States and Canada experiencing the sharpest increases due to record-breaking, climate-supercharged wildfires that are undoing decades of progress, a study said Thursday.
August 28, 2025 | 03:32 pm GMT+7
Japanese climber, 102, sets Mount Fuji record

Japanese climber, 102, sets Mount Fuji record

A 102-year-old Japanese man with a serious heart condition has been certified as the oldest person to climb Mount Fuji -- but still shrugged off the feat as nothing special.
August 27, 2025 | 09:52 am GMT+7
Two men publicly flogged in Indonesia for gay sex

Two men publicly flogged in Indonesia for gay sex

Two men were publicly flogged 76 times each in Indonesia's conservative province of Aceh on Tuesday after they were found guilty of sexual relations by a court operating under strict Islamic law.
August 27, 2025 | 09:50 am GMT+7
US suspends chikungunya vaccine Ixchiq over 'serious' side effects: Valneva

US suspends chikungunya vaccine Ixchiq over 'serious' side effects: Valneva

U.S. health authorities have suspended the license for the Ixchiq vaccine against the chikungunya virus following reports of "serious adverse events", the drug's French maker said on Monday.
August 26, 2025 | 09:16 am GMT+7
Trump says likely to visit China this year or soon after

Trump says likely to visit China this year or soon after

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he expects to visit China this year or shortly afterwards, noting that economic ties between the two countries have improved - even as he kept the door open to steeper tariffs.
August 26, 2025 | 08:53 am GMT+7
Trump crime crackdown deploys troops in Washington's safest sites

Trump crime crackdown deploys troops in Washington's safest sites

Hundreds of National Guard soldiers in military fatigues and combat boots mingled with tourists, posed for selfies, and treated themselves to ice cream from food trucks on Thursday along Washington's National Mall, one of the safest parts of America's capital.
August 25, 2025 | 10:20 am GMT+7
First human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say

First human screwworm case in US traced to person in Maryland who traveled from Guatemala, sources say

A case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite has been identified in a person in Maryland who had traveled to the United States from Guatemala, according to four sources familiar with the situation.
August 25, 2025 | 09:59 am GMT+7
Pentagon working on plans for military deployment in Chicago

Pentagon working on plans for military deployment in Chicago

The Pentagon is working on plans to deploy the U.S. military to Chicago as President Donald Trump says he is cracking down on crime, homelessness and undocumented immigration, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.
August 24, 2025 | 12:17 pm GMT+7
Chinese tourist city Sanya shuts down as Typhoon Kajiki intensifies

Chinese tourist city Sanya shuts down as Typhoon Kajiki intensifies

The southern Chinese city of Sanya, renowned for seafront resorts and sandy beaches, closed tourist attractions, shuttered businesses and suspended public transport on Sunday as it braced for an intensifying Typhoon Kajiki.
August 24, 2025 | 12:16 pm GMT+7
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