Issued on: 09/05/2022 - 00:32 Voting was underway in the Philippines Monday to elect a new president, with the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos the favourite to win the high-stakes race and restore his family to the pinnacle of power. Polls..
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Issued on: 08/05/2022 - 07:40Modified: 08/05/2022 - 07:54 Hong Kong's leader-in-waiting, John Lee, was endorsed for the city's top job on Sunday by a committee stacked with pro-Beijing loyalists, as the financial hub attempts to relaunch i..
Read More »Issued on: 07/05/2022 - 23:31 The son of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos wrapped up his presidential election campaign Saturday with a raucous rally of hundreds of thousands of supporters, as polls show him heading towards a landslide win...
Read More »Issued on: 24/04/2022 - 10:21 Shanghai reported 39 Covid deaths Sunday, its highest daily toll despite weeks of lockdowns, while China's capital Beijing warned of a "grim" situation with rising infections. The world's second-largest econ..
Read More »Issued on: 24/04/2022 - 08:34Modified: 24/04/2022 - 09:32 More than 4,600 French voters in Shanghai are unable to cast their votes due to the imposition of a lockdown in China's largest city. Shanghai is currently battling China’s biggest-ever ..
Read More »Issued on: 22/04/2022 - 17:11 The textile industry is the backbone of Pakistan's economy, accounting for 8.5 percent of its GDP. But it's also a source of major pollution, with untreated waste flowing into the groundwater and factories rel..
Read More »Cultural leaders on Tuesday called on the Bangladesh Bar Council to pull the membership of a lawyer who has been filing complaints against musicians alleging that their performances insult Islam. The latest case filed by lawyer Imrul Hasan is against members of a band “Meghdol,” claiming one of the songs they performed at a concert protesting sect..
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