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MANILA: Thousands of schools in the Philippines suspended in-person classes on Friday (Apr 5), the education department said, as parts of…
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“Rain increases the risks of rockfalls and landslides, which are currently the biggest challenges,” said Su Yu-ming, the leader of…
The Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) declared on Thursday that the country’s most common and popular “somei yoshino” variety of cherry…
Accused of forging documents to get his kids into university, Cho’s wife spent more than three years in jail, his…
Najib, who was Malaysia’s premier for nine years until May 2018 and its first PM to be imprisoned, began serving…
TILTING BUILDINGS In Hualien’s main city, workers poured concrete at the base of the glass-fronted Uranus building – so badly…
SINGAPORE: The Malaysian High Court has set Apr 17 to hear former prime minister Najib Razak’s bid to get the…
HEALTH FINANCING However, these reforms require funding. In the Philippines, public healthcare is financed through the DOH’s annual national allocation, a…
WASHINGTON: Celebrity chef Jose Andres told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday (Apr 3) that an Israeli attack that killed…
Late Wednesday, the disaster management command centre said the search for the hotel workers on their way to Taroko Gorge,…