ASEAN offers relief aid to earthquake-hit Morocco
ASEAN has expressed its sorrow over the devastating earthquake in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains in a statement on September 13.
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Duterte leaves legacy of impunity: CHR
Thu, 19 May 2022 | 08:30Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will leave a government that has “failed in its obligations to protect human rights” and that has “encouraged a culture of impunity” by stonewalling on independent inquiries and not bringing to t
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Data of 22.5M Malaysians born 1940-2004 ‘sold for $10K’
Thu, 19 May 2022 | 08:29An alleged data leak containing the information of 22.5 million Malaysians born between 1940 and 2004, purportedly stolen from the National Registration Department (NRD), has once again put the country’s data security measures in the spotlight.
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Thai ex-deputy AG ‘careless’ in Red Bull heir’s hit-and-run case
Thu, 19 May 2022 | 08:29The Public Prosecutors Commission on May 18 unanimously voted to indict a former deputy attorney-general of being careless in making the decision to drop the criminal hit-and-run charge against Red Bull scion Vorayuth “Boss” Yoovidhaya.
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‘Too late’ for vaccines to save North Korea
Wed, 18 May 2022 | 08:58The ongoing wave of omicron infections in North Korea could cause tens of thousands of deaths in the unvaccinated country, according to Oh Myoung-don, who heads the South Korean National Medical Center’s committee for clinical management of emerging infectious diseases.
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Russia says Ukrainians surrender at Azovstal, Kyiv urges swap
Wed, 18 May 2022 | 08:57Hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers who held off Russian fighters at the besieged Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol have surrendered, Moscow said on May 17 , as Kyiv called for an immediate prisoner swap.
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Duterte signs law giving right and protection to foundlings
Wed, 18 May 2022 | 08:56Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law promoting the rights of abandoned children with unknown parents and giving them more protection.
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Singapore FM meets Malaysia leaders to strengthen bilateral ties
Wed, 18 May 2022 | 08:56Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan met political and corporate leaders in Malaysia on May 17 – the first day of his three-day visit to the country aimed at renewing and strengthening bilateral ties.
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Cooperation council eyed to bolster Thai-Saudi ties
Wed, 18 May 2022 | 08:55Thailand and Saudi Arabia agreed on Tuesday to set up a cooperation council to further strengthen bilateral ties.
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Sweden enters ‘new era’ with NATO bid
Tue, 17 May 2022 | 08:48Sweden on Monday officially announced it will apply for NATO membership as a deterrent against Russian aggression, entering a “new era” and reversing two centuries of military non-alignment.
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US reestablishes troop presence in Somalia to help fight Al-Shabaab
Tue, 17 May 2022 | 08:47President Joe Biden has ordered the reestablishment of a US troop presence in Somalia to help local authorities combat the Al-Shabaab militant group, a senior American official told reporters on May 16.