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Wed, November 25, 2020 | 07:57

Korea to provide $200,000 worth of aid to typhoon-hit Philippines

Korea to provide $200,000 worth of aid to typhoon-hit Philippines

South Korea will provide US$200,000 in humanitarian assistance to the Philippines to help the country recover from a recent typhoon, the foreign ministry said Thursday. The powerful Typhoon Goni struck the Southeast Asian country late last month, resulting in more than 20 deaths and leaving more than 370,000 people displaced.

2020-11-05 14:49

Philippines: 20 dead, thousands of homes damaged in typhoon

Philippines: 20 dead, thousands of homes damaged in typhoon

At least 20 people were killed as Typhoon Goni lashed the Philippines over the weekend, and about 13,000 shanties and houses were damaged or swept away in the eastern island province that was first hit by the ferocious storm, officials said Monday. Goni blasted into Catanduanes province at dawn Sunday as a super typhoon with sustained winds of 225 kilometers (140 miles) per h...

2020-11-03 13:17

Indonesian Muslims protest France's defense of cartoon

Indonesian Muslims protest France's defense of cartoon

Indonesian Muslims marched to the heavily guarded French Embassy in Indonesia's capital on Monday to protest France's president and his staunch support of secular laws that deem caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad as protected speech.

2020-11-03 10:09

Super typhoon slams into Philippines, 1 million evacuated

Super typhoon slams into Philippines, 1 million evacuated

A super typhoon slammed into the eastern Philippines with ``catastrophic violent winds'' early Sunday and about a million people have been evacuated in its projected path, including in the capital where the main international airport has been ordered closed, officials said.

2020-11-01 10:29

Mahathir says remarks on French attacks taken out of context

Mahathir says remarks on French attacks taken out of context

Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad said Friday he is disgusted because his comments on attacks by Muslim extremists in France had been taken out of context.

2020-10-30 20:28

Thai student-protesters aim for ambitious political change

Thai student-protesters aim for ambitious political change

He was only 7 when he saw his first military coup. He was 15 during the second. Now 21, he is among those at the front of Thailand's growing pro-democracy movement pushing for sweeping political reforms. And because of his activities, Bunkueanun Paothong has been charged with crimes that could see him jailed for the rest of his life.

2020-10-28 14:34

Armenia, Azerbaijan keep fighting despite cease-fire deal

Armenia, Azerbaijan keep fighting despite cease-fire deal

Fighting over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh raged on Tuesday, unimpeded by a U.S.-brokered cease-fire, while Armenia and Azerbaijan traded blame for the deal's quick unraveling. Azerbaijan accused Armenia of striking the Barda region with rockets, killing four civilians, including a 2-year-old girl, and wounding 13 others. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry denou...

2020-10-28 14:11

China asks banks to suspend counter-cyclical factor in yuan fixing: Reuters

China asks banks to suspend counter-cyclical factor in yuan fixing: Reuters

China's central bank has neutralized the counter-cyclical factor in its daily yuan midpoint fixing, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters, in a move to let the fixing more closely reflect actual currency market moves.

2020-10-27 20:42

China launches crackdown on mobile web browsers, decries 'chaos' of information

China launches crackdown on mobile web browsers, decries 'chaos' of information

China's top cyber authority said on Monday it would carry out a "rectification" of Chinese mobile internet browsers to address what it called social concerns over the "chaos" of information being published online. China's strict internet censorship rules have been tightened numerous times in recent years and in the latest crackdown, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC...

2020-10-27 13:29

Philippines' Duterte wants government-to-government deal for coronavirus vaccines

Philippines' Duterte wants government-to-government deal for coronavirus vaccines

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he would favour a government-to-government deal for the purchase of coronavirus vaccines to prevent the risk of corruption, adding that Manila would not beg other nations for access to vaccines. The Philippines, with its more than 108 million people and among the highest number of COVID-19 infections in Asia, is considered ...

2020-10-27 11:49

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