Posted 09-20-2019
Australian school children will Friday kick off a week of global strikes and rallies demanding faster action to tackle climate change, inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg.
Posted 09-20-2019
TAIPEI: Taiwan lashed out at China on Friday (Sep 20) after the tiny island nation of Kiribati switched its recognition to Beijing, the second diplomatic defection in the strategically important Pacific in less than a week.
The move is another coup for Beijing just weeks before it celebrates the ...
Posted 09-20-2019
MANILA: The Philippines is preparing to vaccinate millions of children against polio to halt an outbreak of a disease it believed to have been eradicated two decades ago, a top official said on Friday (Sep 20).
Next month's programme, following the detection of the virus in a three-year-old girl ...
Posted 09-20-2019
Amnesty International accused Hong Kong police on Friday of torture and other abuses in their handling of more than three months of protests, but the police say they have shown restraint on the street in the face of increased violence.
Posted 09-20-2019
TOKYO: The first Rugby World Cup to be staged in Asia kicks off Friday (Sep 20) in Tokyo, as the game seeks to broaden its global reach beyond its traditional European and southern hemisphere heartlands.
The tournament promises to be one of the most open in history, with at least five or six teams ...
