How Donald Trump is reshaping world geopolitics
SINCE many don’t yet truly see the wider potential impact of US president President Donald Trump blowing off Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky as February 2025 ended, here’s an overview that …
WHO: Covid19 no longer a global health emergency
GENEVA, 6 May 2023: Months after US president Joe Biden first declared last year an end to the Covid19 pandemic status in the US and that that he would be …
World Cup soccer fever leads to Argentine embassy return after 45 years
DHAKA, 28 Feb 2023: Argentine foreign minister Santiago Cafiero yesterday reopened his country’s embassy in Bangladesh – shut down during the military dictatorship of Jorge Videla over 45 years ago …
Elephant, calf rescued from 5m-deep hole (video)
BANGKOK, 28 Feb 2023: An elephant and her calf were rescued yesterday, a day after falling into a 5m-deep hole in the western Thai province of Kanchanaburi. Travelling with a …
Compensation for death of girl after 2nd dose of Pfizer Covid19 vaccine
TAIPEI, 27 Feb 2023: The Taiwanese government will compensate the family of a girl who died days after receiving the second dose of the Covid19 vaccine with T$3.5 million (US$114,100), …
Puerto Rico police get pay hike – 16 years later
SAN JUAN, 27 Feb 2023: Puerto Rico governor Pedro Pierluisi yesterday announced his administration will pay US$25.6 million in accumulated back pay to 402 civilian employees of the US commonwealth’s …
4 arrested after HK police finding dismembered body of model Abby Choi
HONG KONG, 26 Feb 2023: At least four people have been arrested by Hong Kong police in connection with the murder of well-known model Abby Choi, according to a statement …
Thai activists on hunger strike appeal for bail at Supreme Court
BANGKOK, 26 Feb 2023: The two young Thai activists charged under the country’s strict royal defamation laws continued their hunger strike yesterday in front of the Supreme Court to demand …
TikTok banned from official EU mobile devices
BRUSSELS, 24 Feb 2023: The European Commission (EC) and the Council of the European Union (EU) yesterday announced they will ban China’s TikTok video-sharing application from being used on official …
Australia demands measures against child abuses at online sites
CANBERRA, 24 Feb 2023: Social media platforms Twitter and TikTok and search engine Google must explain to Australian authorities their policy and measures to combat content showing child abuse on …