Month: October 2022

Opponents call Marcos ‘shamelessly entitled’ and ‘callous’ for having fun in Singapore barely two weeks after Typhoon Noru left death and destruction on Luzon island.

The rise of populist governments, Covid-19 sceptics, climate change deniers, Russia-Ukraine war propogandists, and malevolent actors, coupled with a changing media market, has increased the risk of disinformation gaining traction online.

18 others were being investigated for responsibility in the firing of tear gas inside a soccer stadium that set off a stampede, killing at least 125 people, officials said.

Critics said the trip by the Philippine president was an insult to workers grappling with hyperinflation and low wages and victims of a recent powerful typhoon.

The hope is that the mega project called PM Gati Shakti – Hindi for strength of speed – will fast-track projects to give India an advantage, especially with China still largely closed to the outside world.

Indonesian police came under mounting criticism on Sunday after 125 people died in a stampede at a football stadium where officers fired tear gas on angry fans invading the pitch.

The defence ministers of the United States, Australia and Japan agreed on Saturday to boost military cooperation in the face of China’s growing ambitions.

Victims of clashes between supporters of two Indonesian teams in East Java province mostly trampled to death.

The short-range missiles fired from the Sunan into the East Sea were the fourth round of weapons launches this week.

Gridlocked and becoming more flood prone every year, Vietnam’s biggest city needs decisive action fast to secure its 10 million residents’ future quality of life. But can it overcome its funding woes and infrastructure paralysis?