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A chilling new claim that police officers and a female celebrity were involved in the disappearance of dozens of missing cockfighting workers in the Philippines has reignited a long-dormant case that once shocked the country and raised questions about a possible cover-up.
A suspect in the 2021-22 disappearances of 34 Filipino cock fighters has claimed that at least 30 people, including police officers, were involved in the case.
“My estimate is about 10 are civilians, maybe more, while about 20…

A string of hantavirus-linked cases reported in Indonesia has sparked fears that the potentially lethal virus could be spreading undetected, with health experts citing widespread rodent exposure and poor sanitation as major risks that could lead to a further spike.
Eight cases of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), one of the diseases caused by the hantavirus, have been confirmed across four provinces – Yogyakarta, West Java, East Nusa Tenggara and North Sulawesi – as of June 19,…

A recently launched competition market study into the UK’s civil engineering sector will likely have significant implications by seeking to improve how the market operates to enhance productivity, cut costs for businesses, and support growth across the wider economy, according to experts at Pinsent Masons.

A recent report by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) highlights the pressures facing local authority resourcing and the impact on food standards, particularly in Scotland, experts say.

A new ruling highlights how important it is for all developers to factor climate law obligations into infrastructure project planning, experts have said.

A case at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) involving three students accused of academic misconduct over the use of generative AI (Gen AI) has prompted observers to question if tertiary institutions need clearer processes to deal with disputes.
The students were told by their teacher in a briefing for a module on health, disease outbreaks and politics at the School of Social Sciences that the use of ChatGPT and AI tools was not allowed in the “development or generation” of their…

Two primary school teachers in Japan have been charged with taking photos of little girls in their underwear and then sharing the images with at least 10 more colleagues, in a case which has roused public outcry.
On Tuesday, police arrested Yuji Moriyama, 42, a teacher at Kosaka Elementary School in Nagoya, and Fumiya Kosemura, 37, a teacher at Hongodai Elementary School in Yokohama.
Around 70 indecent photographs and video clips were found on Moriyama’s computer, along with up-skirt images and…

A United Nations agency is rallying policymakers, non-government organisations and academics to support its ethics guidelines on artificial intelligence (AI) at a time when the technology is rapidly changing the world.
Unesco, the 194-member UN heritage agency that produced the world’s first – and so far only – global AI ethics standards four years ago, hosted a forum in Bangkok this week to drive the adoption of its recommendations. However, there is a long way to go before the recommendations…

Businesses operating in the UK could be required by law to “develop, disclose and implement a transition plan that is aligned with trajectories to meet net zero by 2050”, according to plans under consideration by the UK government.

Malaysia’s Islamist party has decried a “racist” statement by one of its leaders, who has been widely criticised for including a picture of the country’s first ethnic Chinese three-star general in a social media post warning of the political rise of the nation’s largest minority group.
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) grass roots leader Zaharudin Muhammad sparked outrage over a post on his Facebook page on Tuesday, in which he wrote a hypothetical news story of Malaysia welcoming its first…